CUPE: Kingston hospital staff ‘exhausted and demoralized’ during pandemic

CUPE calls on government to extend benefits to front-line workers

CUPE rallies behind Something Special Children’s Centre workers

Board of Directors addresses strike action at Something Special Children’s Centre

Employees locked out at Something Special Children’s Centre

Local school boards announce plans pending possible CUPE walkout

Parents protest at Molly Brant Elementary as doors remain unlocked

CUPE job action to impact local schools

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Barb DeRoche, Canadian Union of Public Employees, COVID-19 pandemic, CUPE, CUPE Local 1974, Doug Ford, exposure to COVID-19, Ford Government, healthcare workers, hospital workers, isolation, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), lack of pay, low morale, Michael Hurley, personal protective equipment (PPE), stress

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is reporting that staff morale is low and stress is high at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) as the COVID-19 pandemic has continued for nearly a year. Citing months of “gruelling long hours, critical staff shortages, and an environment where there is no

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May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Barb DeRoche, Canadian Union of Public Employees, COVID-19, CUPE, equal pay, hospital staff, hospital workers, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Ontario government, pandemic, pay equity, personal protective equipment (PPE), protest, Strike

Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974 protested outside of Kingston General Hospital (KGH) at various points of the day on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The protest was to make a statement to the Ontario government that every worker in the hospital is a front line worker. This

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November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments benefits, CUPE, CUPE Local 3625, Fred Hahn, Kingston, locked out, MPP Ian Arthur, negotiations, rally, sick days, sick time, Something Special Children's Centre, wages, worker lock out

Members of CUPE locals through the city came together during a lunchtime rally in front of the Something Special Children’s Centre on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Nearly three dozen CUPE members from a variety of employers marched in front of the daycare centre, which locked out its unionized workers on

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November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment accrued sick days, Board of Directors, Bryan Elliot, CUPE, CUPE Local 3625, Kingston, lock out, shift length, sick time, Something Special Children's Centre, SSCC, strike action, union negotiations, wage increases, worker lock out

On Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, the union workers at Something Special Children’s Centre (SSCC) were locked out at the end of the work day. The workers reported being locked out after refusing to have their health benefits stripped as part of their union’s negotiations with the child care facility. However,

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November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments CUPE, CUPE Local 3625, health benefits, Kingston, lock out, picketing, Something Special Children's Centre, worker lock out

A group of employees at a downtown childcare centre are now picketing after being locked out by their employer as the result of a labour dispute. The employees at Something Special Children’s Centre, who are members of CUPE Local 3625, have been locked out since Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, according

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October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, Catholic School Board, Catholic School Board Central East, CUPE, French school boards, Kingston, Limestone District School Board, Monday, October 7, Public School Boards, schools, Strike, withdrawal of services, work action

As Monday, Oct. 7, 2019 draws closer, local school boards have announced their plans for what will happen should the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) take job action. On Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2019, CUPE formally notified the Province, the Council of Trustees Association (CAT), and school boards throughout Ontario

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October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Tori Stafford 5 Comments CUPE, elementary schools, Jane Douglas-Charanduk, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, main entrance, Molly Brant Elementary School, parents, partial withdrawal of services, potential strike, protest, struck duties, students, unlocked doors, work to rule

A small but determined group of parents and students gathered out front of Molly Brant Elementary School today, voicing concerns about a change that has occurred as a result of the partial withdrawal of CUPE services “I’m sitting outside with signs, asking the principal and School Board to lock the

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September 25, 2019September 26, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment ALCDSB, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, Canadian Union of Public Employees, CUPE, custodians, early childhood educators, educational assistants, job action, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, schools, technicians

UPDATE (Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019): This article has now been The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) of Ontario voted in favour of taking job action this morning, which will begin across the province next week. The CUPE vote took place on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, and