Contract academic workers at the University of Toronto have given their bargaining team an overwhelming 91% mandate in favour of strike action for Unit 3 of CUPE 3902, which includes non-student [...]
The fact is that the conflict between college administrations and faculty is far from resolved, and the invocation of back-to-work legislation is but a band-aid solution to the underlying [...]
A recent injunction application filed by CUPE in Federal Court to prevent the transfer of more RCMP civilian employees to the flawed Phoenix pay system has achieved the desired result, even [...]
Violence against health-care workers is pervasive within the walls of hospitals across Ontario, suggests a study that examined the experiences of nurses, personal support workers and other staff. [...]
New polling, released on Wednesday (November 22, 2017), shows that assaults on hospital staff are happening at “alarming” rates of frequency. Read more.
The union representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario is applauding the Campaign for Public Education’s (CPE) latest effort to secure a review and overhaul of the province’s [...]
Canada’s unions say they welcome legislation being proposed to address harassment and violence in federally-regulated workplaces, and look forward to working with the government to address [...]
Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a poll of Ontario and Ottawa hospital staff finds. Read more.
The Canadian Labour Congress is celebrating news that Ontario labour legislation is being amended to provide victims of domestic and sexual violence five paid days off work. Read more.
This strike presents all of us in Ontario with a fundamental question: what kind of society do we want to live in? Read more.
