March 2012 President's Report
19 March 2012
Dear Fellow Local 79 Members: Bargaining Update – Our goal is to negotiate fair collective agreements without a strike. Local 79 members working for the City of Toronto are being
Dear Fellow Local 79 Members: Bargaining Update – Our goal is to negotiate fair collective agreements without a strike. Local 79 members working for the City of Toronto are being
In a letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty, CUPE Local 79 President, Tim Maguire, wants the Ontario government to act and put protections, laws, and enforcement in place to ensure that
On Wednesday, March 14th, 2012, Local 79 joined library workers from CUPE Local 4948 in a rally to show solidarity in their goal of reaching a fair negotiated contract with
“Migrant workers need protection, not exploitation,” Tim Maguire, CUPE Local 79 President, says in a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper after the tragic deaths of 10 migrant workers on
CUPE Local 79 President, Tim Maguire, thanks Councillor Bailão for her diligence and support in the fight to save living wage public service jobs from becoming low wage, poverty-level work.
Previous polling showed Torontonians value their public services (84% wanted to increase or maintain funding), and a new poll shows this support extends right to the workers who provide them.
The City of Toronto has added six more demands to their long list of concessions in bargaining with CUPE Local 79 over the weekend.
Bargaining Bulletin Volume 12 has been posted, and addresses the new concessions tabled by the City over the weekend. Log into the Members’ Portal and look under the ‘Bargaining Information’
Maureen O’Reilly and Tim Maguire, presidents of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) locals 4948 and 79, joined city workers to warn the public about an increased reliance on increasingly
Tim Maguire, President of CUPE Local 79, reacted today to the City of Toronto’s request for a “no board” report regarding contract negotiations. “I’m very concerned by the City’s decision