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Post-secondary education: McMaster workers on strike for a fair deal

CUPE 3906, representing over 3000 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University, is on strike for a fair contract.
Communications Branch: Paramedics legislation a shameful first

VICTORIA - The B.C. Liberals are legislating the province’s 3,500 striking ambulance paramedics “back to work” with the Ambulance Services Collective Agreement Act. The move today in the Legislature is a first in Canadian labour history. It marks the first time a government has forced public employees to accept a collective agreement while the union is in the middle of voting on an offer from that same government.
Communications Branch: Pumpkin house a community treat

WEST VANCOUVER—Sick children got a Halloween outing thanks to CUPE 873 paramedic Steve Williams and his Halloween pumpkin house. Williams carved 406 pumpkins and decorated his yard in West Vancouver for the 19th year running. The pumpkin house was open on October 30 and 31.
Aboriginal Issues: Indigenous Sovereignty Week - Saturday, October 24 to Saturday, October 31, 2009

CUPE has pledged strong support for the event, and assisted in organizing and supporting events across the country this week.
Fast Facts: FastFacts - October 30, 2009
- CUPE Local 719 ratifies contract
- 'Sorry' not enough, union leaders tell federal government
- Erie Thames Power strike resolved
- New Agreement with Town of Mount-Royal
- Labour and political leaders rally for pensioners
- CUPE launches public child care tour
Libraries: OPSEU MEMBERS IN SOLIDARITY WITH CUPE LIBRARY WORKERS

OPSEU (Ontario Public Service Employees Union) Liquor Board Employees will demonstrate solidarity with Canadian Union of Public Employees Union (CUPE) library workers on Monday November 2, 2009 Toronto,
Global Justice: Fighting for union rights around the world

Delegates at CUPE’s 24th national convention in Montreal were treated to an exciting evening of speakers from around the world at the Global Justice forum.
Global Justice: Economic apartheid remains strong in South Africa

Nomvula Hadi of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU), CUPE’s sister union, brought a strong message to delegates at the CUPE National Convention: racial Apartheid may be dead politically, but economic Apartheid remains a reality in South Africa, where the country remains one of the most unequal in the world.
Environment: New Bicycling Bargaining Language

Members of CUPE Local 3942 who work as mental health and social services workers at the Ottawa Salus Corporation have bargained what is a first for a CUPE Local: a bicycling travel allowance.
Schools: School workers applaud new high school construction

The President of an education workers' union local applauded the news that the provincial government is building four new high schols with conventional financing.
Communications Branch: B.C. citizens take back seat to elite

ALERT: Striking Ambulance Paramedics of BC, CUPE 873, will set up a legal picket line this morning (Monday, Nov. 2) outside the Olympic Sliding Centre in Whistler, B.C. WHISTLER – B.C.’s 3,500 striking ambulance paramedics say elite Olympics trials are getting priority over emergency services for B.C. residents.
Healthcare associated infections: Do Ontario hospitals have capacity to handle H1N1 surge?

While much of Ontario worries, legitimately, about access to H1N1 vaccinations, hospital union leaders are asking about the consequences of hospitals capacity to handle a potential H1N1 surge.
Coordinated bargaining: Tabletalk - Winter 2009

In the Winter Issue of Tabletalk you can read about how Toronto library workers won pay equity. Check out how Saskatchewan school board workers made gains while merging locals. What are TFSAs? Read about the latest savings tool available. BC Health Care workers finally get some justice after the BC Liberals plundered their collective agreement-here’s some good news! Collective agreement language can help smooth the return to work transition, this issue provides collective agreement language designed to accommodate employees with disabilities return to work. And …announcing CUPE’s new Green Bargaining Guide to help locals negotiate green language in their workplaces
Public Private Partnerships (P3): CUPE will fight any attempts to bring new P3 projects to Nova Scotia

(Halifax) – CUPE Nova Scotia says it will fight any attempts by the provincial government to implement new public-private-partnerships – better known as P3’s.
Ontario: Transportation Committee chairwoman applauds union-led efficiencies

Switching to in-house contracts saves city hundreds of thousands of dollars
Quebec: City of Pointe-Claire: White collar workers vote to strike

Montreal, Thursday, October 29, 2009 – At last night’s extraordinary general meeting, 74% of the City of Pointe-Claire’s white collar workers came out in favor of job action, at the opportune time, up to and including strike.

