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Toronto, ON M5T 1V1

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Local 79’s delegates are on the floor at CUPE Ontario Convention this week. At our April membership meeting, candidates running for the top Executive positions came to speak directly to members and then voted on who to endorse. Those votes are what our delegates are carrying into the convention today.

Our membership endorsed Yolanda McClean for President, Krista Laing for Secretary-Treasurer, Michael Hurley for 1st Vice-President, Juanita Forde for 3rd Vice-President, and Marty Larocque for 4th Vice-President.

This is how it should work: the members decide, and the delegates follow those wishes. Letting the membership hear directly from candidates and then binding delegates to the result is a straightforward way to make our local more democratic.

Members of CUPE Local 79’s Indigenous Committee joined the Moose Hide Campaign gathering at Queen’s Park today, alongside fellow members who came out in solidarity. The Moose Hide Campaign calls on men and boys to take a stand against gender-based violence.

In 2020, 1 in 4 Toronto residents said their household income wasn’t enough to get by. By 2024, that number had climbed to 2 in 5.

The nine-point jump between 2023 and 2024 alone is larger than the entire increase over the previous three years. More and more Torontonians are working, paying rent, raising families, and still coming up short at the end of the month.

This is the city Local 79 members show up for every single day — delivering the public services that fill the gaps when the cost of living outpaces people’s ability to keep up. We see this reality up close. We live it too.

On May 22nd and 23rd, workers from across the city are coming together at the Toronto Workers Summit to find solutions on how to address the affordability crisis.

Local 79’s delegates are on the floor at CUPE Ontario Convention this week. At our April membership meeting, candidates running for the top Executive positions came to speak directly to members and then voted on who to endorse. Those votes are what our delegates are carrying into the convention today.

Our membership endorsed Yolanda McClean for President, Krista Laing for Secretary-Treasurer, Michael Hurley for 1st Vice-President, Juanita Forde for 3rd Vice-President, and Marty Larocque for 4th Vice-President.

This is how it should work: the members decide, and the delegates follow those wishes. Letting the membership hear directly from candidates and then binding delegates to the result is a straightforward way to make our local more democratic.

CUPE Local 79

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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