Kathleen Wynne has announced that she will sell 60% of Hydro One for a one-time payment. Selling any portion of a vital, income-generating public asset is short-sighted and dangerous for communities in Ontario.

Selling Hydro One would drive up rates.

Electricity rate increases are bad for consumers, bad for businesses, and bad for the economy. Our rates are already on the rise and selling Hydro One would only make it worse. The more our electricity system is controlled by private investors, the harder it will be to prevent rate increases through the Ontario Energy Board (OEB).

Wynne’s plan would hurt local communities and jobs.

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Sent March 3, 2015 via electronic and letter mail

Dear members of CUPE Local 3903

We as youth workers and members of CUPE Local 2195 stand together with you in support of improving the conditions for scholarship and study at York University, and for all members of our communities. Continue reading →

So we finally made it into the 20th Century… only a few years behind schedule. As a union we are so much stronger if we are connected. Hopefully this online space will help with that.

Even better… come out to the next membership meeting ! Have your say and get involved ! You are the Union