Please check out this article from Maclean's magazine from a former COPE Local 527 member who worked with Hamilton Wentworth District School Board as an EA that illustrates the many challenges working in the school board.
COPE Ontario president Lorrie Vanderluis was in Ottawa recently meeting with other union leaders at the Canadian Labour Congress on plans for the next federal election. Lorrie met NDP leader Jagmeet Singh when he dropped by the CLC.
April 28th is the labour movement’s most solemn day, but also one to refocus our commitment to preventing future workplace injuries and deaths. Every year, thousands of workers, friends and families of fallen workers gather at ceremonies across Canada to recognize the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job.
Events taking place across Ontario contact your local Labour Council:
Brantford & District Labour Council
Day of Mourning Ceremony
April 28, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
Fordview Park, Brantford, ON
Contact: Roxanne Bond
519-209-2154 or [email protected]
www.brantforddistrictlabourcouncil.ca
Barrie & District Labour Council
Flag raising followed by candlelight vigil
Barrie City Hall, 70 Collier Street, Barrie, ON L4M 1G8
April 26, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.
Contact: [email protected]
Website: https://barrielabour.ca/
Chatham-Kent Labour Council
Memorial on Grand Ave, across from Giant Tiger Store, in Chatham, ON N7L 1C5
April 28, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Contact: Linda Reaume, President, [email protected]
Cornwall & District Labour Council
Lamoureux Park, 100 Water St E, Cornwall, ON K6H 6G4
April 25, 2024 at 11:45 a.m.
Contact: Louise Lanctot, 613-932-1943
Durham Region Labour Council
City of Oshawa – Day of Mourning Monument, 50 Centre St. S. Oshawa, ON L1H 3Z7
April 28, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
Contact: [email protected] or 905 579-5188
Website: https://durhamlabour.ca/events/day-of-mourning-2024/
Fort Erie, Niagara Regional Labour Council
At the monument located at Forth Erie City Hall, 1 Municipal Centre Drive, along Highway 3, Fort Erie, ON L2A 2S6
April 28, 2024 at 11:45 a.m.
Contact: [email protected]
Grey-Bruce Labour Council
Chesley Community Centre, 129 4th Ave SE, Chesley, ON N0G 1L0
April 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
Contact: Kevin Smith, President, [email protected]
Guelph & District Labour Council
Goldie Mill Park, 75 Cardigan St, Guelph, ON N1H 3Z7
April 28, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Contact: [email protected]
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Guelph-District-Labour-Council-1593522250974861
Hamilton & District Labour Council
Hamilton City Hall, 71 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8P 4Y5
April 28, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Contact: Anthony Marco, President, [email protected]
Today, we honor the strength, resilience, and determination of women in the labour movement and beyond. On this International Women's Day, COPE Ontario proudly stands in solidarity with women workers everywhere, advocating for fair wages, safe working conditions, and gender equality in the workplace.
On 12 February 2024, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a decision that the wage-restraint legislation known as Bill 124 was unconstitutional. In a majority decision, the court affirmed a 2022 ruling which found that Bill 124 interfered with the freedom of association guarantee under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Ontario Court of Appeal also found that, as a result of Bill 124, “organized public sector workers, many of whom are women, racialized and/or low-income earners, have lost the ability to negotiate for better compensation or even better work conditions that do not have a monetary value.”