Coronavirus Information for COPE Ontario members

As ordered by the Ontario government, all COPE offices will be closed effective March 25th.    All staff will continue to work remotely during this time and can be accessed via email or phone.

In the event of a workplace emergency or you have questions about your rights and responsibilities during the provincial response to COVID-19, please email info@copeontario.ca. A staff member of COPE Ontario will ensure that you receive a response promptly.

Stay safe, practice proactive isolation and remember to wash your hands. Connect with us online, Facebook or Twitter for updates.

The COPE Ontario Team

COPE Ontario has received funding to hire Summer students this year!  We will be hiring three students for 12 weeks. All hires will be working from remote to adhere to COVID-19 Pandemic safety practices. Click to review the job posting.

Please see the attached job posting for further information.  Applications should be sent to info@copeontario.ca.

COPE Ontario in partnership with COPE Local 468 is organizing in London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). Do you know anyone at LHSC that should connect with the Organizing team? Should read more information of what COPE has to offer? Should drop by the info sessions coming up?

Ask them to check out COPE Local 468 Facebook for regular updates and call Valerie on (519) 859 0975 or email join@copeontario.ca

Monday July 20^th at Victoria Hospital - Zone B, Level 2

by the Tim Hortons from 11AM-2PM

Wednesday July 22^nd at University Hospital -Main Lobby

by the Tim Hortons from 11AM-2PM

Click to download a COPE Union membership card, sign and email it to join@copeontario.ca

During Anti-Bullying Week, union leaders representing education workers in both the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board and Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board came together to share and discuss mutual concerns regarding the impact, and increase, of violence and violent incidents within our classrooms and community. Click to read press release.

COPE Ontario joined nine other unions, together representing more than 250,000 thousand affected broader public sector employees, and announced their intention to launch a coordinated Charter challenge against Bill 124. As well, the Ontario Labour movement, with the Power of Many, will be initiating an aggressive campaign to repeal Bill 124, legislation introduced by the Ford government that allows the government to impose compensation caps, including for pension and health care improvements, on a variety of unionized and non-unionized public sector workplaces. Click to read the press release - Bill124 charter challenge.