CUPE Education Workers

• Peterborough school boards to close schools Monday in event of CUPE strike

  Both school boards in the Peterborough, Ont., area say they can not operate their schools safely without CUPE education workers and will close schools if a strike happens Monday.

  Education

  Nov 16, 2022
  
• 79 per cent of Ontario education workers vote in favour of new deal, CUPE says

  The Canadian Union of Public Employees' bargaining team said 79 per cent of its 55,000 members voted in favour of the new deal.

  Education

  Nov 4, 2019
  
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• CUPE education workers, Ontario government reach tentative deal to avoid strike

  Dozens of school boards intended to close Monday as the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario government were stuck in contract negotiations.

  Education

  Oct 6, 2019
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• How school boards will tell you if classes are cancelled Monday

  Global News has reached out to a number of boards that are planning to shut down classes Monday should a strike happen, and gathered their responses.

  Education

  Oct 6, 2019
• Ontario education minister says he’s ‘available 24-7’ as CUPE job action escalation looms

  Mary Unan, a communications specialist with CUPE, said the union has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference at Queen's Park on Wednesday where "there will be an announcement, not just an update."

  Education

  Oct 2, 2019
• Ontario education workers represented by CUPE vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike

  The Canadian Union of Public Employees says 93 per cent of its 55,000 members voted in favour of job action, putting them in a legal strike position as of Sept. 30.

  Education

  Sep 16, 2019