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Communications Branch: VANOC behind back-to-work legislation

A memo from VANOC appears to be behind the BC government’s move to legislate 3,500 striking ambulance paramedics “back to work” in the middle of collective bargaining.
Pandemics: Can Ontario hospitals handle H1N1 surge?

While much of Ontario worries, legitimately, about access to H1N1 vaccinations, hospital union leaders are questioning the capacity of hospitals to handle an H1N1 surge.
Communications Branch: Grand Forks goes public to improve quality

GRAND FORKS—CUPE 4728 members will once again provide garbage and recycling collection starting Canada Day 2010 - thanks to the local’s five years of work to bring solid waste collection back in-house. CUPE 4728 members in Grand Forks helped the CAO make the case for public sector provision of solid waste, recycling, and compostable yard waste.

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Paramedics: Minister admits VANOC pressure

Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon now admits that demands from the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) to end to the ambulance paramedics strike led to back-to-work legislation.
Libraries: Tentative agreement at Toronto libraries

A tentative deal was reached this morning, avoiding a strike of over 2400 workers at libraries across Toronto.
Quebec: Hydro-Québec makes cuts in customer service

Barring an unlikely reversal in the situation, Hydro-Québec will be axing nearly 250 customer service and collections positions starting Friday.
About CUPE: Apply to sit on CUPE's national committees

CUPE is asking members to apply to sit on 15 national committees and working groups.
Economics: ‘Dalton Days’ discussion should wait until labour leaders, Premier McGuinty can discuss impact on public services

Discussions by politicians and the media about ‘Dalton Days,’ are premature and need to wait until public sector union leaders have an opportunity to speak with Premier Dalton McGuinty, CUPE Ontario President Sid Ryan cautioned today.
Global Justice: Coup d'état in Honduras: Report Back

In the wake of the June 28th coup in Honduras, CUPE helped support a group to visit Honduras, and document the situation - telling their story through exclusive interviews with trade unionists, workers, women’s groups, campesinos, indigenous, Garifuna and student leaders.
Municipalities: TCEU Local 416 members return Ferguson and others in executive elections

Members of the Toronto Civic Employees Union CUPE Local 416 have shown confidence in the leadership that led the union’s outside division through last summer’s strike by electing President Mark Ferguson and returning all other executive members.
School boards: CUPE's First National School Boards Conference

See CUPE school board workers from across the country discuss their challenges and successes in this video documenting CUPE's first national school board conference in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 2009.
Global Justice: From Canada to South Africa, the wealth of workers is in public services

Paul Moist brought greetings of global solidarity to the South African Municipal Workers congress, under way in Limpopo.
Bargaining: CUPE hospital workers to hold news conference at 3:00 pm today, November 4

(Halifax) – The Canadian Union of Public Employees will hold a news conference this afternoon at 3:00 pm at the Halifax Citadel Hotel, in the Cavalier Room.
Coordinated bargaining: Tabletalk - Spring 2009

Bargaining in the recession is tough, read how investing in the public sector can help the economic recovery. Good news about EI – your local may be eligible for a EI rebate – check it out! Casual employees are often the employers’ answer to cheap labour, but this issue describes CUPE’s victory in protecting casual workers in New Brunswick – where they are also fighting back against government imposed wage controls. This issue announces CUPE’s Guide to negotiating privatization protection – to assist locals fight back at the bargaining table.

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Bargaining: Contract talks for 3700 CUPE school board workers break off

(Dartmouth) - Conciliation talks for 3700 School Board Workers in Nova Scotia have failed to reach a deal. This begins the countdown to a possible province wide work stoppage in all school boards outside of the Halifax region.
Global Justice: Human rights work a lethal occupation in Colombia

Activist lawyer a target for prosecuting paramilitary officers Murder isn’t the only method Colombian security forces use in attempting to make influential union activists disappear. As Mariano Jose Guerra Diaz knows all too well, denunciation is another desperate tactic.
Global Justice: Colombian activist thanks CUPE for ‘protection’

Berenice Celeyta says union’s commitment inhibits violence by paramilitaries. Berenice Celeyta’s dark brown eyes light up when she’s reminded of a documentary video in which she is quoted. In the 2008 video, “Building Solidarity,” a CUPE BC production about worker-to-worker projects in Latin America, Celeyta tells an interviewer that letters to Colombian president Alvaro Uribe Velez from concerned CUPE members are a far better form of protection for the country’s union activists than weapons or bodyguards.
Climate change: The COP 15 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference

The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (Conference of the Parties – COP 15) will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7-18, 2009. This will be the event where world leaders and thousands of others come together to form a new international agreement on climate change.

