On Friday, May 4th, 2012, Local 79 participated in the 13th Annual Joint Health and Safety Committee Recognition Event. It marked the first year that Local 79 had a booth,
The following letter was presented to the City’s Budget Committee as a deputation by CUPE Local 79’s President Tim Maguire. In it, Maguire questions the City’s foresight in cutting the
(Toronto) — Youth Outreach Workers and the youth they support will speak at Toronto’s Budget Committee today to ask that their positions be maintained until the Youth Outreach Workers program
In December 2001, Senator Vivienne Poy introduced a motion in the Senate of Canada to designate May as Asian Heritage Month and in May, 2002 the Government of Canada officially
On February 23, 2012, the Ontario Legislature passed Bill 17, making the month of May Jewish Heritage Month in the Province. The legislation received strong cross-party support, being introduced by
As unionized workers in Toronto, we’ve faced, and continue to face, challenges from employers who want to strip away many of the rights and benefits we’ve struggled to obtain.
The following note from CUPE Local 79 President Tim Maguire is addressed to Local 79 members congratulating them for their 25 years of service to the City of Toronto.
The following letter is to Prime Minister Harper expressing Local 79’s dismay at the elimination of the National Council of Welfare.
As Local 79 turns seventy, Local 79 President Tim Maguire reflects on the union’s great history and on what lies ahead.
(Please note the date and change of location from the President’s Report) Each year, Labour gathers on the annual Day of Mourning to remember workers killed or injured by their
