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CUPE Local 79 response to Ontario Basic Income Pilot – Feb 2017

CUPE Local 79 response to Ontario Basic Income Pilot - Feb 2017

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Toronto, ON M5T 1V1

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CUPE Local 79 members showed up at Toronto’s No to Hate rally this past weekend — because that’s what union members do! When hate tries to divide us, we organize.

Thank you to Community Solidarity Toronto, @labourcouncil and the @uarrcanada , and all the organizers who brought people together to say: hate has no place in our city.

Behind every winter storm… are Toronto’s team of Transportation Infrastructure Patrollers (TIPs) — monitoring road and weather conditions and activating snow-clearing operations so crews know when and where to go.

TIPs help coordinate plows, salters, sidewalk and bike-lane clearing, and make sure our roads stay safe and passable through the storm. Big thanks for keeping our city moving!

Despite months of bargaining, Hennick Bridgepoint’s bargaining team has failed to put forward proposals that meaningfully improve staffing levels, workload, or respect on the job. When working conditions don’t improve, patient care suffers. That’s why workers are escalating their fight, and reaching out now directly to the Hennick Bridgepoint Board to demand accountability. The Board must hear from those of us on the front lines that fair working conditions are essential to safe, high-quality patient care, and that inaction is no longer acceptable.

Bridgepoint Hospital workers showed incredible unity during this week’s “United for Patient Care - United for Respect” t-shirt actions — and it’s clear why. Sinai Health has refused for months to seriously engage with our bargaining proposals, ignored our monetary demands, and even walked out of the building during conciliation without notice.

Meanwhile, they admit they rely on $1.8 million in unpaid work from us every year.

We deserve fairness, respect, and real bargaining — not delay tactics. We’re not backing down!

CUPE Local 79 members at Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) and Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation (TSHC) have voted yesterday to ratify new four-year collective agreements.

These agreements were won through sustained, widespread member organizing. This collective strength delivered meaningful gains.

Across both agreements, members will see general increases totalling over 14% over the lifespan of the deal — helping recover ground lost to years of inflation and stagnant wages. In addition, Local 79 secured wage improvements that give higher percentage increases to the lowest wage classifications through dollar-based increases — an approach unique to Local 79’s bargaining strategy, directly targeting internal wage inequities.

During the bargaining process, Local 79 uncovered TCHC budget documents that showed what frontline workers have long known: funding has not kept pace with the growing needs of residents or the realities of maintaining and operating one of the largest housing providers in North America. Years of chronic underinvestment have left workers stretched and communities underserved, underscoring the need for urgent political attention to Toronto’s housing crisis.

“The public needs to understand that our housing system is being held together by workers who are doing everything they can in conditions that have been underfunded for years,” said Local 79 President Nas Yadollahi. “Toronto residents must wake up to the scale of our housing crisis. All levels of government need to make proper investment in affordable housing a priority in every election because stable, safe housing is the foundation of a healthy city.”

Both employers formally acknowledged serious safety concerns raised by workers. Each agreement establishes a new union health and safety position, along with strengthened protections and clearer processes to address violence, hazards, and workplace investigations.

Members protected their benefits against concession demands and won enhancements to mental-health, paramedical, vision, orthodontic, gender-affirming, and family-building coverage.

Last week, Parks, Recreation and Forestry Forepersons delivered a petition to the City, calling for fair wages, job security, and recognition of the increasing responsibilities placed on their roles.

When workers organize - they can win!

CUPE Local 79 members showed up at Toronto’s No to Hate rally this past weekend — because that’s what union members do! When hate tries to divide us, we organize.

Thank you to Community Solidarity Toronto, @labourcouncil and the @uarrcanada , and all the organizers who brought people together to say: hate has no place in our city.

Behind every winter storm… are Toronto’s team of Transportation Infrastructure Patrollers (TIPs) — monitoring road and weather conditions and activating snow-clearing operations so crews know when and where to go.

TIPs help coordinate plows, salters, sidewalk and bike-lane clearing, and make sure our roads stay safe and passable through the storm. Big thanks for keeping our city moving!

Despite months of bargaining, Hennick Bridgepoint’s bargaining team has failed to put forward proposals that meaningfully improve staffing levels, workload, or respect on the job. When working conditions don’t improve, patient care suffers. That’s why workers are escalating their fight, and reaching out now directly to the Hennick Bridgepoint Board to demand accountability. The Board must hear from those of us on the front lines that fair working conditions are essential to safe, high-quality patient care, and that inaction is no longer acceptable.

Bridgepoint Hospital workers showed incredible unity during this week’s “United for Patient Care - United for Respect” t-shirt actions — and it’s clear why. Sinai Health has refused for months to seriously engage with our bargaining proposals, ignored our monetary demands, and even walked out of the building during conciliation without notice.

Meanwhile, they admit they rely on $1.8 million in unpaid work from us every year.

We deserve fairness, respect, and real bargaining — not delay tactics. We’re not backing down!

CUPE Local 79

Keeping Toronto at its best is what gets us up every morning. The work is worth it. And so are we.

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