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Post-secondary education: McMaster workers want a fair offer

CUPE 3906 will be holding a ratification vote on the final offer package on Saturday, but are encouraging members to reject it and demonstrate their resolve to seek a fair deal that benefits students, workers, and the university.
Municipalities: CUPE calls for public inquiry into Quebec municipal sector

In the wake of municipal elections plagued by scandals and allegations of corruption, CUPE is demanding immediate reform on the regulations governing project bidding processes and party financing.
Communications Branch: Paramedics rally at VANOC

VANCOUVER—More than 400 striking ambulance paramedics, CUPE 873, and union supporters came out for a boisterous midday rally against Bill 21 Friday.
Education: CUPE's OUWCC supports university workers at McMaster and UofT

The Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee (OUWCC), representing more than 18,000 Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) university workers in Ontario, stands solidly behind CUPE 3902 at the University of Toronto and CUPE 3906 at McMaster University, in their fight to get good collective agreements.
Bargaining: Children’s Aid workers to seek public support to head-off strike

Children’s Aid Society workers in Burk’s Falls, Parry Sound and North Bay will be reaching out to the public on Monday, November 09, as part of their effort to improve conditions at the Nipissing & Parry Sound Children’s Aid Society without a strike that they say management is trying to provoke.
Long term care: Better Care for our Seniors – theme of Sydney Forum

(Sydney) – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is spearheading a national campaign to raise awareness about the state of residential long-term care across Canada, with stops across the country.
Budget: Dalton Days’ discussion should wait until labour leaders, Premier McGuinty can discuss impact on public services

Discussions by politicians and the media about ‘Dalton Days,’ are premature and need to wait until public sector union leaders have an opportunity to speak with Premier Dalton McGuinty, CUPE Ontario President Sid Ryan cautioned today.
Post-secondary education: On a student 'Day of Action,’ Queen’s Park must take action on unreasonable tuition hikes

As students across Ontario take part in a ‘Day of Action’ for a poverty-free Ontario, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario Sid Ryan issued a call to Premier Dalton McGuinty to implement the simplest anti-student poverty measure possible—putting a stop to unreasonable tuition hikes.

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Communications Branch: Paramedics' legal strike ended by force

VICTORIA—The Liberal government has forced an end to the Ambulance Paramedics legal strike following an all-night session in the B.C. Legislature.

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Employment Opportunities with CUPE: Bilingual senior officer – new media

Applications are invited for the position of Bilingual Senior Officer – New Media to work with the Communications Branch, National Services Department, at National Office, located in Ottawa, Ontario
Bargaining: UofT sessional faculty reach tentative agreement

Toronto, Ont. – University of Toronto sessional teaching staff – or contract faculty – members of CUPE Local 3902 Unit 3, reached a tentative settlement with the University administration on Sunday November 8.
Advertisement: A great place to grow: public child care

Public child care and early childhood education.

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Long term care: Better Care for our Seniors – theme of St. John’s Forum

(St. John’s) – The Canadian Union of Public Employees is spearheading a national campaign to raise awareness about the state of residential, long-term care across Canada.

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Global Justice: Philippine organization thanks CUPE for resolution

Only a few short weeks after CUPE's national covention, one resolution has already made a difference in the Philippines.
Communications Branch: Maude Barlow in Victoria November 20

Why privatization is a bad idea for Victoria’s sewage treatment VICTORIA- Maude Barlow, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and former senior advisor on water to the president of the UN General Assembly, will be speaking in Victoria on Friday, November 20. The event is free and is sponsored by the Council of Canadians, the Greater Victoria Water Watch Coalition, and CUPE. The evening will also feature renowned singer/songwriter Wyckham Porteous.
Global Justice: ACT Philipines letter

A letter from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers in the Philipines regarding CUPE Resolution 238.

