Privatization Watch - February 2011

4,700 Penticton residents participate in privatization town hall

Feb 23, 2011 07:06 PM More than 4,700 residents from Penticton and surrounding communities participated in a virtual town hall about privatization - a first for CUPE BC. The radio-like talk show format used the latest available technology to connect with thousands of residents and address their questions and concerns “live, on air".

City of London resists challenge to overturn bottled water ban

Mar 1, 2011 01:59 PM The City of London upheld its commitment to promote public drinking water by rejecting pressure from the bottled water industry to rescind its 2008 bottled water ban.

CUPE members endorse declaration on municipal services

Feb 28, 2011 04:16 PM CUPE municipal workers attending the February 2011 National Municipal Sector Meeting in Toronto unanimously endorsed a declaration of principles and ideals for quality municipal services for all.

A tale of two cities: Ottawa and Toronto make different choices on garbage pick-up

Feb 10, 2011 09:36 AM In Ottawa the city and its employees announced that together they had found a cost effective way to deliver top notch residential waste collection for local citizens. Meanwhile in Toronto, the Mayor has chosen a different road.

Garbage In, Garbage Out: the real costs of solid waste collection

Feb 8, 2011 10:01 AM The discussion over whether Toronto should contract out residential garbage collection has been influenced by claims of potential savings that appear to be inaccurate or highly speculative.

CUPE videos debunk the myths about privatization of health care

Feb 8, 2011 02:13 PM New videos produced by CUPE on the myths surrounding the privatization of health care are now available. Share each video by email or through your favourite social media networks.

Sherbrooke to save $750,000 a year by bringing garbage collection services in house

Feb 24, 2011 04:35 PM Sherbrooke has announced that it will bring garbage collection services in-house. Currently, city workers with CUPE 2729 collect garbage in the city core only, while private contractors handle outlying areas.

Nova Scotia Highway Workers’ Union welcomes government figures on asphalt initiative

Mar 2, 2011 02:43 PM The Nova Scotia Highway Workers’ Union welocmes the provincial government’s release of figures which show big savings from bringing some of the province’s asphalt and chip seal work in house.