The lowest paid education workers took on the Ford Conservatives and won.
Bill 28 will be repealed.
Now it's time for a good deal.
#onpoli
#onted
#canlab
The ultra-conservative right has organized nationwide events under the pretext of protecting children, while their true aim is to protest the teaching of 2SLGBTQIA+ content in schools.
Our mission is clear: to counter these protests and demonstrate unequivocally that there is no…
We made noise in Queen’s Park and we’ll keep making noise in the streets until this government finally hears from all of us.
Education workers deserve better. Our communities deserve better. Kids deserve better.
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#DontBeABully
📢 📢 📢 PICKET LINES
Whether you’re an education worker or an ally, come out to a picket line to send the Ford Conservatives a message and to secure a real deal.
Input your postal code to find the nearest picket line at
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#DontBeABully
Thank you to everyone who has said, in their words and in their actions:
#IStandWithCUPE
We're just getting started, friends. Let's keep this up.
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Estimates from police put crowd size at 8-10,000 outside the Ontario Legislature. People here supporting the 55,000
@CUPEOntario
education workers who walked off the job today.
@CTVNews
“Doug Ford told us he cares about education workers but doesn’t like those union leaders. Every single one of our MEMBERS is a leader, every single one of our colleagues is a leader, and if you’re going to take on me, you’re going to take on everybody - let’s go!”
📢 📢 📢 PROTESTS CONTINUE MONDAY
Bill 28 undermines our most foundational rights and freedoms.
Input your postal code to find the nearest protest at
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#DontBeABully
Education workers are the backbone of schools. ECEs, EAs, custodians, clerical staff, library staff and more, ensure safe and excellent learning environments for kids.
They deserve better. Our communities deserve better.
Send a message:
#OnPoli
#OntEd
Today CUPE Ontario made our values clear and unmistakable as we stood shoulder to shoulder with countless others, facing hate and bigotry head on at the No Space for Hate Rally today in support of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities 🏳️🌈✊🏾📢 We had the pleasure of hearing from folks such as…
.
@fordnation
is trying to force a terrible contract by legislation.
We have been clear that now is the time to invest in kids, communities, and education workers.
Learn more and send a message to the Ford Conservatives at
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#dontbeabully
In his press conferences, Premier Doug Ford has said a few things we need to address. We will continue fact-checking Ford until we get a good deal for education workers. We are not done yet, the fight is not over.
#39KisNotEnough
#onpoli
#onted
We’ve got a quick lesson for Minister Lecce. ✏️ ▶️
And this is the government in charge of “new math”?! We’re concerned.
Tell Minister Lecce to stop making false claims. Tell Lecce that
@osbcucscso
workers need a
#onpoli
#onted
#39KisNotEnough
It's time for a serious fact-check. Ford says
@osbcucscso
education workers are the highest paid. This is not true.
The next five days are crucial. Tell Ford, Lecce and your MPPs we need a
#39KIsNotEnough
#onpoli
#onted
BREAKING: Education workers and the communities that rely on the delivery of their services will not take the Ford Conservatives’ bully tactics, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario.
Read the press release:
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#OntEd
Bargaining continues. We're pushing for an agreement. But just in case, whether you’re an education worker or an ally, come out to a picket line on Monday.
Find a picket line near you at
Shame on you Doug Ford!
We urge you to drop any plans to appeal the ruling and instead turn to the issue of a fair remedy for those whose rights have been infringed by the Bill.
Send a msg letting them know you don’t support an appeal of the decision:
BREAKING: The Ford government has filed notice to appeal the Superior Court’s decision that ruled Bill 124 unconstitutional. SHAME!
Read our media release ⤵️
#OnLab
#OnPoli
BREAKING: Something we all knew to be true, Premier Ford’s controversial wage restraint legislation contributed to the staffing crisis in Ontario’s health-care system, according to internal briefing documents given to the Minister of Health.
Read more:
An astonishing 75,000 people sent messages to
@FordNation
through our page in just over a week!
But we’re not done yet. Now we need to win a good deal for education workers and for the communities that rely on their services.
