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Mitchell says 2020 City Budget leaves services under-resourced

24 January 2020Featured News, Latest News, Multimedia, News

On January 20, 2020 — CUPE Local 79 President Dave Mitchell attended the City of Toronto's Budget Committee meeting to present his views on the 2020 City Budget. He told the Committee that City services aren't keeping up with a growing Toronto, pointing to enormous waitlists in services like ...

Hundreds of Local 79 members march in the 2019 Labour Day Parade

02 September 2019Featured News, Latest News, Multimedia, News

We extend our thanks to all the Local 79 members who attended the Labour Day Parade on Monday, September 2, 2019. Hundreds of us marched through the streets of Toronto in our blue t-shirts with thousands of other union members to show our union pride. This year's theme, as designated ...

Hundreds rally in support of Bridgepoint Hospital workers

30 May 2019Featured News, Latest News, Multimedia, News

On May 30, hundreds of CUPE Ontario members marched up to Mount Sinai Hospital to join Local 79 for a rally to support Bridgepoint workers, who are being mistreated by their employer: Sinai Health Systems. CUPE Local 79 has been working towards negotiating a fair collective agreement for our Bridgepoint Hospital ...

Local 79 rallies against cuts to Toronto Public Health

30 April 2019Featured News, Latest News, Multimedia

In late April, news leaked that Doug Ford planned to expand his attack on health care by slashing funding to public health units across Ontario. He has targeted Toronto with the worst of the cuts, slashing $1 billion dollars from Toronto Public Health over the next 10 years. Public health services ...

87% of PSWs and RPNs at Toronto-run long-term care homes experience violence

09 April 2019Featured News, Multimedia, News, News Releases

Staff at the City of Toronto ten, long-term care homes– particularly racialized workers – experience a high level of violence, abuse and harassment, a newly released poll of front-line long-term care workers has found.The poll is the first time that CUPE Local 79 has surveyed its long-term care members – ...

Local 79 joins Stewards Assembly to organize against Province's cuts

02 April 2019Featured News, Multimedia

With the Ford government's relentless attack on the province's public services, the Toronto & York Region Labour Council held a Stewards Assembly last month to organize against those attacks. A large contingent of CUPE Local 79 Stewards (pictured above) attended. One of our Stewards, Patricia Gamarra, was featured in a video that screened at the ...

Local 79 celebrates Black history month

29 January 2019Featured News, Multimedia, News

Thank you to everyone who was able to celebrate Black History Month with us at the end of February. We were joined by prominent journalist Desmond Cole, who drew parallels with his family’s history and personal experiences in Toronto with the ongoing challenges that Black Canadians face. NBA legend Jamaal ...

Local 79 pushes back against Auditor General's Report on child care

15 May 2018Featured News, Latest News, Multimedia, News

On April 26th, 2018 - the City's Auditor General released a report titled Children's Services Division Opportunities to Achieve Greater Value from Public Funds. The report contained some good recommendations on how the City could find savings in the administration of the child care system through better use of existing spaces, ...

Local 79 echoes alarm over City's Long-Term Financial Plan

23 March 2018Featured News, Latest News, Multimedia, News

On March 19, 2018 — Toronto city manager Peter Wallace released his report on the City's longterm financial plan. The report made a shocking revelation: that Toronto will face a deficit of $1.42 billion in 5 years if it continues on its current financial trajectory. The City's unsustainable practice of dipping ...

Maguire tells City it's not doing enough to confront Toronto's shelter crisis

21 November 2017Latest News, Multimedia, News

Toronto’s homeless are under-housed and our shelters are understaffed. More than 5,000 people use Toronto’s shelter system on any given night. Shelters are consistently above the 90% occupancy rate set by Council and shelter use by families has gone up 50% from last year. Toronto is experiencing a homeless crisis. Watch Local ...

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