23 February 2023

CUPE 109 housing workers call on Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation to invest in resident services, negotiate fair deal

KINGSTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– CUPE 109 housing workers are calling on their employer, the […]
6 February 2023

CUPE 2974 Windsor-Essex paramedics vote 100% in favour of strike action if County fails to address deterioration of service

WINDSOR, ON  –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– The paramedics of Essex County organized as CUPE 2974 have […]
2 February 2023

“We’re ready to strike because we deserve better wages now”: Markham Public Library workers approach a February 10 strike date

MARKHAM, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Markham Public Library workers, members of CUPE Local 905, are […]
23 January 2023

“We do the same work – why aren’t we being paid the same”: Food service workers at Nipissing and Canadore College overwhelmingly vote in favour of a strike

NORTH BAY, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Minimum wage food service workers at North Bay’s Nipissing […]
10 January 2023

A statement from Crystal Krauter-Maki, educational assistant and CUPE Local 4148 president, regarding the ransomware hack of Huron Superior Catholic District School Board

CORRECTION…by Canadian Union of Public Employees SAULT STE. MARIE, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Please replace […]
9 January 2023

Sault Ste Marie city workers vote to strike for a wage increase to address high cost of living, give city managers tools to retain and recruit staff

SAULT STE MARIE, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– The workers who dug Sault Ste Marie out […]
20 December 2022

Giving is the spirit of the season say Hamilton St. Joe’s hospital workers following $14,000 donation to community groups

HAMILTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– For the fourth consecutive year, 2200 front-line hospital staff at […]
13 December 2022

CORRECTING AND REPLACING CUPE’s
City employees shocked by pre-Christmas lay-offs as Mississauga contracts out emergency dispatch services to private firm

CORRECTION…by Canadian Union of Public Employees MISSISSAUGA, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Please replace the release […]
13 December 2022

Merry Christmas: you’re fired
Calgary social services agency fires employee for refusing to work alone with high-risk clients

CALGARY, AB –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Trinity Place Foundation has fired a 33-year-old female employee after […]