Laura Walton

• ‘Overwhelmed, tired, exhausted’: CUPE workers rally outside London school board amid talk delays

  Laura Walton was among a crowd of frustrated CUPE Local 4222 and Local 7575 workers who rallied outside the Thames Valley District School Board office on Dundas Street.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2023
  
• CUPE tells education support workers in Ontario to accept tentative contract offer

  When CUPE's Ontario school board bargaining team announced a deal with the Ford government, it signalled unease. The union's national leadership is now urging members to accept it.

  Education

  Nov 23, 2022
  
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• Estate planning company offers Ontario education workers free wills ahead of September

  “Where I teach, my classroom is in a wing of a school that was built in the 60s. It's recycled air. I have great big windows but they don’t open, some of the people in my section don’t even have windows at all and I’ve had respiratory issues.”

  Education

  Aug 5, 2020
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• Ford government dodges CUPE strike but more education labour woes ahead

  The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), l’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO) and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA) represent over 160,000 teachers currently without a deal.

  Education

  Oct 7, 2019
• Ford government says wage cap in tentative deal with CUPE a win

  Education workers and the province reached a tentative agreement Sunday night, hours before they were set to go on strike.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2019
• London schools remain open as CUPE strike averted

  With the exception of Conseil scolaire Viamonde, all London-area school boards announced last week that schools would be closed Monday in the event of a strike.

  Education

  Oct 7, 2019
• 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
• New talks set, aimed at preventing job action of Ontario education workers

  Ontario's educational workers will head back to the bargaining table this weekend amid preparations for a work-to-rule campaign starting Monday.

  Education

  Sep 25, 2019