The CUPE Cast

On today's episode, Brianna and Brittany will be recapping the LCBO Strike and how the LCBO benefits the whole of Ontario. With the LCBO workers going on strike this summer, everyone, from the government, unions, and the public, had an opinion and a stance. Let’s dive in and bring you up to speed about the LCBO strike. 

LCBO Strike would be first in Ontario liquor stores history: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7240273

LCBO Workers vote to ratify contract after 2 week strike: https://opseu.org/news/lcbo-workers-vote-to-ratify-new-contract-after-two-week-strike/239446/

Explainer: LCBO strike and Ontario's changing monopoly:  https://www.just-drinks.com/explainer/explainer-the-lcbo-strike-and-ontarios-changing-monopoly/#:~:text=LCBO%20and%20workers%20strike%20deal,pay%20increase%20over%20three%20years.

Global News: LCBO Strike Poll

https://globalnews.ca/news/10628544/lcbo-strike-poll/

Financial Post: LCBO Strike, What you need to know

https://financialpost.com/news/lcbo-strike-ontario-what-you-need-to-know

OPSEU Who deserves the funding commercialhttps://youtu.be/IWHyOHNzBbk?si=f7pn3L0aLcJ9-0D_ 

CAMH Statementhttps://www.camh.ca/en/camh-news-and-stories/statement-from-camh-on-alcohol 

CPHA Condems Ontario Expansion of Alcohol Sales https://www.cpha.ca/canadian-public-health-association-condemns-ontarios-expansion-alcohol-sales 

Ontario's “alcohol deficit” to grow with Expansion https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-s-alcohol-deficit-to-grow-with-expanded-sales-expert-1.7267548 

Grassy Narrows River Runhttps://mailchi.mp/f7467fc593ed/grassy-narrows-hosts-strategic-alliance-to-protect-land-water-5357731 

In our summer episode, we are talking about beating the heat. We’ll discuss how parts of the labour movement are calling everybody out - the government, and the employer, to do better. We’ll be highlighting some current campaigns from the OFL and CUPE locals. Summer vacation may be out for students, but for the workers, the fight is always in session. Grab a seat and get ready because we are coming in hot.

Ontario Federation of Labour | Demand Climate Action on Workplace Heat https://ofl.ca/action/workplace-heat-petition/

Ontario Federation of Labour | Consultation: Proposed Heat Stress Regulation Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act https://actionnetwork.org/user_files/user_files/000/097/579/original/2023.09.29_SUB_Consultation_-_Proposed_Heat_Stress_Regulation_Under_the_Occupational_Health_and_Safety_Act.pdf 

Spring Magazine | The Mississauga Library Workers Union needs your help https://springmag.ca/the-mississauga-library-workers-union-needs-your-help 

CUPE National| Support Mississauga library workers

https://cupe.ca/support-mississauga-library-workers 

CUPE Ontario | Municipal membership survey (survey closes on July 2, 2024) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CUPE-ON 

CUPE Ontario | WILD application form (application closes on July 2, 2024) https://cupe.on.ca/wild-application-form/ 

CUPE National| CUPE supports the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ call for a new municipal growth framework https://cupe.ca/cupe-supports-federation-canadian-municipalities-call-new-municipal-growth-framework 

CUPE Ontario | Health and safety forum navigating the right to refuse unsafe work

https://cupe.on.ca/event/health-and-safety-forum-navigating-the-right-to-refuse-unsafe-work/?instance_id=1667 

Global News (June 16, 2024) | LCBO workers vote in favour of strike: ‘Don’t force a dry summer’

https://globalnews.ca/news/10569726/lcbo-strike-vote-ontario/ 

CUPE Cast | Queer Liberation Not Rainbow Capitalism https://open.spotify.com/episode/61St9RpSvisMPGv2AbkKvC?si=CrmVNKWVQZGImqIZ8wpOXw

CUPE Cast | From Reconciliation to ReconciliACtionhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/5uLbQ7kwKCthq8hteOujnU?si=7b84e07d8b644561 

CUPE Cast | Drag Artists Under Attack! What Do We Do? Slay!https://open.spotify.com/episode/3q4tuNYvD8Epe4L9ELP2iN?si=ef0087169b904a78  