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Elderly: CUPE report shows seniors' care in crisis

Our residential long-term care system is under pressure - and it’s only going to get worse as Canada's population ages, says new CUPE research.
Long term care: Meet CUPE's long-term care workers

This week, cupe.ca will profile seven residential long-term care workers who know the problems facing seniors' care in Canada, and have solutions to offer.
Kyoto protocol: Sign the KYOTOplus petition

CUPE members are urged to sign on to support the KYOTOplus campaign, calling for stronger action from the Canadian government on climate change.
Trade: No privatization by force: Unions to Calderón

A coalition of Canadian unions and NGOs, including CUPE, have sent Mexican President Felipe Calderón a letter condemning the liquidation of the Luz y Fuerza del Centro power company and the brutal layoff of its 44,000 workers.
Communications Branch: SPCA cancels night emergency for animals

Union concerned about loss of services for injured animals at night VANCOUVER— CUPE 1622 has been advised by the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that effective January 1, 2010 the Lower Mainland night emergency program late shift will be eliminated.
Settlements: Toronto Public Library Workers Union (TPLWU) ratify new collective agreement

The Toronto Public Library Workers Union (TPLWU) CUPE 4948 has ratified their first collective agreement.
Bargaining: CUPE hospital workers in Sydney give union strike mandate

(Sydney) – CUPE hospital workers in Cape Breton have given their union a strong strike mandate.
Economics: Lansdowne Live: the real costs for the public and taxpayers of Ottawa

CUPE Local 503 has launched a TV and radio campaign to oppose plans by Ottawa City Council to hand over Lansdowne Park to private developers rent free to build a shopping mall, along with $129 million of taxpayers money interest free.
Child care: Newfoundland and Labrador profile
Settlements: Strike averted at last minute - Children’s aid workers ratify new contract

More than 100 Children’s Aid Society workers, members of CUPE 2049, turned out this afternoon and voted today to accept a new contract reached after an all-night bargaining session that ran until 9:00am this morning, well past the midnight November 10 strike/lockout deadline.
Communications Branch: Free public forum on child care

VANCOUVER—The verdict has long been in – a public system blending early childhood education and child care (ECEC) delivers high quality programs for children and families. What would that system look like? What can we do to push governments to act?

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Long term care: “I might as well be back in the factory”

Sixteen years ago, Ian McCharles left factory work to take a job in a nursing home. Today, because of understaffing and an increasing workload, he says he “might as well be back in the factory.”
Communications Branch: Managers to escape the knife in public library cuts

Admin counts for only one of 25 FTEs to go in first round of City budget rollbacks VANCOUVER— With Vancouver Public Library management first to drop the axe this morning in the City of Vancouver’s 2010 budget cuts, CUPE 391 president Alex Youngberg is wondering why administration is suffering barely a scratch in all the bloodletting.
Aboriginal Issues: CUPE Aboriginal Members Hold Inaugural Gathering

Winnipeg – Union and Aboriginal leaders are meeting this weekend in Winnipeg to strengthen their ability to support Aboriginal members in their workplaces.
Rallies: “Your Struggle is Ours” - CUPE joins solidarity rally for locked out, terminated Cadillac Fairview workers

Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, the province’s largest public sector union, stood shoulder-to-shoulder this afternoon with their private sector counterparts in a show of labour solidarity in support of 61 maintenance and skilled trades employees locked out from their jobs at the Toronto-Dominion Centre.

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Communications Branch: CUPE members in Okanagan say “Kill Bill 21”

VERNON—CUPE members demonstrated at Liberal MLA Eric Foster’s constituency office on Saturday to protest Bill 21 – the Liberal government’s unprecedented legislation that forces workers, who were in the middle of voting on a collective agreement, back to work. The small crowd of Okanagan Mainline District Council delegates was joined by concerned members from the community. The impromptu protest garnered support from passers-by who honked and waved.
Communications Branch: Ambulance Service strikes out

VANCOUVER - Despite repeated union warnings that staffing levels are critically low, the BC Ambulance Service has tried to blame its employees for ambulance shortages.

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Women: 20 years is too long

It has been 20 years since 14 women were killed on December 6, 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. Join the CLC campaign and send a postcard a day to the Prime Minister to remind him that 20 years later, government attention to violence against women is long overdue.
About CUPE: CUPE saddened by passing of founding member Gil Levine

CUPE has lost one of its visionaries today, as generations of CUPE members and staff mourn the loss of former national research director and tireless labour activist Gil Levine.
Unions: CUPE mourns loss of dedicated union leader

The CUPE family has suffered a great loss with the sudden passing of Brother Brian Cochrane, former president of Local 416.
Communications Branch: Ambulance Service withdraws ‘strike’ claim

VANCOUVER – The BC Ambulance Service has withdrawn its “illegal strike” claims against ambulance paramedics and their union, CUPE 873.
Long term care: "I love to help people"

