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Associated Press
02-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
UPDATE: CUPE 2073 to Hold Press Conference on Strike, State of Services for Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Ontarians at Mayfest
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2025-- Ontario's largest celebration of Deaf culture will serve as the backdrop for an update about the ongoing strike by CUPE 2073 members who work at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Hundreds are gathering for the annual Mayfest expo as workers who support Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Ontarians continue to fight to improve services. The press conference will also be livestreamed: Quick Facts: :od/COPE491 View source version on CONTACT: For more information, please contact: Jesse Mintz, CUPE Communications Representative 416-704-9642 |[email protected] KEYWORD: NORTH AMERICA CANADA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ADVOCACY GROUP OPINION LABOR STATE/LOCAL PUBLIC POLICY/GOVERNMENT OTHER POLICY ISSUES SOURCE: CUPE Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 05/02/2025 09:48 AM/DISC: 05/02/2025 09:48 AM
National Post
02-05-2025
- General
- National Post
UPDATE: CUPE 2073 to Hold Press Conference on Strike, State of Services for Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Ontarians at Mayfest
Article content TORONTO — Ontario's largest celebration of Deaf culture will serve as the backdrop for an update about the ongoing strike by CUPE 2073 members who work at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Hundreds are gathering for the annual Mayfest expo as workers who support Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Ontarians continue to fight to improve services. Article content Article content Quick Facts: Article content CUPE 2073's members support Ontario's Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing community as audiologists, employment consultants, counsellors, sign language interpreters and in other roles at Canadian Hearing Services offices across the province. They have been on strike since April 28. This is the second strike at CHS under the leadership of Julia Dumanian who become CEO of CHS in 2017. In that time, workers have seen their wages fall 16% behind inflation while senior management have enjoyed double digit percentage increases CHS staff levels have plummeted in recent years, down to roughly 200 from a high of over 500, impacting the quality and depth of services that Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Ontarians receive. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
National Post
01-05-2025
- General
- National Post
CUPE 2073 to Hold Press Conference on Strike, State of Services for Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Ontarians at Mayfest
Article content TORONTO — Ontario's largest celebration of Deaf culture will serve as the backdrop for an update about the ongoing strike by CUPE 2073 members who work at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Hundreds are gathering for the annual Mayfest expo as workers who support Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Ontarians continue to fight to improve services. Article content Article content Quick Facts: Article content CUPE 2073's members support Ontario's Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing community as audiologists, employment consultants, counsellors, sign language interpreters and in other roles at Canadian Hearing Services offices across the province. They have been on strike since April 28. This is the second strike at CHS under the leadership of Julia Dumanian who become CEO of CHS in 2017. In that time, workers have seen their wages fall 16% behind inflation while senior management have enjoyed double digit percentage increases CHS staff levels have plummeted in recent years, down to roughly 200 from a high of over 500, impacting the quality and depth of services that Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Ontarians receive. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