City of Toronto | Great jobs available! Apply before March 31 for part-time summer recreation, aquatic and museum jobs with the City of Torontohttps://www.toronto.ca/news/great-jobs-available-apply-before-march-31-for-part-time-summer-recreation-aquatic-and-museum-jobs-with-the-city-of-toronto/

Daily Hive | These are the most in-demand summer jobs in Canada this yearhttps://dailyhive.com/canada/popular-summer-jobs-canada 

Sudbury.com | City of Greater Sudbury spent $9.1M on overtime last year https://www.sudbury.com/city-hall/city-of-greater-sudbury-spent-91m-on-overtime-last-year-9068243

The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE | OCHU/CUPE announces rallies to protest Ford government’s expansion of private, for-profit clinics
https://ochu.on.ca/2024/06/06/ochu-cupe-announces-rallies-to-protest-ford-governments-expansion-of-private-for-profit-clinics/

Thanks for listening!

It's convention season at CUPE Ontario, so let's revisit a past episode, “Convention Baseball”, where we give a complete overview of all things convention so you will be refreshed and ready for this exciting week!

CUPE Ontario Draft Convention Agenda: https://cupe.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-CONVENTION-AGENDA.pdf

CUPE Ontario Constitution: https://cupe.ca/sites/default/files/constitution_national_2023.pdf

CUPE Ombudperson program:

https://cupe.ca/cupe-ombudsperson-program

CUPE Ombudperson program video:

https://cupe.ca/cupe-ombudspersons-video

CUPE Ontario Convention Website:

https://cupe.on.ca/convention2024/

CUPE Ontario Land Acknowledgement:

https://cupe.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Indigenous-Greeting-AMENDED-In-person-events-March-2022.pdf

Solidarity Forever Lyrics:

https://genius.com/Pete-seeger-solidarity-forever-lyrics

Bread and Roses:

https://genius.com/Joan-baez-bread-and-roses-lyrics

Roberts Rules of Order: https://assembly.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/roberts_rules_simplified.pdf

Boutinots Rules of Order: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/studentexperience/sites/utsc.utoronto.ca.studentexperience/files/docs/4-Bourinots-Rules-of-Order-ACCESSIBLE.pdf

Parliamentary Procedure: https://cupe.ca/sites/default/files/parli_pro_handbook_en.pdf

May 30 Giant Protest & March: The fightback is on to save public health care: https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/event-may-30-giant-protest-march-the-fightback-is-on-to-save-public-health-care/

June 1 Injured Workers’ Day rally: https://ofl.ca/event/injured-workers-day/

Mental Health is health. We can’t divorce our physical well-being from our mental well-being. In this episode, Brianna and Brittany discuss why mental health is a health and safety issue in the workplace. Looking at current events, pop culture, and workplace issues, it is evident that mental health affects us all—in different capacities. CUPE National Representative Andréane Chénier joins the CUPE cast to discuss how we can connect work and mental health.

If you or someone you know are battling with a mental illness, there are supports available to you. To find local mental health support in your community, call 2-1-1 or visit 211ontario.ca. 

Show notes:

British Vogue (2020) | From ‘Bunny Boiler’ Stigmas To Brave Storytelling, A Timeline Of Mental Health Narratives In Pop Culture

https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/mental-health-narrative 

Canadian Mental Health Association | Mental Health Week 2024 May 6-12

https://cmha.ca/mental-health-week/

Canadian Mental Health Association (2016) | Mental Illnesses in the Workplace

https://cmha.ca/brochure/mental-illnesses-in-the-workplace/ 

CBC News (April 18, 2024) | Profs call Ford government bill 'political interference' on campus

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-universities-colleges-bill-166-anti-racism-policy-1.7176602 

CUPE National | Mental Health Resources

https://cupe.ca/mental-health

CUPE National | Mental health tool kit

https://cupe.ca/mental-health-toolkit

CUPE National | Work-Related Stress

https://cupe.ca/work-related-stress

CUPE National | Creating Healthier Work, Not Tougher Workers

https://cupe.ca/creating-healthier-work-not-tougher-workers

CUPE National | Resilience and mental well-being

https://cupe.ca/resilience-and-mental-well-being

CUPE National | Talking to Members about Mental Health

https://cupe.ca/talking-members-about-mental-health-0

CUPE National | Mental Health and Well-being

https://cupe.ca/mental-health-and-well-being-work

CUPE Ontario | Connecting Work and Mental Health 

https://cupe.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Andreane-Chenier-Connecting-Work-and-Mental-Health.pdf

Los Angeles Times (March 26, 2024) | Nickelodeon stars from ‘Quiet on Set’: Where are they now?

