On Thursday, October 13th, 2011, Local 79 held its Health and Safety Summit in the beautiful Great Hall of St. Lawrence Hall. The Summit brought out more than 150 members
CUPE Local 79 is a democratic organization. It’s governed through the elected bodies of the Executive Board, the Executive Committee, the Auditor Trustees and the Unit Officers. According to the
On Monday, October 3rd, the second phase of our “Taking Care of Toronto” public engagement campaign kicked-off.
You probably don’t have the same emotional connection with cleaners that you might have with librarians, firefighters or police.
On Monday, September 26th, we joined thousands of Torontonians outside City Hall to call for the protection of Toronto’s Public Services.
Want councillors to break with mayor to protect services
Monday, September 5, 2011 brought in a cold weather front, but Local 79 brothers and sisters brought the warmth by showing up in huge numbers to celebrate their work and
Statement from CUPE Local 79 President Ann Dembinski on the death of The Honourable Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada.
After 11 years, President of Canada’s largest local union to ‘progress into a new chapter’
Mayor Ford has hired a private consulting firm to review city services with the goal of cutting and privatizing them, downsizing the city workforce, selling off city assets, and contracting