Ana Bettencourt DaSilva became a long-term care worker because she loves working with people. But as she struggles to care for an increasing number of residents, she worries that she is too busy to provide them with the time they need.
Fast Facts: FastFacts - November 13, 2009
- Paramedics' legal strike ended by force
- CUPE kicks off national long-term care tour
- Philippine organization thanks CUPE for resolution
- UofT sessional faculty reach tentative agreement
- Brutal privatisation: Canadian response to President Calderón
- Hydro-Québec: our counter-offensive continues
Fast Facts: FastFacts - November 6, 2009
- Talks for NS school board workers break off
- McMaster workers on strike for a fair deal
- Paramedics’ legislation a shameful first
- From Canada to South Africa, the wealth of workers is in public services
- Tentative agreement at Toronto libraries
- Apply to sit on CUPE’s national committees
- CUPE requests a public enquiry into the municipal world
- Hydro-Québec makes cuts to client service
Child care: Child Care Profile: Nova Scotia
Municipalities: TCEU Local 416 mourns death of former president Brian Cochrane

The following statement has been issued by Mark Ferguson, president of Toronto Civic Employees Union, CUPE Local 416: The members of Local 416 are mourning the sudden passing at home on Sunday of our union brother Brian Cochrane.

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Health Care: Take the Medicare Pledge

Celebrate National Medicare Week – and the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Health Coalition – by signing the Medicare Pledge asking the federal government to show leadership on health care.
Food banks: Food bank report more proof that feds need to act on poverty

A new report from Food Banks Canada confirms what working people know – it’s getting a lot harder to make ends meet.
Global Justice: Human rights must trump free trade

Once again, the government is debating free trade with Colombia - the most dangerous country in the world to be a trade unionist.
Communications Branch: Paramedics refuse part in farce

VANCOUVER – CUPE 873 president John Strohmaier has told the provincial government that ambulance paramedics will not be taking part in a “sham” industrial inquiry commission.
Municipalities: CUPE NL at municipalities convention

CUPE municipal workers and staff from around the province attended the annual convention of Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador, which was held in Gander from November 5th to 8th.
Long term care: "Everybody should have this level of care"

Ken Deroches works in a long-term care facility that houses veterans and community residents. He wishes all residents could have the standard of care that those in veterans' facilities receive.

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Child care: Second non-profit child care centre says it will close - CUPE calls on Minister Peterson-Rafuse to step in

(Halifax) – A second, non-profit child care centre in HRM has announced it plans to shut its doors, and the union representing workers there says it’s time for the Minister of Community Services to stop the bleeding.
Long term care: "We're like their family"

"I wish I had more time to talk with the residents", says long-term care worker Margaret Manning. "It's their home away from home, and we're like their family."
Child care: Child Care Profile : Alberta
Political action: Get involved with Retirement Security for Everyone

The Retirement Security for Everyone campaign is picking up steam.

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Long term care: "Things have changed a great deal"

When Pat Riedel first started working in long-term care, residents had to be able to walk through the door - now, residents are mostly full-care. “It’s almost impossible to get the job done.”
Communications Branch: Partnerships BC’s P3 methodology ‘seriously flawed’

BURNABY— The BC Liberal government has been relying on seriously flawed methodology to choose public-private partnerships (P3s) over traditional financing and procurement for major capital projects, a renowned economist says in a damning review of the government’s case for P3s released today.
Bargaining: Deadline looms as Niagara children’s aid Mediation starts on National Child Day

After months of negotiating and over 40 hours of Ministry of Labour supervised Conciliation talks, formal contract Mediation between CUPE and Family and Children Services Niagara will begin Friday, November 20, National Child Day, in St. Catharines, just days away from a ministry imposed strike/lockout deadline of midnight November 25.

