Protect Our Schools Rally Takes Over Queens Park: CUPE Education Workers Rally at Queen’s Park on Saturday to Demand Increased Funding, Staffing, and Safety in Ontario Schools

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Saturday, CUPE 1328, representing over 2,000 education workers at the Toronto Catholic District School Board, will lead a rally at Queen’s Park to demand that the Ford government take immediate action to address the growing crisis of violence in Ontario schools.

Hundreds of CUPE education workers from across the province will gather in solidarity to call out the chronic understaffing and underfunding that has left classrooms unsafe for students and staff alike.

Since 2018, the Ford government has cut billions from public education, resulting in severe staffing shortages, lack of training, and inadequate supports for students and education workers. Classrooms are regularly evacuated due to violent incidents, and education workers are increasingly being injured on the job.

Speakers at the Rally will include CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn, Ontario School Board Council of Unions President Joe Tigani, President of CUPE 1328 Sharron Flynn, ONDP MPPs Jessica Bell and Chris Glover and other education union presidents from across Ontario.

Who:	Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario; Joe Tigani, President of CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU); Sharron Flynn, President of CUPE 1328; Lisa Townsend, Vice President of CUPE 1328; Rebecca Avey, President of CUPE 7575, Tracey Copper, President of CUPE 4186; MPP Jessica Bell; MPP Chris Glover;
What:	Protect Our Schools Rally: Education workers to rally at Queens Park to demand an immediate investment in public education to address the rampant violence in Ontario schools
Where:	111 Wellesley St. West, Toronto
When:	Saturday, October 4, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

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