Cornwall Ontario – CFN has learned from several postal workers that there are rumblings of workers holding a Wildcat Strike in response to back to work legislation. This would be the first Wildcat strike in Canada since 1995 when Canada Post workers struck. Workers have been quoted from Alberta and several Eastern provinces that they… Continue reading Will Postal Workers Wildcat Strike today from 7AM to Noon? 112718
Tag: strike
BREAKING Baxtrom’s Your Independent Grocer Workers in Cornwall on STRIKE 112318
CORNWALL, Nov. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UFCW Canada Local 1006A members working at Baxtrom’s Your Independent Grocer in Cornwall, Ontario will be on strike on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 7 a.m. Talks broke off as the company refused to move off a final offer which would lock workers into a long contract… Continue reading BREAKING Baxtrom’s Your Independent Grocer Workers in Cornwall on STRIKE 112318
CUPE Workers in Cornwall Set to Return to Work Tuesday JUNE 12, 2018
Cornwall Ontario – CUPE sent out a release today. The four CUPE locals who have been on strike in Cornwall have each ratified their tentative agreements. Assuming City Council and the Library Board both ratify from management’s side today, people will return to work on Tuesday. Oddly enough more questions are being asked now than… Continue reading CUPE Workers in Cornwall Set to Return to Work Tuesday JUNE 12, 2018
CUPE Wins Strike in Cornwall – Workers to Vote on Tentative Agreement 060816
Cornwall Ontario – Tentative agreement reached in Cornwall city workers’ strike according to the CUPE release below. After a leak by Councilor Andre Rivette to CBC and CFN and our story by former HR Manager Rob Menagh it appeared that the city would have to capitulate on its demand for a clawback of sick leave benefits.… Continue reading CUPE Wins Strike in Cornwall – Workers to Vote on Tentative Agreement 060816
Cornwall Ontario Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy Finally Kinda Sorta Speaks Out on CUPE Strike – 060718
To the Editor: The City Council and my office have been fielding questions about the strike and our reluctance to comment about the issues which have led to it. I wanted to take this opportunity to make our reasons clear. We appreciate that the public have a desire to know about issues that affect them… Continue reading Cornwall Ontario Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy Finally Kinda Sorta Speaks Out on CUPE Strike – 060718
Cornwall Back to Table with CUPE After LAST OFFER Rejected by 92.5% by Jamie Gilcig 060618
Cornwall Ontario – After the City of Cornwall’s supposed “Final” offer was rejected by CUPE both sides are back at the table today according to a CUPE release which hinted that the city needed to work with the Union to find a solution. Sources say that the City has no choice but to capitulate and… Continue reading Cornwall Back to Table with CUPE After LAST OFFER Rejected by 92.5% by Jamie Gilcig 060618
Cornwall CAO Maureen Adams Issues No Comment After CUPE Rejects Leave Clawback Proposal by 92.5%
Cornwall Ontario – Taxpayers and users of city services are in the fog as to what will happen next regarding the strike by over 400 CUPE workers for the City of Cornwall. The City has put itself in an apparently untenable position by attempting to see short term leave rates clawed back, something former HR… Continue reading Cornwall CAO Maureen Adams Issues No Comment After CUPE Rejects Leave Clawback Proposal by 92.5%
BREAKING – Former Cornwall HR Manager Clarifies Rivette Bomb in CUPE STRIKE 060418
Cornwall Ontario – Cornwall council has embarrassed the city multiple times over the last few terms. From the Fitzpatrick scandals, to the CFN boycott that included a mayor hitting the panic button over a t shirt he didn’t like, to this writers false arrest during the election while the mayor and his campaign manager were… Continue reading BREAKING – Former Cornwall HR Manager Clarifies Rivette Bomb in CUPE STRIKE 060418
Rivette Drops Bomb in CUPE Strike – Blames CAO Adams & Geoff Clarke MURPHY Supports Leave Pullback
Cornwall Ontario – The buzz finally hit the page as Cornwall City Councilor Andre Rivette leaked to the CBC and then confirmed with CFN, that the issue that led to the CUPE strike is the city asking the union to move from 100% of wages for up to 17 weeks per year of short term… Continue reading Rivette Drops Bomb in CUPE Strike – Blames CAO Adams & Geoff Clarke MURPHY Supports Leave Pullback
CUPE on STRIKE in Cornwall Ontario DAY 1 – City Doesn’t Send Release to CFN 051718
Cornwall Ontario – One wonders what Cornwall CAO Maureen Adams has to hide by not sending releases to the largest newspaper in the city? From excerpts published in other media it certainly doesn’t look highly important? In fact striking CUPE workers and organizers seemed incensed at the nature of the city’s release while chanting GEOFF CLARKE… Continue reading CUPE on STRIKE in Cornwall Ontario DAY 1 – City Doesn’t Send Release to CFN 051718
Cornwall CAO Maureen Adams & Geoff Clarke Failure Leads to CUPE Strike Mandate 031418
Cornwall Ontario – After years of labour peace it seems giving managers double digit raises while freezing hiring and wages for union staff leads to Strike votes. CUPE issued the following: Cornwall municipal workers give their union overwhelming strike mandate CORNWALL, ON – Municipal workers in Cornwall have given their union a strong strike mandate following… Continue reading Cornwall CAO Maureen Adams & Geoff Clarke Failure Leads to CUPE Strike Mandate 031418
PC Leader Patrick Brown Calls for Back to Work Legislation for Ontario Teachers 111617
TORONTO ONTARIO – Both the NDP and PC Party are screaming about the strike by College Teacher’s across Ontario after the Province’s gambit to have Union members vote their latest proposal which failed. From a PC release today: “This is now the longest college strike in Ontario history. Kathleen Wynne has allowed it to drag… Continue reading PC Leader Patrick Brown Calls for Back to Work Legislation for Ontario Teachers 111617
OPSEU Strike Struck Student’s Rally in Front of MPP Office in Cornwall by Seamus James 110317
Cornwall Ontario – Although the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) consistently declared that the College Employer Council (CEC) was unwilling to come to the bargaining table, it was the CEC reportedly, that asked the Government to bring OPSEU back to the table. Are there two sides to the college strike standoff? …More like three… Continue reading OPSEU Strike Struck Student’s Rally in Front of MPP Office in Cornwall by Seamus James 110317
Day 3 of St. Lawrence College OPSEU Strike by Marshall Waddell 101818
Cornwall Ontario – It’s “hump day” on the picket line for faculty at SLC (St. Lawrence College) Cornwall, where members of Local 417 OPSEU (Ontario Public Service Employees Union), are on day 3 of strike action. Local 417 represents the librarians, counsellors and faculty at all three campuses of St. Lawrence College (Brockville, Kingston… Continue reading Day 3 of St. Lawrence College OPSEU Strike by Marshall Waddell 101818
Morbern Workers Walk Out of Cornwall Ontario Plant – BREAKING – Sept 18, 2014
CORNWALL Ontario – Workers from United Steel Workers local 9343 have walked off the job and are mulling outside of the plant on Boundary Road. Tim Mullin from the Union confirmed that workers walked off the job. Morbern responded to with a no comment when contacted by CFN. We will be updating this story shortly… Continue reading Morbern Workers Walk Out of Cornwall Ontario Plant – BREAKING – Sept 18, 2014