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A new report by the Public Services Foundation of Canada shows that our provincial jails are chronically overcrowded, with terrible consequences for all of us
"Today, supports are developing, but it’s an area that I still believe there has to be significant work done," says NAPE President Jerry Earle.
OPSEU member activists show their support for World Breastfeeding Week at an event in Sault Ste. Marie.
"Taking half-baked and self-interested advice from corporate czars is not the way to fix Ontario." — Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU President
On August 12, 2015 sign a pledge for quality child care that all families can afford and count on.
"These studies suffer from significant methodological weaknesses and inconsistencies and massively oversell their results."
"You don’t need a break on tuition. Mother Earth can look after the environment herself. And well-paying, secure jobs are overrated."
“I am glad that young women like me and other women are protected and represented by unions.”
Ottawa (18 Aug. 2015) — The two young women who are the most recent winners of NUPGE’s Why Unions Matter contest are painfully aware that, in life, the cards are stacked against them.
The Committee has called on Canada to take immediate, coordinated action on the murders and disappearance of Aboriginal women and girls.
"Long-term care in Newfoundland and Labrador. Hydro in Ontario. Home care in British Columbia. Privatization schemes are being tried all across Canada and so it's heartening to see a government finally standing up and saying, 'Is this really worth it?'" — NUPGE National President James Clancy
Instead of making the transition of lab services in Medicine Hat smooth and professional, Alberta Health Services has chosen to ask "already stressed and busy workers to jump through hoops — and then apply for the jobs they already do", says Mike Parker, HSAA.
“We know home care clients and their families place a great deal of value on the work we do, so it’s a relief that a tentative deal was reached,” said Michelle Gawronsky, President of the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (MGEU/NUPGE)
“Toronto South is a costly boondoggle." — OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas
Nova Scotia's Finance Minister suggested a very heavy-handed approach to negotiations during a meeting with the province's public sector unions.
Ontario government using bafflegab to try to disguise the privatization of Hydro One.
