CUPE Local 2361

Nursing homes continue to face critical staffing challenges

Legislation must be complimented by a staffing strategy that includes standardized wages, full-time work and good benefits in order to attract new workers and old ones who have left the sector. Read more…

‘No increase? No work!’ Toronto health care workers save pandemic premium via job action

Health care workers, who have no legal right to strike in Ontario, have turned to workplace action to pressure employers and the government for protection and compensation. Over the past few months, sticker days, moments of silence, informational pickets, and mass grievances have been organized in hospitals and long-term care homes across the province. Read […]

With six weeks to go, Ontario government has still not announced funding to ensure safe reopening of schools

The Ontario government’s re-announcement today of capital funding for new schools does nothing to prepare the province for the safe return of students and stuff to schools this September. Read more…

Child care programs in Ontario on brink of collapse, six weeks out from school opening

Parents and operators are concerned as only 41%, or 2265 out of a total 5523, of Ontario’s child care centres have reopened as back-to-school and return-to-work quickly approaches. This contrasts multiple claims from Premier Ford that child care is currently at 91% capacity, CUPE Ontario reports. Read more…

Women & COVID-19: Effects will linger long after the pandemic ends

Women & COVID-19: Effects will linger long after the pandemic ends Read more…

Public Health Ontario data reveals devastating pandemic effects for health care workers

Provincial COVID-19 data released by Public Health Ontario shows the cost of years of ignoring health workers’ demands, and the risks of continued inaction. Read more…

Now is the time for Premier to commit to a moratorium on for-profit long-term care, bed expansion only in municipal and non-profit homes

Care and staff level reforms to improve quality in long-term care are needed now, and the Ontario government should put an immediate focus on expanding beds only in non-profit homes while placing a moratorium on new for-profit beds, says Candace Rennick, the secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. Read more…

“We want to continue to care for residents at the Glen Hill long-term care home,” say front-line care staff whose working conditions are being attacked

The construction of a new long-term care home, Glen Hill Terrace by Durham Christian Homes, was initially welcomed by the front-line care staff as a good news story for the community, the residents and their families. But the excitement of the new build on Glen Hill Drive in Whitby has, through over months of negotiations […]

Toronto school board trustees ask province to reconsider back-to-school plan

Toronto District School Board trustees are asking the province to reconsider its back-to-school plan, which they say will leave many families to choose between educating their children and their jobs. Read more…

A look to the future: How Canada’s pandemic recovery could benefit workers

As Canada’s economy slowly reopens, unions, think tanks and activists are paying close attention to a shifting labour market as they formulate plans that would ensure workers’ rights are advanced, not regressed. Read more…

Nursing homes continue to face critical staffing challenges

‘No increase? No work!’ Toronto health care workers save pandemic premium via job action

With six weeks to go, Ontario government has still not announced funding to ensure safe reopening of schools

Child care programs in Ontario on brink of collapse, six weeks out from school opening

Women & COVID-19: Effects will linger long after the pandemic ends

Public Health Ontario data reveals devastating pandemic effects for health care workers

Now is the time for Premier to commit to a moratorium on for-profit long-term care, bed expansion only in municipal and non-profit homes

“We want to continue to care for residents at the Glen Hill long-term care home,” say front-line care staff whose working conditions are being attacked

Toronto school board trustees ask province to reconsider back-to-school plan

A look to the future: How Canada’s pandemic recovery could benefit workers

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Nursing homes continue to face critical staffing challenges

‘No increase? No work!’ Toronto health care workers save pandemic premium via job action