Month: July 2024

Over 140 organizations send open letter opposing Ontario government’s attempt to expand for profit child care

Over 140 Ontario organizations – including small and large child care programs from across Ontario, churches, francophone associations, labour unions, post-secondary and research institutions – have come together to send an Open Letter to Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith today in response to his recent letter to federal Minister Jenna Sudds asking her to further …

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Deficits, burnout, and now a strike at Ottawa CAS are signs of what’s to come in Hamilton

Child protection workers have never faced a crisis like the one they are currently in, with workers crying in their cars, on stress leave, or terrified that a lack of resources will lead to a child’s death. This explains the current strike at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa – but it also describes what …

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Payroll system roll-out an ongoing failure for Saskatchewan health care workers

In light of ongoing functionality and payroll issues, CUPE 5430 is demanding a plan to fix the failing AIMS payroll system and ensure health care workers are being properly compensated, as many are missing hundreds of dollars on their paycheques. The Administrative Information Management System, AIMS, was designed to manage payroll, scheduling, human resources, and finances for …

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Hospital workers demonstrate at Ottawa MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services

Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of health care privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Lisa Macleod’s constituency office in Ottawa this morning. In June, the government announced it will nearly double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans. “The Ford government says the status quo isn’t working – but it’s a status quo of their own making,” said Michael Hurley, …

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Air Canada Component of CUPE welcomes new federal Minister of Labour

On behalf of 10,859  Air Canada flight attendants across the country, the Air Canada Component of CUPE would like to thank Minister O’Regan for his work and congratulate the Honourable Steven MacKinnon on becoming the new Minister of Labour. Working in an industry that does not pay workers for the entire time that they are in …

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Quebec City outside workers begin their six-day strike during the summer festival

As announced in June, CUPE 1638, the union representing outside workers in Quebec City will be going out on strike from Wednesday, July 10 to Monday July 15 at 11:59 p.m. In recent days, intensive bargaining sessions have been held between the union and Quebec City to work out a negotiated agreement without there being a need …

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