Local Actions

End Contracting Out

Update

On August 17th, 2020 the University of Toronto initiated a new contracting out plan by privatizing a significant portion of caretaking services. The University removed and transferred CUPE 3261 caretakers from 18 buildings at the St. George Campus, replacing them with two private companies to provide cleaning services. These companies employ low-paid workers with little to no benefits.

As a “Top 10” Employer and a premier public institution, most would expect U of T to provide good job opportunities alongside high-quality cleaning services, especially during COVID-19. Instead, U of T has decided they would rather save a few pennies than provide good jobs and high-quality cleaning.

CUPE 3906 is currently in bargaining for their Teaching Assistants and Post-Doctoral Fellows at McMaster University. The CUPE local is attempting to challenge Bill 124 and restrictions on wage increases.

• The local is getting ready to increase mobilizations for the new school year.
• The direct action and education outreach focused on how Bill 124 and cuts to post-secondary are impacting students and workers at McMaster University.
• Banners were targeted at the university’s
  1. compliance in the Ford government’s attacks on students and workers.
  2. Highlighted the workers demands for fair wages.
• This campaign is part of the #BetterMac campaign.
• The #BetterMac demands for TA’s, sessional lecturers, and Post Docs are the following:
  1. fair wages
  2. an end to precarious employment
  3. job security

The action also included the collection of testimonials so members could share their stories about how benefits, wage and job protections, and how their union has helped them.

What

We will be calling Power of Many supporters across the city to ask them to act and let their MPPs know that our province is not for sale to private corporations! We also need Ottawa residents to come, in large numbers, on the June 7th Day of Action events.

Join us! We will train and provide a script, making it fun and easy!

When

• June 05, 2019
• 5:30pm - 8pm

Where

Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) building
233 Gilmour St
Ottawa, ON K2P 0N9
Canada

Join an action in a community near you

June 7 marks one year of resisting government cuts to public services, education, health care and decent work.

We will be hitting the streets across Ontario to show that we didn’t vote for that.

Actions are being organized right now for EITHER June 7 or June 8. RSVP here and we will send you details of the actions in your area for you to take part.

At Carleton University, students will be gathering in:

• The quad in front of Tory building.
• 12pm to 1pm

We encourage you to join students in opposing the government’s disastrous plan for post-secondary education and standing up for students’ right to democratic students’ unions. The involvement of your organization is meaningful to Ontario’s students and helps demonstrate broad support for fully accessible public post-secondary education.

• Evensi page
• Facebook Page

Join those at Fanshawe College in a walkout from 12pm-2pm at Oasis (1001 Fanshawe College Blvd.). Show your support against cuts to OSAP by demanding free education, debt forgiveness, and defending the right to organize!

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2048217158559440/

Over the last several weeks, we have been calling upon U of T administration to take a bold stance and stand with us as we advocate against the reckless changes to post-secondary education that will negatively impact students across the province.

If you haven’t already signed onto the petition calling on the University to say no to implementing the Student Choice Initiative, sign here: http://bit.ly/2H0HG6S

We are working to ensure as many students can participate as possible without threat of penalty. We will be posting updates as quickly as we receive them.

Join students from across the province in a walk out on Wednesday March 20 at 12 pm to demonstrate to the Ontario government that we will not tolerate their cuts to our education. We will be having a number of speakers attend this from all across the city.

Join us at the CAW Centre Courtyard for the Province-Wide Student Walk out
Wednesday, March 20
12pm-2pm
401 Sunset Ave.

Got any questions, concerns or want us to make a class announcement? Email vpsauwsa@uwindsor.ca

We would like to invite you and your members to attend our second coalition meeting at Carleton University. We encourage all those who are concerned and affected by the Ontario Provincial Government’s proposed cuts and changes to OSAP, post-secondary funding and changes to the collection of student fees to attend.

• Thursday, March 14th
• 6-8pm
• 6th floor of the Carleton University Centre (Graduate Students’ Association)

Contact j.williams@cfs-fcee.ca with any questions you may have

On March 20, 2019 Students of GBC will be walking out of class at 12pm/noon in demonstration of the widespread disapproval of the Ford government cuts to education.

Together we unite and say “NO!” to the government’s planned attack on students. We say NO! to the cuts to funding post-secondary education; to detrimental changes to OSAP; to attempts to cut students off from student services, student life, and student democracy.