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-03-26/nickelodeon-stars-where-are-they-now-quiet-on-set 

Medium (2024) | Winnie the Pooh: A Mental Health Look

​​https://livewelltalk.medium.com/winnie-the-pooh-a-mental-health-look-5f68a803e6db 

Mental Health Commission | Mental health first aid 

https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/what-we-do/mental-health-first-aid/

National Library of Medicine (2000)| Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective​​ on A.A. Milne

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC80580/ 

Statistics Canada | Mental Health of Canadians - it matters https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/4691-mental-health-canadians-it-matters

Airlines won’t fly without flight attendants, but did you know that they work 35 hours per month unpaid while they carry out their duties? In this episode of CUPE Cast, Brianna and Brittany discuss the airline sector campaign and the “Unpaid Work Won’t Fly” Campaign. CUPE Airline’s Division Wesley Lesosky sits down for an exciting interview to raise awareness of some of the issues flight attendants face. 

Show notes:

Ann Hood | Fly Girl: A Memoir: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58999205

CUPE | CUPE, Canada's flight attendant union, condemns abuse against airline workers amid airport chaos 

https://cupe.ca/cupe-canadas-flight-attendant-union-condemns-abuse-against-airline-workers-amid-airport-chaos 

CUPE | Flight attendants at Lynx Air are now unionized with CUPE: https://cupe.ca/flight-attendants-lynx-air-are-now-unionized-cupe?utm_medium=rss

CUPE | Guidance for CUPE Flight Attendants on the Right to Refuse Dangerous Work

https://cupe.ca/guidance-cupe-flight-attendants-right-refuse-dangerous-work 

CUPE | CUPE responds to Lynx Air shutdown: https://cupe.ca/cupe-responds-lynx-air-shutdown?utm_medium=rss

CUPE’s Airline Division | Unpaid Work Won’t Fly: www.unpaidworkwontfly.ca

CUPE 4070: https://www.cupe4070.ca/

CUPE Ontario | Convention Awards, Constitutional Amendments & Resolutions: https://cupe.on.ca/convention2024/

CP24 | Here’s where people are travelling this March Break, according to Toronto Pearson Airport: https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/here-s-where-people-are-travelling-this-march-break-according-to-toronto-pearson-airport-1.6798787?referrer=android-app%3A%2F%2Fcom.google.android.googlequicksearchbox%2F&__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar 

Tik Tok | @FlywithBernice: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMMAT7Pxg/ 

March 8th is an exciting day for women and gender oppressed folks because it is International Women's Day!!! A day to celebrate all that women have and continue to accomplish! 

For this episode of the CUPE Cast, we are going to focus on the contributions certain women have made to the labour movement, events and how you can celebrate International Women's Day as well as messages from CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer, Candace Rennick, and Marilena Fox, CUPE Ontario Women's Committee Chair. So, get ready for another exciting episode!

International Women's Day 2024 campaign theme is 'Inspire Inclusion' | International Women’s Day https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme 

'Change doesn’t happen with the same voices': All-female St. Paul city council makes history | USA Today

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/11/all-female-city-council-st-paul-minnesota/72196432007/

St.Paul City Council Inauguration Clip | Tik Tok

https://www.tiktok.com/@therecount/video/7322246438468078890 

2023 Women in Municipal Office | Center for American Women and Politics

https://cawp.rutgers.edu/2023-women-municipal-office 

2023 report on women’s representation in Canadian municipal elected positions | Federation of Canadian Municipalities

https://fcm.ca/en/resources/women-in-local-government/women-representation-in-municipal-elected-positions-2023-report 

CUPE Ontario Women’s Committee | CUPE Ontario

https://cupe.on.ca/committees/womens/ 

Sister in Solidarity Award | CUPE Ontario

https://cupe.on.ca/sisters-in-solidarity-award/

2024 OFL March 8th Project Celebrating International Women’s Day Diversity Grows Our Strength | Ontario Federation of Labour

https://ofl.ca/2023-ofl-march-8th-project/

With Black History Month right around the corner, we will be taking a deep dive in this episode and discussing why Black History Month is celebrated in February.  We will also be  joined by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionist Ontario Chapter’s First Vice-President Christopher Wilson. 

