When the Ford Conservatives proposed Bill 254, we called it an attack on the right of workers, unions, advocacy organizations, and concerned citizens to raise important issues through political advocacy and advertising and for Ontarians to hear about them. The Bill would create real barriers for all Ontarians who want to work together to expose Ford’s [...]
Jun 8, 2021 An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled yesterday that the Ford Conservative’s expansion of the Election Finances Act to limit political advertising by unions, advocacy organizations, and concerned citizens is unconstitutional. CUPE Ontario welcomed the ruling, calling it an important victory for freedom of expression and association that bolsters the democratic process in Ontario. “The only way we [...]
Dear OMERS Plan Member, Today, CUPE Ontario released a comprehensive and third party verified report detailing the long-term underperformance of investments at the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) pension plan. The report, Not Just One “Tough Year”: The Need for a Review of OMERS Investment Performance, revealed OMERS’ underperforming investments over a ten-year period compared [...]
Ford government must reconsider ill-advised wage restraint legislation TORONTO,ON – Health-care workers who have been there for patients and their families in every corner of Ontario throughout the COVID-19 pandemic are telling the Ford government that its wage restraint program profoundly devalues the contribution they’ve made, and that it must go now. For nearly 16 months, [...]
During National Nursing Week (May 10-16), CUPE Ontario recognizes the heroic efforts of nurses and acknowledges the entire team of healthcare workers from personal support workers to therapists and cleaners as you go all out to support care recipients across our healthcare system during a tumultuous period. This pandemic is stretching healthcare workers to their [...]
TORONTO, ON – Ontario paramedics, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), are concerned with a government plan to use a private, third-party company to participate in the province’s vaccine rollout, claiming that the company will need to hire working paramedics from Ontario’s land ambulance services. CUPE, Ontario’s largest paramedic union representing over 5,500 [...]
TORONTO, ON – The Ford Conservatives proposal to increase the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) instead of legislating paid sick days is not what Ontarians need, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “So many have been crystal clear from the early days of this crisis,” said Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario. “Ontarians [...]