Showdown at York U affects entire Canadian university sector By Cynthia Loch-Drake, Course Instructor at the Schulich School of Business It’s High Noon in the Canadian university sector and the showdown is at York University. CUPE 3903, the strongest union representing precariously employed contract faculty, is confronting the most corporate-heavy Board of Governors running any Continue readingTheir fight is our fight: Students and contract faculty support 3903 strike
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By Stuart Ryan Members of CUPE 2424, the support staff local at Carleton University, celebrated victory on April 3 by a 98% majority vote to ratify a tentative agreement. Their month-long strike secured their defined-pension plan for years to come. The local represents more than 850 administrative, technical, library, counsellors, and nursing staff at the Continue readingCUPE 2424 wins pension security in month-long strike
By Rick Telfer Around 850 administrative, technical and library workers at Carleton University began picketing at campus entrances on March 5 as they went on strike to protect their pensions. The workers are represented by Local 2424 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The strike followed nineteen days of bargaining since July 2017. Negotiations with Continue readingCarleton University workers striking to protect their pensions
by Rick Telfer OTTAWA — Over 900 administrative, technical, and library workers at Carleton University are preparing for a fight with the university administration in response to the administration’s demand to eliminate collective agreement language that guarantees a defined benefit pension plan for workers. The workers are represented by Local 2424 of the Canadian Union Continue readingCUPE 2424 prepares pension plan fight at Carleton U
By Daniel Tseghay In 2015, 900 workers in the health services support sector – laundry staff, dietary workers, and housekeepers – lost their jobs and were forced to reapply for them. They worked for two BC Health Authorities, Vancouver Coastal and Providence Health, public health providers who had nonetheless contracted out some of their services Continue readingBC hospital support service workers ready to fight back
By Brad Walchuk The lines between fact and fiction have become increasingly blurred in recent weeks thanks to the newly elected Trump administration in the United States. Outright lies are being cast as “alternative facts,” while evidence based arguments are dismissed as fake news. In such a climate, even north of the border, it’s something Continue readingToronto mayor’s garbage privatization plan kicked to the curb
By Brad Walchuk Roughly 1500 healthcare workers, allies, and community members rallied outside of the Hamilton General Hospital at noon on February 6. The rally is part of an Ontario-wide campaign by the Canadian Union of Public Employee (Ontario Division) and its component OCHU (Ontario Council of Hospital Unions) to increase the funding for hospitals and Continue reading1500 rally in Hamilton to increase healthcare funding
By Helen Kennedy Since April of last year, something amazing has been happening in CUPE in Ontario. CUPE locals in social services, overwhelmingly female workers, have been taking a stand against bad bosses and their austerity agendas. The most significant result, along with the some major improvements for precarious workers, is the emergence of a Continue readingCUPE women step up the fight on the picket lines
By David Bush Gilary Massa should be getting back to work at the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) after her year of maternity leave. Instead, she and her supporters in the #istandwithgilary campaign were on campus fighting for her rights and the rights of all mothers and parents to take parental leave without being fired. Massa Continue readingThe RSU hates moms
By Robert Devet Well over a hundred City of Halifax outside workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 108, gathered in front of City Hall on September 6 to send a message to Mayor Savage and City councillors. These are the workers who look after HRM’s green spaces and parks, roads, playgrounds and sidewalks, and Continue readingHalifax outside workers rally in defense of their pensions
By Denise Leduc, Rankandfile.ca writer For three months, Colonialism No More activists in Treaty Four territory have maintained a solidarity camp outside the Regina offices of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). In fact Tuesday marked 100 days of protest outside of INAC. The camp setup in April as one of a handful of occupations Continue readingIn solidarity with Colonialism No More: A place for labour in anti-colonial struggles
By Ilija Dimeski Things haven’t been too great for our Mississauga librarians. With almost everything going digital and with the introduction of self-checkouts, some librarians have been let go while others have had their hours drastically cut. “What was previously the job of three workers, has now been reduced to one,” says one worker on Continue readingMississauga library workers hit the picket lines