Ontario

CUPE Ontario school support staff annual meeting will be instructional for McGuinty Liberals

Apr 16, 2007 02:15 PM “Ontario’s self-styled ‘education premier’ and education minister should pay close attention to this week’s annual meeting of school support staff. Prone to forgetting that school support staff are important to quality education, the debate on education issues from the perspective of school support workers will be very instructional for the McGuinty Liberals,” says Sid Ryan, the Ontario president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

“We won’t be the casualty of province’s deficit reduction plan”

Apr 16, 2007 10:34 AM At a well-attended meeting at an area high school last night, custodians and trades staff with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board gave union negotiators a strong 95 per cent strike vote mandate, a move they say will protect both jobs and the quality of services.

Ontario University Workers Bargaining Bulletin #3 - February 2007

Apr 12, 2007 10:16 AM

U.S. human rights champion Loretta Ross to speak in Toronto April 13th

Apr 11, 2007 02:05 PM As the founder and former Executive Director of the National Centre for Human Rights Education in Atlanta, U.S. activist Loretta J. Ross understands, perhaps better than most, the need to move beyond single-issue politics in order to effectively fight for human rights.

“Look before you leap into competition and privatized health system”

Apr 4, 2007 11:44 AM Sitting British Labour MP and former health minister tells Ontario politicians, communities Frank Dobson, a sitting Labour MP and former health minister, who is critical of his own government’s experiment with private health care, has a message for Ontario political parties — “don’t leap into competition and privatized health system. It’s not working well in Britain.”

“Look before you leap into competition and privatized health system”

Apr 3, 2007 09:50 AM Sitting British Labour MP and former health minister tells Ontario politicians, communities Frank Dobson, a sitting Labour MP and former health minister, who is critical of his own government’s experiment with private health care, has a message for Ontario political parties — “don’t leap into competition and privatized health system. It’s not working well in Britain.”

Ontario ACL Coordinated Bargaining Bulletin #3 April 2007

Apr 2, 2007 04:42 PM $200 million over four years in provincial budget

Our message at the table: show us the money!

“Look before you leap into competition and privatized health system”

Apr 2, 2007 01:14 PM Sitting British Labour MP and former health minister tells Ontario politicians, communities Frank Dobson, a sitting Labour MP and former health minister, who is critical of his own government’s experiment with private health care, has a message for Ontario political parties — “don’t leap into competition and privatized health system. It’s not working well in Britain.”

CUPE 3905 TAs and GAs at Lakehead University reach contract settlement

Apr 2, 2007 10:59 AM CUPE 3905 Teaching and Graduate Assistants (TAs and GAs) at Lakehead University have reached an agreement with the university averting strike action.

Loss of Nipissing Laundry would hurt local economy – Information picket Monday

Apr 2, 2007 10:02 AM of the local facility will mean job losses, reduced service and a negative impact on the local economy. Local 4384 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will hold an information picket on Monday, April 2nd, at 4:15 pm, in front of Nipissing Laundry, 1598, Main Street West, in North Bay, to defend local laundry services.