Why is Black History month celebrated in February?

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/01/1150977600/black-history-month-2023-theme-3-things-to-know#:~:text=Here's%20the%20story%20behind%20Black,14.

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1075623826/why-is-february-black-history-monthhttps://www.twinkl.ca/event/black-history-month-Canada-2024#:~:text=The%20theme%20for%20Black%20History%20Month%202024%20is%20%E2%80%9CBlack%20resistance,discrimination%2C%20and%20prejudice%20over%20history.

Events:

Younge & Dundas square will have a black history month digital exhibition with OCAD University 

https://www.ocadu.ca/event/2024-yonge-dundas-square-black-history-month-digital-exhibition-call-artists

AGO events: 

https://ago.ca/events/black-history-month-ago

Harbour Front Centre : KUUMBA

https://harbourfrontcentre.com/series/kuumba/

CBTU: what do they do? Mission?  CBTU Roots? 

https://www.cbtu.ca

Mary Ann Shadd, abolitionist and first Black female newspaper publisher, included in 2024 Canada Post stamps

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/mary-ann-shadd-stamp-1.7074307CBC: Being Black in Canadahttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/beingblackincanada

Bringing Overlooked Canadian Black History to the Fore | The Agenda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbX9ahCCMvE 

https://www.cbtu.ca/21-12-2023cbtu_membership_newsletter_2024

What were your favourite moments of 2023? Because we know we have quite a few! 

In this episode we will go over all the great times we had this year.  However we also will be saying goodbye to someone we all know and love. 

So make sure to tune into CUPE Cast episode 32: 2023, A Year in Review! 

In this month’s episode, we explore the importance of accessibility in the workplace, focusing on the AODA Act and discussing disability rights, health and safety measures, creating an ability-smart workplace, and the Duty to Accommodate. The episode also highlights the political parties' response to the AODA alliance’s questionnaire to addresses barriers, and an interview with Brenda Cervantes, a member of the Workers with Disabilities Committee and how CUPE Ontario, is committed to keep workers informed and empowered.

Disability Rights: https://cupe.ca/disability-rights

Health and Safety for workers with disabilities: https://cupe.ca/health-and-safety-workers-disabilities 

Creating an ability smart workplace: https://cupe.ca/ready-and-able-creating-ability-smart-work-environment-0

Duty to accommodate: https://cupe.ca/disability-rights-fact-sheet-what-duty-accommodate

Are you temporarily disabled from an injury at work, Occupational Disease or other temporary disability? Please click here to visit the CUPE Ontario Injured Workers Committee webpage

CBC article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/provinical-election-accessibiltiy-issues-1.6469119 

CUPE Ontario Workers With Disabilities website: https://cupe.on.ca/committees/workers-with-disabilities/

SAG-AFTRA and UAW tentative agreements: https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-national-board-approves-tentative-agreement-recommends-ratification-2023-tvtheatrical

https://www.wga.org/news/press/wga-ratifies-2023-tentative-agreement-with-amptp 

Get ready for a Halloween treat!

In episode 30 of CUPE Cast, titled "No Tricks, Just Treats," we're diving headfirst into a special Halloween celebration, union style. Join us as we unravel the sweetest treats that are union-made for your trick-or-treat adventures, and get inspired with creative, union-themed Halloween costume ideas. And, brace yourself for some spine-tingling union stories that will add an extra layer of intrigue to your Halloween celebrations.

Don't miss this festive, unionized Halloween episode! Tune in to CUPE Cast Episode 30: "No Tricks, Just Treats."

Shownotes: 

Union treats for trick-or-treating: https://aflcio.org/MadeInAmerica/halloween 

UFCW List of Canadian made food: 

https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32352:great-canadian-food-products&catid=10082:resources-2&Itemid=2434&lang=en&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Haymarket affair: https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/Haymarket-Affair 

Lindsey Park: https://www.rankandfile.ca/tory-mpp-picket-line/

Origin of a word not used: https://www.pushblack.us/news/how-spook-became-racist-slur-against-black-people  

https://www.newsweek.com/before-you-use-word-spooky-you-should-know-its-racist-origins-1541441

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/10/24/559502238/this-halloween-what-does-it-mean-to-call-something-spooky