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LGBTT: Remember and Organize

On November 20th, we remember the victims of transphobic violence - and recognize the need to continue to fight for equality in our workplaces.
Public Private Partnerships (P3): Analyses biased in favor of P3s

The Québec auditor general’s report that was released today strongly repudiates the entire process that led the Charest government to choose public private partnerships (P3s) to build Montreal’s two “super hospitals”, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
Strikes and Lockouts: Court of Appeal agrees to hear union appeal

Quebec City, Thursday, November 19, 2009 – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) welcomed the recent decision handed down by the Honorable Justice Paul Vézina.
Communications Branch: Prince George rallies against Bill 21

PRINCE GEORGE – More than 150 workers and community supporters marched through downtown Prince George today protesting the B.C. government’s repressive Bill 21.
Social services: Local Children’s aid staff take Blue Ribbon warning to the public

Front line children’s aid staff, members of CUPE Local 2197 wore blue ribbons to work today, National Child Day, and handed out ribbons and message bookmarks in front of local Walmart stores in Belleville and Trenton, speaking with the public and warning about the growing crisis in child protection services in Hastings County and across the province.
Social services: James Bay Children’s aid staff wear Blue Ribbons in plea for help

Management and front line staff all wore blue ribbons to work today, November 20 – National Child Day, to draw attention to the crisis at one of Ontario’s hardest hit children’s aid societies, Payukotayno whose head office is in Moose Factory, an island community of 3,000, mostly first nations peoples, in James Bay.
Social services: Local Children’s aid staff take Blue Ribbon Day warning to the street

Front line children’s aid staff, members of CUPE Local 181-2 wore blue ribbons to work today, National Child Day, and handed out ribbons and message bookmarks in front of the local Tim Horton’s and Zehr’s stores warning of the growing crisis in child protection services in Brantford and across the province.
Social services: Local Children’s aid staff take Blue Ribbon warning to the public

Front line children’s aid staff, members of CUPE Local 2501 wore blue ribbons to work today, National Child Day, and handed out ribbons and message bookmarks in front of City Hall warning of the growing crisis in child protection services in Halton and across the province.
Bargaining: CUPE hospital workers in Truro and area give union strike mandate

(Truro) - CUPE hospital workers in Truro and Tatamagouche have given their union a string strike mandate.
Long term care: Union Campaigning for Better Long-Term Care

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is spearheading a national campaign to raise awareness about the state of residential long-term care across Canada.
Bargaining: Peterborough’s Omni health care picketed in Aurora at Willows Nursing Home

Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2863 will hold an information picket at Willows Nursing Home in Aurora on Monday, November 23 at 3 p.m.
Communications Branch: Public forum to address child care crisis

VANCOUVER – Child care activists and experts will share information and plan for action at the B.C. stop on a cross-country tour promoting public delivery of child care through school boards or local governments.
Long term care: Long term care woes require public sector solutions

Regina – Chronic neglect of long-term care has placed Canada’s elderly in a two-tiered system where costs, access and quality vary depending on your income and where you live, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. And it is only going to get worse, unless governments act now to provide legislated standards and universal coverage under medicare.
Fast Facts: FastFacts - November 20, 2009
- CUPE saddened by passing of founding member Gil Levine
- CUPE Aboriginal members hold Winnipeg gathering
- CUPE mourns loss of dedicated union leader
- Moist urges CIIT to include Afro-Colombian perspective in hearings
- CUPE NL at Municipalities convention
- Sign the KYOTOplus petition
- CUPE defends CRTC networks
- A new repudiation of PPPs in Québec
Long term care: "There just isn't the time"

Evelyn Keays has 90 minutes to do all of the personal care for 10 residents in the morning.

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Communications Branch: Barlow says ‘get active’ for public sewage treatment in Victoria

VICTORIA – Speaking to a full house at St. Ann’s Academy in Victoria, Maude Barlow brought a global perspective to the local campaign for public sewage treatment. It was an energizing evening that started with the Raging Grannies and included a wonderful performance by Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Wyckham Porteous. The event was sponsored by the Council of Canadians, the Greater Victoria Water Watch Coalition and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

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Child care: Child care can boost the economy

A major new study on the economics of early learning and child care shows child care investments more than pay for themselves.
Communications Branch: A breakfast grilling for B.C.’s Health Minister

Downtown rally calls on Kevin Falcon to admit Bill 21 error, get back to bargaining table VANCOUVER—Not surprisingly, the guest of honour avoided the scene by arriving through an underground entrance. But thanks to the spirited cries of “Stop 21!” from about 200 CUPE and other union activists, BC Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon must have got the message loud and clear: they let him know that working people will not tolerate the kind of legislative trampling on collective bargaining rights that the BC Liberals committed with Bill 21, which forced a contract on ambulance paramedics.
Water: National Water Summit in Ottawa to focus on solutions in absence of federal leadership

Ottawa, ON – Just one week before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, a water conference taking place in Ottawa will highlight the need for better policies to protect water in Canada and around the world.
Child care: Public child care profile : Toronto, Ontario
Law: Union leader applauds Labour Board decision

