OMERS

Fellow Members,

As you may recall, last year OMERS explored the possibility of ending the practice of indexing our pension. Doing so would cause our pensions to fail to keep up the cost of living.

CUPE successfully campaigned and defeated this.

This year CUPE Ontario is asking for your support to help us remind OMERS that we expect our representatives to vote against any measure to end guaranteed indexing.

Please visit the link below to read the message, and consider adding your name in support.

https://cupe.on.ca/omers-guaranteed-indexing

Sincerely

Adam Brightling

Exec. Liaison, Sub Units

Unity Project for the Relief of Homelessness appreciates CUPE 101 participation

A huge thank you from all of us at Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness in London for your awesome participation in our Raising the Roof Toque Campaign 2018!

Overall, 377 toques and 138 ball caps were sold which generated sales of $8,415.00! Fantastic!  It’s great being involved in the National Campaign. Thanks for doing your part!

Here is a link to our Facebook page with all of the photos from our Campaign.

Th London Abused Women’s Centre terminates CTV London/Bell Media Association

In light of CTV London/Bell Media’s failure to address the long-term, serious, and numerous public complaints and concerns of sexism, racism, homophobia, and xenophobia by at least one of its on-air personalities, LAWC’s Board of Directors has unanimously decided to severe its relationship with CTV London and Bell Media.

CTV London has been a long-term sponsor of LAWC’s largest fundraising event – The International Women’s Day Breakfast. We hope you and your organization and all Canadians will stand in solidarity with LAWC and the women and girls we serve by sharing the letter, boycotting CTV/Bell Media, and promoting and attending our event.

This is a historic time in the lives of women and girls who are rising collectively to hold perpetrators accountable for their behaviour. The London Abused Women’sCentr rises with them.

Megan Walker

Executive Director

London Abused Women’s Centre

797 York Street

London,Ontario N6A 5P9

Canada

519-433-2204

mwalker@lawc.on.ca

http://www.lawc.lawc.on.ca/

 

 

OFL Rally for Time to Care

OFL Rally for Time to Care

February 27 at noon

Queen’s Park, Toronto

Ontario seniors in long-term homes have waited too long for the care they deserve. Let’s take action now o make Bill 33, the Time to Care Act, the law.

Lunch provided

Buses available

Please contact CUPE Ontario – 905-739-9739

Ontario’s long-term care system is in crisis and is less funded than any other province in Canada. Other provinces provide over half an hour of extra paid care for each resident per day then Ontario  does. This means residents are waiting for hours to get help with feeding., bathing, toileting, and getting out of bed. This crisis has gone on for too long. Bill 33, the Time to Care Act, will make 4 hours of daily, hands-on, the law in Ontario. We need Premier Wynne and MPPs to get it over the finish line.

In late, 2017, the provincial government finally responded to mounting public pressure to make Bill 33, the law. Less than a week after thousands of Ontarian’s called, emailed and petitioned their MPPs to get Bill 33 to pass Second Reading, the Premier made an announcement about four hours of Care.

Unfortunately, the government announcement rang hollow

* There is no plan to legislate a minimum Care standard of 4 hours of direct Care, per resident, per day. Without a standard enshrined in law, there is no way to maintain province-wide standards for seniors;

* There is no timeline for implementation;

* These 4 hours must be hands-on, direct care hours by personal support workers or nursing staff. It should not include sick time, vacation time, or training time – unlike how the government calculates Care hours now.

On Feb. 27, let’s rise up for seniors in long-term Care. Come to Queen’s Park at 12 pm to send the Premier and all our MPPs a clear message: make Time to Care the law in Ontario!