“Safe drinking water and environmentally safe disposal of solid waste are not frills or budget lines to be passed over. Public health and safety depends on it, and Provincial and
On October 18, 1929, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England, then the appeals court for the Canadian Supreme Court, ruled that women had the right to be
On October 18, 1929, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England, then the appeals court for the Canadian Supreme Court, ruled that women had the right to be
On Sunday, October 28th, 2012, Local 79 hosted a Childcare Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day in honour of its members who work in the field.
This letter to was delivered as a deputation by CUPE Local 79 President Tim Maguire to the City’s Executive Committee. In it, Maguire praises the goals of the Special Housing
We’re joining education workers and concerned citizens today (Friday, October 5, 2012) from 3:45-5:00 p.m., at the offices of the six sitting Liberal Cabinet Ministers in Toronto. Bill 115, “The
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers: At this year’s Labour Day Parade CUPE Local 79 had our biggest contingent in recent history. Members, with their families, from the City of
Today we were happy to celebrate Jennifer Leung’s 25th anniversary as staff of Local 79. Jennifer has been our bookkeeper, and seen our Local change tremendously over the years, as
Local 79 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees is heading into Labour Day buoyed by a successful summer of its “Taking Care of Toronto” campaign.
Our 2012 Labour Day (Sept. 3rd) was the biggest one yet! We gathered early in the day to put on our bright Labour Day t-shirts and gather at the front
