Local 793 Business Manager Mike Gallagher joined CBC Radio show ‘Ottawa Morning’ on Monday, along with Karen Littlewood, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), to discuss the CUPE strike. Click here to listen.
Local 793 Business Manager Mike Gallagher joined CBC Radio show ‘Ottawa Morning’ on Monday, along with Karen Littlewood, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), to discuss the CUPE strike.
Click here to listen.
Local 793 needs your help supporting our local food banks this winter to brighten the season with much-needed donations. South Central Ontario offices are running a food drive from November 7th till December 21st. Donations of non-perishable food items will be accepted during regular business hours at our Hamilton, St. Catherine’s and Cambridge office locations: […]
Local 793 needs your help supporting our local food banks this winter to brighten the season with much-needed donations.
South Central Ontario offices are running a food drive from November 7th till December 21st.
Donations of non-perishable food items will be accepted during regular business hours at our Hamilton, St. Catherine’s and Cambridge office locations:
55 Fleming Dr. Unit 26, Cambridge, Ontario N1T 2A9,
35 Goderich Road, Unit 5, Hamilton, Ontario L8E 4P2,
188 Bunting Road, Unit 5, St. Catharines, Ontario L2M 3Y1.
Not sure what to bring? The most needed items are
Rice; Oatmeal; Canned fruit; Canned vegetables; Peanut butter; Pasta; Pasta sauce; Baby food; Baby formula; Canned soup; Canned stew, chilli, etc.; Canned fish; Canned and dried beans; 100% fruit juices.
No expired or perishable items will be accepted.
We can make a difference together!
Across the province today Local 793 stood shoulder to shoulder with CUPE and educational workers to show our solidarity and support. Check out all the area photos below.
Across the province today Local 793 stood shoulder to shoulder with CUPE and educational workers to show our solidarity and support. Check out all the area photos below.
Please be advised that Ryan Wilbee has been promoted to Director of Provincial Health & Safety effective November 7, 2022. Ryan has demonstrated his hard work and dedication to our membership over his years as Sector Co-Ordinator in the Durham Region and most recently as Toronto Area Supervisor Also, please be advised that Justin O’Neill […]
Please be advised that Ryan Wilbee has been promoted to Director of Provincial Health & Safety effective November 7, 2022.
Ryan has demonstrated his hard work and dedication to our membership over his years as Sector Co-Ordinator in the Durham Region and most recently as Toronto
Area Supervisor
Also, please be advised that Justin O’Neill has been promoted to Toronto Area Supervisor effective November 7, 2022.
Justin has demonstrated his hard work and dedication to our membership over his many years as a Business Representative and Sector Coordinator for the Simcoe Area.
Please give both Ryan and Justin your full co-operation as they take on these new roles and join me in congratulating them.
Fraternally,
Mike Gallagher
Local 793 Business Manager Mike Gallagher has told CBC Radio that the Union’s support of the Progressive Conservatives has left him with “buyer’s remorse” after Doug Ford’s government passed Bill 28 on Thursday. The law imposes contracts on 55,000 education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and banned them from striking. […]
Local 793 Business Manager Mike Gallagher has told CBC Radio that the Union’s support of the Progressive Conservatives has left him with “buyer’s remorse” after Doug Ford’s government passed Bill 28 on Thursday.
The law imposes contracts on 55,000 education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and banned them from striking. The government’s use of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ notwithstanding clause to protect the bill from constitutional challenges has also drawn intense criticism.
“We supported them (ahead of the provincial election), but they sure didn’t have using the notwithstanding clause to attack workers’ rights in their platform as I recall,” Gallagher told Metro Morning’s Ismaila Alfa. “We’re certainly very disappointed with the government and call on them to repeal Bill 28 and get back to bargaining properly.”
Gallagher, who was interviewed alongside Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation president Karen Littlewood, warned that the use of the notwithstanding clause was unprecedented and posed a threat to workers across Canada.
“We’re concerned about CUPE, but we’re concerned right across the country about the notwithstanding clause becoming a baseball bat to beat up workers,” Gallagher said.
“Everybody in the labour movement right now is looking at each other and saying, ‘who’s next?’ There were solutions outside using the notwithstanding clause.”
You can listen to the full Metro Morning interview by clicking here.
Following is a press release issued by Local 793, regarding the Ontario Government’s Bill 28 to end the potential strike of education workers in the province. STRIPPING WORKERS OF THEIR RIGHT TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN AND REACH A FAIR AGREEMENT UNDERMINES THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL OF RIGHTS FOR UNIONIZED WORKERS OAKVILLE — Bill 28, introduced by the Ontario […]
Following is a press release issued by Local 793, regarding the Ontario Government’s Bill 28 to end the potential strike of education workers in the province.
OAKVILLE — Bill 28, introduced by the Ontario Government to avoid a labour stoppage for education workers across the Province of Ontario, is a huge overreach that will have lasting impacts on unionized workers across the province.
Bill 28 ends the prospect of a strike and imposes a four-year agreement on workers. The government is also pre-emptively overriding the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by enacting the “notwithstanding clause” which will strip these workers and their unions the ability to challenge the legislation in court.
“The International Union of Operating Engineers (“IUOE”) and its Local 793 are categorically opposed to Bill 28 and any attempt by the Government of Ontario to undermine the collective bargaining rights of workers, including the right to strike which is a necessary and fundamental right of workers in Canada,” says Mike Gallagher, Business Manager of Local 793. “A government can be judged in terms of its respect for the freedoms afforded under its Constitution and those that are guaranteed to working people which fundamentally includes the right to collectively bargain. The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld this. This separates us from autocratic governments around the world. The threat or resorting to using the notwithstanding clause when it becomes politically expedient is not a road the Premier needs to go down, since I would hope the government understands the importance of upholding fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Canadian Constitution balanced against any short inconvenience a work stoppage could bring about,” stated Gallagher.
IUOE Canadian Regional Director Patrick Campbell stated – “To be clear, the International Union of Operating Engineers is opposed to “back to work” legislation and any legislation that undermines the rights of working people to the collective bargaining process and the right to strike, if required. The Ford Government’s Bill-28 represents a clear and present danger, not only to the lowest paid education workers in Ontario, but to all Canadian workers moving forward if this legislation stands.”
Local 793 represents over 18,000 members in Ontario and Nunavut working primarily in the construction, mining and industrial sectors. Just this past spring, approximately 4,000 members of the IUOE Local 793 were on strike for three weeks in both the ICI and residential sectors of the construction industry. The IUOE has locals across every province and territory and Canada representing workers in many occupational categories.
Local 793 urges the Ford Government to repeal Bill 28 immediately.
Local 793 has a head office, banquet hall and training campus in Oakville, and another training campus in Morrisburg. For further information contact: Local 793 Business Manager, Mike Gallagher, 905-469-9299, ext. 2202.
Don’t forget to shave the date! Movember is here again, and it’s time to grow out those moustaches for men’s health! The Movember Foundation was created in need of more awareness that is now helping save and improve men’s lives through projects focused on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. This November, […]
Don’t forget to shave the date! Movember is here again, and it’s time to grow out those moustaches for men’s health!
The Movember Foundation was created in need of more awareness that is now helping save and improve men’s lives through projects focused on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention.
This November, Local 793 encourages you to participate in any way you see fit. Grow a Mo, run or walk 60 kilometres over the month, or host a get-together to raise donations!
Share your moustaches before they are gone by using #GrowYourOwnWay and tag us in your photos.