Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1281

Today, we're launching the Restore Services at RSU petition! In May 2020, the new Ryerson Students' Union Executive Committee came into office, and during their tenure 5 full-time unionized employees have received layoff notice. CUPE 1281 has been fighting back and has organized an online petition calling on the RSU to reinstate their employees now! Please sign and share the petition widely! #RestoreRSU #ServicesNotCuts

Happy Indigenous People’s Day today and everyday. #ntvs #indigenouspeoplesday

Members of the Campus Coalition at Ryerson have signed an open letter asking the Ryerson Students' Union - RSU to re-open the Good Food Centre for the 2020-2021 academic year. "Several students have reached out to our organizations regarding concerns about the current closure. Some of our organizations have made our positions known regarding the labour dispute, but the purpose of this letter is to focus specifically on the necessity of the Good Food Centre in building a campu...s that values food security, poverty reduction and anti-stigma for students and workers accessing food banks on post-secondary campuses." Members of the Campus Coalition at Ryerson that have signed this letter include: The Continuing Education Students' Association of Ryerson-CESAR, CUPE 3904, the Ryerson Faculty Association and CUPE 1281. Please see the comments for full text.

Today during the October 9 Day of Action CUPE 1281 is sending solidarity and love to #1492LandBackLane Donate to the 1492 Land Back Lane Legal Fund here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-1492-land-back-lane Check out an event near you here: https://www.facebook.com/events/655007728755234/... The 1492 Land Back Lane Windsor Law Coalition has also organized a FULL digital advocacy toolkit that you can use to take action here: https://docs.google.com//1e-9XpFfj9GE3PE9BW2vGzpjhsPe/edit #ShutDownCanada #LandBack

From CUPE Young Ontario Workers: "We know what we need, we’ve been promoting community needs for a long time, but we also need to make our government hear us." Now it is time for them to hear us. We're excited to announce the launch of our new campaign, Our Future Reimagined: A Just Recovery for All. ... Take part in the campaign by submitting a video that is 30 seconds to 1 minute long about what your future reimagined is. Send us the video at [email protected]. To read more about our campaign: https://cupe.on.ca/our-future-reimagined-a-just-recovery.../ #OurFutureReimagined #JustRecoveryForAll

From CUPE Ontario: On October 28th, the Time to Care Act, Bill 13, will go to 2nd reading in the Ontario legislature. The bill will ensure a minimum daily average of 4 hours of hands on care per resident in every long-term care home in the province. Tell your MPP to support it: www.cupe.on.ca/timetocare

CUPE 905's LGBTQ Committee has organized an exciting panel called Celebrating Queers in the Labour Movement. The panel is taking place on November 16th at 5:30pm. Check out event details below for more information.

From Fight for $15 & Fairness: Dominion grocery store workers in Newfoundland and Labrador are on strike for fair wages, paid sick days, and job security. Dominion is owned by billionaire Galen Weston's retail giant Loblaws, which cancelled the $2/hr pandemic pay in June despite continuing to make millions in profit during COVID. 75% of Dominion workers earn less than $15/hr and the majority only have part-time hours. Let's support them in winning their strike by:... 1) sharing this video 2) signing this petition: https://bit.ly/3l4Pe9H 3) posting your own "I support Dominion workers" selfie or video. Please be sure to tag Loblaws Unifor Local 597 and use these hashtags: #15andFairness #fairpayforever #CanLab #GalenWeston

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day. A day to honour residential school survivors and a day to recognize the harm and impact the residential school system has and continues to have on the Indigenous community. You can read the story of Phyllis Webstad, a survivor of the residential school survivor here: https://www.orangeshirtday.org/phyllis-story.html #OrangeShirtDay2020 #EveryChildMatters

CUPE Connects! Webisode 4: CODE RED: At Risk and Vulnerable Long-Term Care in Ontario is live! Sign the Care Not Profits petition at www.carenotprofits.ca #cupeconnects

All Out September 30th's Press Conference is live! Tomorrow folks are commemorating Orange Shirt Day and striking against anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism in post-secondary education. Sign up for their workshops tomorrow and check out their full website here: www.aos30.ca ... #AllOutS30 #AOS30

Happy Global Day of Climate Action! Check out this discussion featuring Green Jobs Oshawa about meaningful ways to take action on the climate crisis. #GlobalDayOfClimateAction

The Prime Minister's mandate letter to the federal Minister of Labour confirmed the government's intent to make good on its promise to raise the federal minimum... wage to $15 and implement other improvements to the Canada Labour Code. But as we know from our own experience in Ontario, we can't simply sit back and expect the government to follow through. Share this if you agree a $15 minimum wage is long overdue.

Support Library Technicians at York Catholic District School Board who have been laid off during the pandemic by adding your voice here: https://cupe.on.ca/stoplibrarylayoffsatycdsb/

On September 30, join the virtual strike to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and strike against anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism. RSVP at https://s30strike.eventbritestudio.com #OrangeShirtDay #AllOutS30 #S30Strike