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34 St Patrick St,
Toronto, ON M5T 1V1

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Toronto woke up today to the worst air quality in the world, and the City responded by bringing outdoor workers inside and shifting outdoor summer camps indoors. While outdoor aquatics workers were initially left working, the City has since made the right decision to halt outdoor pool operations.

Outdoor pools are a vital public resource in a heat emergency, but keeping them open cannot mean treating the workers who staff them as exempt from a hazard the City itself has acknowledged. Aquatics workers care deeply about the service they provide, and closures carry real costs for them too, including lost wages — protecting their safety is what allows them to keep delivering that service. We support the City’s decision and appreciate the collaborative work to keep both workers and residents safe.

Our thought are with the communities being impacted by the wildfires which continue to wreak havoc on communities across the country and we call on governments to acknowledge the climate crisis and take all measures to address the crisis and protect our communities and the environment.

Local 79 Public Health Nurses showed up at the Toronto Board of Health yesterday, wearing Public Health Pay Equity Matters t-shirts to demand what their work is worth. President Nas Yadollahi joined them to make the case directly to the Board: a workforce succession plan means nothing if it doesn’t address pay, and Toronto can’t keep asking its Public Health Nurses to do complex, high-stakes work without paying them what it takes to keep them.

On Thursday, June 25, Local 79 healthcare workers joined Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition (NDP), alongside fellow healthcare workers in Scarborough, for a roundtable on the state of healthcare in Toronto. The conversation centred on what it actually means to be a healthcare worker right now and the strain of staffing shortages in long-term care and hospitals.

Rather than leaving it to others to describe their working conditions, members spoke directly with the Opposition Leader about what they face on the job every day. Most Local 79 healthcare workers are funded and mandated by the Province, which is part of why being in that room mattered: funding models for healthcare are often complex, and advocating for change means engaging at every level of government, including provincial leadership. We thank the Opposition Leader for listening.

Every summer, thousands of recreation workers fan out across Toronto’s pools, parks, and recreation centres to run the programming that makes this city move. This year, they’re heading into the season with a clear understanding of their health and safety rights on the job, including what to do when workplace conditions put them at risk. Because workers who know their rights are better equipped to protect themselves, their colleagues, and the communities they serve.

Local 79 has a stronger voice at @cupeontario after this week’s elections at convention. Brianna Plummer and Coline Babin both won seats on the CUPE Ontario board, bringing with them deep roots in frontline municipal work. We are also celebrating Will Walsh and Alejandro Vargas Samboy, whose campaigns embodied everything a labour election should be — respectful, principled, and grounded in solidarity. Onwards!

Toronto woke up today to the worst air quality in the world, and the City responded by bringing outdoor workers inside and shifting outdoor summer camps indoors. While outdoor aquatics workers were initially left working, the City has since made the right decision to halt outdoor pool operations.

Outdoor pools are a vital public resource in a heat emergency, but keeping them open cannot mean treating the workers who staff them as exempt from a hazard the City itself has acknowledged. Aquatics workers care deeply about the service they provide, and closures carry real costs for them too, including lost wages — protecting their safety is what allows them to keep delivering that service. We support the City’s decision and appreciate the collaborative work to keep both workers and residents safe.

Our thought are with the communities being impacted by the wildfires which continue to wreak havoc on communities across the country and we call on governments to acknowledge the climate crisis and take all measures to address the crisis and protect our communities and the environment.

Local 79 Public Health Nurses showed up at the Toronto Board of Health yesterday, wearing Public Health Pay Equity Matters t-shirts to demand what their work is worth. President Nas Yadollahi joined them to make the case directly to the Board: a workforce succession plan means nothing if it doesn’t address pay, and Toronto can’t keep asking its Public Health Nurses to do complex, high-stakes work without paying them what it takes to keep them.

On Thursday, June 25, Local 79 healthcare workers joined Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition (NDP), alongside fellow healthcare workers in Scarborough, for a roundtable on the state of healthcare in Toronto. The conversation centred on what it actually means to be a healthcare worker right now and the strain of staffing shortages in long-term care and hospitals.

Rather than leaving it to others to describe their working conditions, members spoke directly with the Opposition Leader about what they face on the job every day. Most Local 79 healthcare workers are funded and mandated by the Province, which is part of why being in that room mattered: funding models for healthcare are often complex, and advocating for change means engaging at every level of government, including provincial leadership. We thank the Opposition Leader for listening.

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Keeping Toronto at its best is what gets us up every morning. The work is worth it. And so are we.

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