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This year – 2021 – marks the 150th anniversary of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council, of which CUPE Local 79 is a proud and active member.For a century and a half working people have organized collectively within Labour Council with a vision towards economic and social justice.  Visit ...

Toronto, ON—A tentative agreement has been reached between Local 79 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 79) and the City of Toronto.Negotiators reached the tentative agreement following several days of round-the-clock bargaining ahead of a deadline of 12:01 a.m. this morning.If approved by CUPE Local 79 members ...

On Friday, February 28, 2020, Local 79 held its annual Black History Month celebration.We were joined by Olivia Nuamah, former executive director of both Pride Toronto and the Atkinson Foundation, who discussed her experience as a black woman in leadership roles and the negotiation of identity in the context ...

On Friday, February 7, 2020, Social Planning Toronto released an open letter to Mayor Tory and all Councillors asking for the City to take real steps in the 2020 City Budget to address numerous issues that are affecting our city and end the decade of austerity that has done real and significant ...

Local 79's Bargaining Committee has finished reviewing members’ bargaining survey responses and has drafted its bargaining proposals. These proposals will be presented to the City of Toronto once bargaining commences, but first they must be accepted, or ratified, by Local 79’s membership.We invite all members to review and ratify these ...

We're helping the Ontario Health Coalition organize a massive rally to save our health care services from cuts, closures, and mergers. There will be live music, speakers, noisemakers, visual presentations, hot chocolate, snacks and more! We need your help to mount an enormous amount of pressure on the Doug Ford government ...