The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) responded to yesterday’s release of the review by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO), which analyzed the Ministry of Education’s spending plan from the 2021 Ontario Budget and the 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates, with Laura Walton, president of CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) offering the following comment:
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The union representing flight attendants at Air Canada says the company’s decision to pay out lavish executive bonuses while lobbying for a bailout and laying off tens of thousands of workers is shameless and morally bankrupt.
“Paying out millions in executive bonuses while they kick their workers to the curb and ask the taxpayer to bail them out isn’t just wrong, it’s morally bankrupt,” said Mark Hancock, National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), in a release. “This company has been taking the federal government for a ride and it’s our members and the Canadian public who are paying the price. It’s long past time for Justin Trudeau to get a grip on this situation.”
VANCOUVER, British Columbia The union representing flight attendants at Air Canada says the company’s decision to pay out lavish executive bonuses while…
Fort Frances, ON, Canada / 93.1 The Border
May 19, 2021 | 8:29 PM
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) wants an investigation into the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS).
Fred Hahn is the president of CUPE Ontario and says OMERS saw losses of 2.7 per-cent last year.
“2.7 per-cent represents around $3 billion lost,” says Hahn, “When you look at what OMERS is expected to return, the problem is even greater. OMERS anticipated a return of 6.9 per-cent in 2020.”
He explains that they want to know why.
“We’ve been worried that 2020 might be a bad year for returns, but we were shocked at how bad. In 2020, OMERS returned -2.7 per-cent. No other comparable pension plans had a negative return in 2020.”
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Survey shows that Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) in northern Ontario communities are experiencing high levels of workload pressure, anxiety, workplace violence and physical and mental exhaustion.
This survey, administered by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) from March to April, was answered by 200 RPNs working at hospitals in Sudbury, Kenora and Fort Frances. The total number of nurses who took the survey across Ontario is 2,650.
Michael Hurley, President of CUPE’s OCHU, said the polling paints a stark picture of exhausted nurses who feel unvalued and unsupported.