-

Petition to End WSIB Lockout Surpasses 3,000 Names as Strike Drags On

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the WSIB strike continues into another week with no resolution in sight, the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE Local 1750) has delivered a petition signed by more than 3,300 frontline workers, CUPE members and concerned community members to the WSIB board of directors and general counsel. The petition calls for an immediate end to the ongoing lockout and urges WSIB leadership to finalize a fair deal.

The petition represents the voices of WSIB employees who remain steadfast in their commitment to serving injured workers across Ontario despite ongoing management delays and refusal to table a final offer. Included among the signatories are frontline workers and a local business owner highlighting concerns over the auto-approval of claims.

“We are at a critical juncture where WSIB management’s delay tactics are harming injured workers and their families, while pushing our members to the brink,” said OCEU president Harry Goslin. “This petition sends a clear message: WSIB workers and the communities they serve demand an immediate end to the lockout and a fair deal that respects their essential role.”

The Union is calling on WSIB leadership to provide a fair and comprehensive deal by Canada Day, July 1, to bring an end to this harmful disruption and allow workers to return to their vital roles supporting injured Ontarians.

The Union urges the WSIB board to take responsibility for resolving the labour dispute without further delay. The ongoing disruption continues to impact injured workers, employers and frontline staff who deserve stability and fairness in the workplace.

OCEU remains ready for meaningful negotiations and calls on WSIB leadership to honour the collective bargaining process.

:pp/cope491

Contacts

For more information, please contact:
Bill Chalupiak
CUPE Communications Representative
wchalupiak@cupe.ca
416-707-1401

Industry:

CUPE

Release Versions
English

Contacts

For more information, please contact:
Bill Chalupiak
CUPE Communications Representative
wchalupiak@cupe.ca
416-707-1401

More News From CUPE

Nurses and PSWs among 15 job cuts at Royal Ottawa Place long-term care home

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Resident care and working conditions will suffer as the Royal Ottawa Place long-term care home plans to eliminate 15 positions almost exclusively affecting nurses and personal support workers, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees 942. ROP houses 64 residents with mental illness, physical limitations or other complex needs. “The majority of residents at the Royal Ottawa Place are not independent, they rely heavily on staff for personal support and medical...

Health care workers decry 38 layoffs at Perley Health in Ottawa, to hold rally on Wednesday afternoon

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health care staff represented by CUPE 870 will be holding a rally outside the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre to protest 38 job cuts at the residential care home, as workers demand better staffing levels to improve care. The cuts at the Perley are part of a wave of health care cuts across the province including at hospitals in Ottawa, Hamilton, Niagara and North Bay. CUPE is blaming the provincial government for insufficient funding as the Financial Accountabi...

Hybrid Works! CUPE Members at Ontario Health atHome Stage a Province Wide Day of Action on the First Day of Doug Ford’s Return to Office Mandate

Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hybrid works. Since before the pandemic, workers at Ontario Health atHome have been working remotely to help deliver the essential home-care services Ontarians need. Now, on the whims of the Ford government, these workers are being forced back into office spaces that are not equipped to handle them all at once. Available office spaces have shrunk since 2019, which has resulted in an uneven application of the return to office mandate in the various regions across the pr...
Back to Newsroom