The President of CUPE 3550 is applauding a decision by the Alberta Labour Relations Board.
Child care: Child Care Profile: British Columbia

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Recreation: CUPE custodian turns lifesaver

Thanks to defibrillator training provided as part of her job, Sandra Houghton, a part-time custodian at the Georgina Civic Centre, was able to help save a life.
Convention: Elections for new Ontario labour movement leadership tomorrow; Sid Ryan to seek OFL presidency

Working people from across the province will elect new provincial labour leadership tomorrow, November 25, 2009, at the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) biannual convention being held in Toronto this week.
Long term care: Investing in Staff Crucial to Fixing Seniors' Care

WINNIPEG – Across Canada, residential long-term care is at a crisis point and as the population ages, pressure on the system will only get worse.
Healthcare associated infections: Does Sudbury hospital have capacity to handle H1N1 peak?

While much of Ontario worries, legitimately, about access to H1N1 vaccine, local and national hospital union leaders are asking pointed questions about Sudbury Regional Hospital’s capacity to handle an H1N1 2nd or even 3rd wave peak.
Child care: Child Care Profile: Manitoba
Child care: Child Care Profile : Saskatchewan

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Unions: Ryan named OFL president

CUPE Ontario President Sid Ryan was named president of the Ontario Federation of Labour today. Ryan has been president of CUPE Ontario for 17 years.
Communications Branch: Public child care pays off

VANCOUVER – Child care workers, parents, and activists were at the Vancouver Public Library last night to talk about how to improve child care, as part of a cross country tour organized by the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Communications Branch: BC Fed condemns Bill 21

VANCOUVER—BC Federation of Labour delegates vowed solid support for CUPE BC’s campaign against Bill 21 at their annual convention in Vancouver today.
Copenhagen 2009 Conference: ITUC Releases COP 15 Statement

The International Trades Union Confederation (ITUC) has just released its statement for the upcoming COP 15 climate change conference in Copenhagen. The ITUC is the world’s largest trade union confederation with approximately 166 million members.
Environment: New ITUC/SustainLabour Climate Change Videos

These videos highlight trade union activity on climate change from all parts of the world - and are a reminder that sustaining a liveable planet for future generations is a fundamental issue for working people the world over.
Convention: “Economic recession both a challenge and an opportunity to create a positive movement on the left” – CUPE’s Ryan new OFL president

Uniting the labour movement in Ontario, taking a leadership role in building the new ‘green economy’ and reaching out to unorganized workers by giving them a reason to join a union, will be the focus for the labour movement in Ontario for the next two years, said Sid Ryan, the newly elected president of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).

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Communications Branch: Library board gets an earful from public

VANCOUVER—The message at last night’s Vancouver Public Library (VPL) board meeting was loud and clear: members of the public love their libraries and don’t want to see their cherished services reduced or eliminated to meet the City of Vancouver’s budget shortfalls.
Copenhagen 2009 Conference: Write to Environment Minister Jim Prentice

CUPE members are urged to use this letter as a template to write to Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice about the upcoming COP15 climate change conference. The letter calls on Minister Prentice to get it right and not ruin a new international climate change accord.
Long term care: "I'd like to be able to offer them more of my time"

"What I'd like to be able to do is offer them more of my time", says Brenda Stainton of her long-term care residents. "It's not just about their physical needs, it's about emotional." Stainton feels that having more time to simply talk to the residents would make a huge difference for many of the people living in her long-term care facility.
Copenhagen 2009 Conference: Paul Moist and Claude Généreux Write to Environment Minister

CUPE National President Paul Moist and National Secretary-Treasurer Claude Généreux have written a letter to federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice calling on him to help negotiate a successful climate change agreement in Copenhagen next month.

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Water: Blue Summit tackles key water issues

The opening day of the Blue Summit highlighted major challenges to public water systems and resources, and drew lessons from winning campaigns.

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Water: Governments must act to protect water

A national water policy and a clear commitment from all three levels of government are needed to protect Canadians' right to water, says a declaration released today from this weekend's Blue Summit.
Communications Branch: Island rallies gain momentum

NANAIMO – CUPE members and community supporters on Vancouver Island turned out in full force this week to demand their right to free collective bargaining.
Water: The Blue Summit declaration

A call to action to protect public water services and sources, adopted at the close of the summit celebrating the 10th anniversary of Water Watch.

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