CUPE Local 79
@cupelocal79.bsky.social
We're the union for 30,000 working people who care, teach, mentor, guide, and watch over Toronto.
Majority of Torontonians support investments in City services and fair wages for workers, new poll finds.
February 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Majority of Torontonians support investments in City services and fair wages for workers, new poll finds.
This morning, CUPE Local 79 members delivered 8,000+ petitions to Councillor Shelley Carroll at the final Budget Committee meeting.
Workers are calling for fair, inflation-adjusted wages, safe staffing levels & equity for part-time workers.
Workers are calling for fair, inflation-adjusted wages, safe staffing levels & equity for part-time workers.
January 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This morning, CUPE Local 79 members delivered 8,000+ petitions to Councillor Shelley Carroll at the final Budget Committee meeting.
Workers are calling for fair, inflation-adjusted wages, safe staffing levels & equity for part-time workers.
Workers are calling for fair, inflation-adjusted wages, safe staffing levels & equity for part-time workers.
The 2025 City budget maintains service levels, but addressing a decade of austerity means means we need to invest more in City services. Read our 2025 Budget statement attached.
January 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The 2025 City budget maintains service levels, but addressing a decade of austerity means means we need to invest more in City services. Read our 2025 Budget statement attached.
Despite Toronto’s Board of Health voting in Sept to protect these jobs, the positions of 33 harm reduction workers at The Works will have their positions deleted.
President Nas Yadollahi is calling on the City of Toronto to rescind these notices & redeploy workers. www.thestar.com/news/gta/sta...
President Nas Yadollahi is calling on the City of Toronto to rescind these notices & redeploy workers. www.thestar.com/news/gta/sta...
December 9, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Despite Toronto’s Board of Health voting in Sept to protect these jobs, the positions of 33 harm reduction workers at The Works will have their positions deleted.
President Nas Yadollahi is calling on the City of Toronto to rescind these notices & redeploy workers. www.thestar.com/news/gta/sta...
President Nas Yadollahi is calling on the City of Toronto to rescind these notices & redeploy workers. www.thestar.com/news/gta/sta...
On December 6, 1989, 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal were murdered in an act of violent misogyny that shook our country and led Parliament to designate December 6 as The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
On December 6, we remember them.
On December 6, we remember them.
December 6, 2024 at 3:10 PM
On December 6, 1989, 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal were murdered in an act of violent misogyny that shook our country and led Parliament to designate December 6 as The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
On December 6, we remember them.
On December 6, we remember them.