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#GoodDealNow
Join Community Solidarity Toronto &
@torontolabour
in pushing back against hate! Let’s come together & show what worker power defending our community looks like! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
⏰ Wed Sept 20th - 8:30AM
📍South end Queen Park (next to Boarded-up statue)
RSVP 👉
Hope for a just and lasting peace that offers security and freedom for everyone in Palestine and Israel: this fervent desire is at the heart of CUPE Ontario’s and the ISC’s calls for justice and it joins us to the global solidarity movement fighting for the rights of all peoples…
Congratulations to CUPE Ontario’s School Board Council of Unions (
@osbcucscso
) for negotiating a tentative collective agreement.
Read our full statement:
Today, CUPE education workers were offered a wage cut in the face of rapidly rising inflation.
The lowest paid workers in the school system, making under $40k/year, were only offered a 2% increase, while workers making more than $40k were offered a paltry 1.25%.
📢🪧✊🏾 CUPE Ontario is proud to stand alongside a diverse coalition of humanitarian, civil society, faith, and labor organizations, all united in a crucial call for action.
On November 12 at 1PM, we ask you to be part of this significant movement by participating in an event…
The Ontario Dump Truck Association (ODTA) stands with CUPE and all workers in support of their strike action and against the deplorable use of the Notwithstanding Clause to erode and disrespect fundamental Charter rights! We urge
@fordnation
to negotiate. Not legislate.
#onpoli
The Ford government is trying to take away our rights as workers - here’s what you need to know.
Hear from CUPE Ontario President, Fred Hahn on what Friday, November 4th looks like!
Tell the Ford Conservatives: Don't Be a Bully at
#OnPoli
#OntEd
We made a lot of noise today because the Ford Conservatives need to hear our voice:
Education workers deserve better. Students deserve better. Our communities deserve better!
Join us in sending a message to them here:
#onpoli
#onted
#DontBeABully
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BILL 28 IS REPEALED!
But we still need a GOOD DEAL NOW. Send the Ford Conservatives a message at
Read the full statement here:
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#39KIsNotEnough
Labour leaders spoke to political protestors today to let them know that unions from all the different sectors are standing behind education workers, because when you come for one of us, you come for all of us!
Send a message to
@fordnation
:
#OnPoli
A message from Laura Walton, President of
@osbcucscso
: Ford will say it’s us versus parents, but we are the parents. We are the caregivers. We will not be bought or distracted. These next five days are crucial. Tell Ford, Lecce, and your MPP we need a
Workers showed the Ford Conservatives that power is growing today and that we won’t sit by silently while our right to fair and free collective bargaining is steamrolled by bully tactics.
#DontBeABully
#OnPoli
#OntEd
For-profit clinics, long-term care homes and nursing agencies have already cost Ontarians enormously and have seriously worsened the staffing shortage in our public system.
Another victory for labour against the PCs!
Ontario’s Court of Appeal ruled that Bill 307, which restricted campaign spending by unions & other Ford opponents, is unconstitutional!
Congratulations to Working Families Coalition. We will not be silenced!
What does it mean to bargain in ‘good faith’? Showing up with sincere, good intention.
Spreading misinformation and using our children as pawns for political gain is not in ‘good faith’. Workers deserve a
@osbcucscso
#onpoli
#onted
#39kIsNotEnough
We went into today truly hopeful
#McMaster
would come to the table with a fair and reasonable offer, but sadly, despite our best efforts, talks have broken down. We will be striking starting on Monday.
#MacStrike
#BetterMac
We SHUT IT DOWN in Toronto today with
@atu1587
to show the government and Metrolinx that workers have power and aren’t afraid to use it to get a good deal!
#OnPoli
#GoodDealNow
The Ford government is trying to take away our rights as workers - here’s what you need to know.
Hear from CUPE Ontario President, Fred Hahn on what legislation means!
#OnPoli
#OntEd
Together we will win!
Thank you to everyone who attended a regional rally today to show the Ford Conservatives pressure is keeping up and we need a GOOD DEAL NOW!
