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Labour Council: 150 years of working for justice

07 June 2021Featured News, Latest News, News

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 ...

CUPE Local 79 reaches tentative agreement with City of Toronto

14 March 2020Featured News, Latest News, News

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 ...

City of Toronto needs to shift focus from contingency planning to negotiating a fair deal with CUPE Local 79

09 March 2020Featured News, Latest News, News, News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— Toronto, ON—The President of the Union representing 20,000 City of Toronto ‘Inside’ workers today urged the City to shift its focus from contingency plans to the place it needs to be— the bargaining table.“The best possible contingency plan is to negotiate a fair contract,” said Dave Mitchell, ...

CUPE Local 79 requests no-board in negotiations with City of Toronto

21 February 2020Featured News, Latest News, News Releases

TORONTO, ON – CUPE Local 79, representing over 22,000 inside workers with the City of Toronto, has requested a no-board report in their negotiations with the City, citing a lack of meaningful discussion on significant outstanding issues.“The City has been quite open about their attempts to seek significant concessions, erode job security and set ...

Black History Month Celebration

10 February 2020Featured News, Latest News, News

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 ...

Local 79 joins Social Planning’s call for City Council to end decade of austerity

08 February 2020Featured News, Latest News, News

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 ...

CUPE Local 79 Files for Conciliation in Negotiations with City of Toronto

07 February 2020Featured News, Latest News, News, News Releases

TORONTO, ON – Local 79 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 79) has filed for conciliation in their negotiations with the City of Toronto, a move that they hope will lead to more constructive discussions at the bargaining table. CUPE Local 79, which represents over 20,000 full and part-time inside workers for the City ...

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 ...

Local 79 members overwhelmingly vote for strike mandate (Media Release)

20 January 2020Featured News, Latest News, News, News Releases

Members of CUPE Local 79, which represents over 20,000 City workers, turned out in historic numbers on Friday to give their bargaining team a strike mandate in its negotiations with the City of Toronto. 90% of participants in Friday’s vote supported a strike mandate."City workers are expecting a contract ...

Local 79 and OCHU sign solidarity pact

08 January 2020Featured News, Latest News

The leaders of CUPE Local 79 and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE signed a solidarity pact today, committing the organizations and their members to support one another in bargaining.CUPE Local 79’s 20,000 members are in bargaining now with the City of Toronto. The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions has 42,000 members, over 10,000 ...

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