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Yahoo
09-07-2025
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Members Vote to Ratify New Three-Year Contract With Canadian Hearing Services
TORONTO, July 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Concluding an 11-week strike, members of CUPE 2073 voted this week to ratify a new collective agreement with Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Workers were buoyed by support from leading Deaf organizations and individuals throughout the strike. A testament to the strength of the local, 97 per cent of members cast ballots with 172 voting to accept the new contract. "From the beginning, we wanted a contract that gave us and our clients stability. The initial offer was for a one-year deal. I'm proud we have a new three-year contract that provides increases to our pension and benefits, better wages, mileage rates and a meal allowance," said Mara Waern, CUPE 2073 president and an employment consultant with 35 years' experience at CHS. "I'm pleased our members have some peace of mind and I'm incredibly grateful for the solidarity we experienced from the Deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, and labour communities." CUPE 2073 members will be back at work on Monday, July 14. Their new collective agreement expires March 31, 2028. View source version on Contacts For more information:Jesse MintzNational Representativejmintz@ | 416 704 9642 Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
National Post
09-07-2025
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- National Post
Members Vote to Ratify New Three-Year Contract With Canadian Hearing Services
Article content TORONTO — Concluding an 11-week strike, members of CUPE 2073 voted this week to ratify a new collective agreement with Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Article content Workers were buoyed by support from leading Deaf organizations and individuals throughout the strike. A testament to the strength of the local, 97 per cent of members cast ballots with 172 voting to accept the new contract. Article content Article content 'From the beginning, we wanted a contract that gave us and our clients stability. The initial offer was for a one-year deal. I'm proud we have a new three-year contract that provides increases to our pension and benefits, better wages, mileage rates and a meal allowance,' said Mara Waern, CUPE 2073 president and an employment consultant with 35 years' experience at CHS. 'I'm pleased our members have some peace of mind and I'm incredibly grateful for the solidarity we experienced from the Deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, and labour communities.' Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
Business Wire
09-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Members Vote to Ratify New Three-Year Contract With Canadian Hearing Services
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Concluding an 11-week strike, members of CUPE 2073 voted this week to ratify a new collective agreement with Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Workers were buoyed by support from leading Deaf organizations and individuals throughout the strike. A testament to the strength of the local, 97 per cent of members cast ballots with 172 voting to accept the new contract. 'From the beginning, we wanted a contract that gave us and our clients stability. The initial offer was for a one-year deal. I'm proud we have a new three-year contract that provides increases to our pension and benefits, better wages, mileage rates and a meal allowance,' said Mara Waern, CUPE 2073 president and an employment consultant with 35 years' experience at CHS. 'I'm pleased our members have some peace of mind and I'm incredibly grateful for the solidarity we experienced from the Deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, and labour communities.' CUPE 2073 members will be back at work on Monday, July 14. Their new collective agreement expires March 31, 2028.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Tentative agreement reached between Canadian Hearing Services, striking workers
A tentative agreement has been reached between CUPE 2073 and Canadian Hearing Services. The workers have been on strike since April 28. No details of the deal will be released until workers review it and vote on it on Monday. If approved, employees could be back on the job on Monday, July 14. "Our members are incredibly eager to get back to jobs they love," Mara Waern, president of CUPE 2073 said. "The deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing communities all supported us throughout this strike, walking our lines, sharing their stories and now it's our turn to support them by providing them kind of services they deserve." CUPE 2073 represents about 200 workers in 18 different communities across Ontario.
Yahoo
05-07-2025
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Services for Deaf Ontarians to be Restored as Tentative Settlement Reached Between CUPE 2073 and Canadian Hearing Services
TORONTO, July 05, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A tentative agreement has been reached between CUPE 2073 and Canadian Hearing Services (CHS), pointing to a possible end to the ten-week-long strike that began on April 28 and has drawn considerable attention from the Deaf community, labour allies, and politicians. No details of the tentative deal will be released until the membership has had the opportunity to review and vote on the deal. The vote will take place on Monday, July 7. The earliest possible date workers could be back on the job is Monday, July 14. "Our members are incredibly eager to get back to jobs they love," said Mara Waern, president of CUPE 2073 and an employment consultant with more than three decades of experience at CHS. "The Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing communities all supported us throughout this strike, walking our lines, sharing their stories, and now it's our turn to support them by providing the kind of services they deserve. To the people and organizations that showed solidarity and fought alongside us: every one of our members thanks you." CUPE 2073 represents workers in 18 communities across the province. They remove barriers for the Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing, providing supports as general services counsellors, literacy instructors, audiologists, employment consultants, sign language interpreters, and in other critical roles. 90 per cent of workers are women, and many of them are Deaf. View source version on Contacts Jesse MintzNational Representativejmintz@ | 416 704 9642