Couldn’t attend a rally? Send a message to the Ford Conservatives at
#OnPoli
#OntEd
Thank you everyone for your solidarity these past few weeks. But we’re not the only ones fighting go fair deals. Show your support for striking ATU workers by finding a picket line near you ⬇️
We joined GO Transit workers on strike for safe transit & job security.
They're calling on Metrolinx to make sure GO Transit runs safely & effectively by ensuring protections against contracting out.
Find a picket line near you:
@atu_canada
@1587_atu
Our political protest in Pickering was in full swing as of early this morning!
Members of the community are here to show their solidarity to education workers and let them know that they deserve more!
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#DontBeABully
#39KIsNotEnough
Momentum is building!
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is calling for solidarity actions November 5 from 12PM – 1PM in every community in the province.
Support for education workers is widespread and we need to make it visible everywhere.
EMERGENCY RALLY: Hands Off Workers’ Rights!
Stop the Ford government’s attack on basic labour freedoms in Ontario.
TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 1 @ 5PM, join us at the Ministry of Labour to say: We won't stand for it.
RSVP NOW ⬇️
#OnLab
#OntEd
#OnPoli
Education workers across Ontario begin voting today in a strike vote – and with
@osbcucscso
we're recommending they vote YES.
Because
#39KIsNotEnough
. Because kids deserve safe, clean, accessible schools. Because education workers deserve fair wages.
#OSBCUGOTV2022
#OntEd
Another day, another fact check. We’re holding up our end of the deal. Students are in school. Yet today in Question Period, Ford and Lecce wouldn't commit to not using the Notwithstanding Clause. Striking is our right.
#onpoli
#39Kisnotenough
@osbcucscso
Our public health system is at risk of being privatized.
We can’t let Ford create a crisis in our health care system, and then try to solve the problem by selling off pieces of it.
Read more ⬇️
Stand with education workers.
They keep our schools safe, clean, accessible, supported, and healthy.
But because we pay them only $39k on average, thousands are on the brink of poverty.
Tell Doug Ford that $39k is not enough:
"This law will result in the forced admission of older adults into homes far away from their spouses, whom they may have been married to for 50 or 60 years, making it impossible for them to visit, likely for the rest of their lives, causing unimaginable harm to both,"Graham Webb
Join Toronto Area NDP MPPs, United Steelworkers, OCHU/CUPE, OPSEU, TYRLC and more at a Rally to Stop Ford’s Privatization of Health Care.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 @ 5pm
WHERE: Hospital Row – College St & University Ave
RSVP:
The Ford Conservatives have announced they would Repeal Bill 28 and get back to the bargaining table because of our coordinated, impassioned, and powerful pressure.
But the fight doesn’t end here.
Read the full statement here:
#OnPoli
#OntEd
🧵 Almost 100 Emergency Departments have had closures. If
@fordnation
continues to use the crisis as an excuse to privatize, our hospitals are at risk.
We must force them to address the crisis & take urgent action.
Register for an Emergency Hospital Privatization Town Hall ⬇️⬇️
📢📢📢 HAPPENING TOMORROW
Show up for a political protest against Bill 28 at Queen's Park.
Bill 28 undermines our most foundational rights and freedoms.
RSVP Here:
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#DontBeABully
ONA members were proud to join yesterday's
@OFLabour
rally and march. The
@fordnation
government’s chilling & arrogant bullying of
@osbcucscso
&
@CUPEOntario
workers demonstrates a wanton disregard for the rights of union members to freely & fairly negotiate!
#OntEd
📢📢📢 REGIONAL RALLIES
Come out this Saturday 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. to Conservative MPP offices across the province to keep up the pressure for a good deal now! Find a rally near you at:
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#39KIsNotEnough
#GoodDealNow
Calling all public health defenders!
We need your support at an Emergency Picket in Ottawa on March 4 at 9AM to picket a new private clinic. We cannot let
@FordNation
threaten our public services by selling it off in piecemeal fashion to private companies! Join the movement.
METROLINX STRIKE IS A "GO" at 12:01 AM NOV. 7
ATU Local 1587 walks away from the bargaining table.
ATU Canada stands with our 2,200 members. See you on the picket lines!
#ATUStrongerTogether
Solidarity with
@ETFOeducators
members taking job action to protect vital public education services for students. Tell the Ford Conservatives to negotiate a fair deal that protects publicly delivered education for all Ontario students.
#onpoli
#cutshurtkids
#ETFOstrike
ONA stands in solidarity with Ontario’s education workers
@osbcucscso
&
@CUPEOntario
in their pursuit of a respectful & fair new collective agreement. We encourage all unions & workers to join the fight to defend our basic rights & freedoms.
#OnPoli
#OntEd
An attack on one worker is an attack on all. Negotiation, not legislation! In solidarity against Ford's anti-worker and anti-union attack, we'll see you all tomorrow at the
#SolidaritySaturday
action! Hand off our Charter rights!
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#onted
#Bill28
New Democrats have called for an Emergency Debate in Parliament.
The Conservative govts trampling on the constitutional rights of educational workers is disturbing.
The rights of workers in Ontario and across Canada are at stake.
The federal govt must take immediate action.
CUPE Ontario,
@osbcucscso
, and the
@OFLabour
joined together to show that we will not take the Ford Conservatives’ bully tactics to steamroll our rights.
The government must NEGOTIATE, not LEGISLATE.
Tell the Ford Conservatives,
#DontBeABully
:
#OnPoli
🧵: It’s now or never!
The provincial by-election in Hamilton Centre is on Thursday, March 16 and we want to send Sarah Jama to Queen’s Park.
Sarah is a long-time friend of labour and a well-respected social justice campaigner in Hamilton and across Ontario.
The turnout today was incredible at the Ontario Health Coalition mass protest against health care privatization! CUPE Ontario members made us proud as they stood shoulder to shoulder with labour organizations from all over Ontario to tell Ford, "Hands off our health care!" We…
Education workers provide the critical services our kids depend on, but they haven't had a raise in years. They aren't to blame for Ontario's budget deficit. Look to the Ford Conservatives' tax breaks for their rich corporate friends instead.
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🚨 TODAY @ 5PM 🚨
Join the Emergency Rally to tell Ford & Lecce: Hands Off Workers’ Rights!
We will rally at the Ministry of Labour, 400 University Ave, followed by a march to Queen’s Park.
Not in Toronto? Go to a PC MPP office near you.
The ATU & ATU Canada sent this letter to the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on our concerns regarding the Ontario Gov. misuse of the notwithstanding clause. We urge Trudeau to invoke the federal disallowance clause and stop the attack on the Charter Rights of Canadians.
What an event!
We crashed a Ford Conservative annual convention in Mississauga to send a strong message that
#39KIsNotEnough
.
Ford and Lecce, don’t be a bully!
It’s time to support education workers so they can continue to support kids and communities.
#OnPoli
#OntEd
With school boards using education workers’ work-to-rule job action as an excuse to cut programs, services, and staffing in schools, CUPE gave the required five days’ notice of a full-fledged walkout that is scheduled to begin on Monday, October 7.
🧵: The Ontario Superior Court of Justice just struck down Ford’s Bill 124, ruling that it violates workers’ constitutional rights to collectively bargain & to strike.
Ford needs to get his hands off workers’ rights. Give workers the respect they deserve. No appeal of Bill 124!
With our members joining
#ISupportCUPE
picket lines across Ontario, we sent this letter to Ford demanding the repeal of Bill 28.
“The labour movement has never shrunk in the face of unjust laws or tyrannical bosses…we will not back down!” —
@SocietyMichelle
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honour the history of transgender people, the struggles they have faced and continue to live through, and to recommit as a union to the fight for the rights of transgender people across the province.
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1/3 Thank you to everyone who made it out today to let
@FordNation
know that we won’t back down & that education workers need a Good Deal Now.
Send a message to the Ford Conservatives at if you weren’t able to make it to one of the regional rallies!
📢Tell the Ford Conservatives: DON’T BE A BULLY!
Education workers deserve a raise, staff increases, and significant investments in the services that our communities rely on.
Join us in sending a message:
#DontBeABully
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#39kIsNotEnough