You’re Invited: Summer Kick-Off Event – Sunday June 14!

Join us for our Summer Kick-Off Event on Sunday, June 14 from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM at 165 Pony Drive, Newmarket!

Bring your family for an afternoon of fun featuring:

  • Roaming Magic
  • Ice Cream Truck
  • Lawn Games & Activities
  • Fun for all ages

If you have a game you would like to share, please let us know.

Please register your attendance here:

Event Sponsored by IDC Insurance Brokers Inc. 4900 Members receive special discounts for home and auto insurance!
https://icdinsurance.ca/cupe-local-4900/

We look forward to celebrating the start of summer with you!

See you there!

CUPE 4900 is Marching at York Pride 2026 – Sign Up Now!

Dear CUPE 4900 Members,

We are thrilled to announce that CUPE 4900 will be proudly participating in York Pride 2026 on June 13th, 2026 at Newmarket Town Square!

This is an incredible opportunity for our membership, their families, and their friends to come together, show up for our community, and celebrate Pride with the union behind them. Whether you want to march in the parade, volunteer at our Street Fair booth, help decorate, make signs, or support us in another way entirely, there is a role for everyone.

We are looking for members to fill a variety of roles including:

Street Fair Booth Volunteers (multiple shifts available throughout the day)
Parade Marchers (parade scheduled 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM)
A Vehicle Donor (van or flatbed truck)
Parade Marshal
Sign Makers and Decorators
And much more!

Family, friends, and leashed well-behaved dogs are welcome to join us in the parade. No experience is required for any role. However, if you want to show up, we would love to have you there!

Please use the link below to complete the volunteer sign-up form and let us know how you would like to participate:

PRIDE 2026 SIGN UP FORM HERE

Should you have any questions about CUPE 4900’s involvement in York Pride 2026, please do not hesitate to reach out directly.

In solidarity and with Pride,

Christina Bonner
Injured Worker Representative, CUPE Local 4900
Pride 2026 Point of Contact
christina.bonner@cupe4900.com

We Pay! We Want a Say!

Your pension at risk: $142.4 billion money grab affecting almost 650,000 Workers

The Ford government has taken over OMERS by granting the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing direct control over your pension fund, contrary to recommendations made by their own experts in a recent review.

This has been tried before. It didn’t work then, and it won’t now.

No other jointly sponsored pension plan in Canada is subject to this level of political interference. OMERS manages over $142.4 billion in assets, and the province’s money grab will affect more than 650,000 Ontario workers.

This is a BIG deal, and we need your help to stop it. If you care about your retirement, please add your voice to this petition below:

We Pay! We Want a Say!

CUPE Local 4900 supports striking Local 2073

On June 16, 2025 CUPE Local 4900 executive and stewards supported members from the Canadian Hearing Society who have been on strike since April 28, 2025. The strike came after the agency only committed to two days of bargaining, called for a No Board before negotiations meaningfully began, and refused to extend the terms of the now expired collective agreement.

This small group of workers has an outsized impact, delivering critical programs for thousands of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ontarians. CUPE 2073 members work as counselors, audiologists, deaf/blind intervenors, interpreters, and in other important roles.

Please  take the time to sign on to their e-action : https://cupe.on.ca/CHS/

 

Help the Support our OMERS Campaign

The Ford Conservatives have ordered an OMERS governance review and appointed one of their own, Robert Poirier, to lead it.

The review will look at the Sponsors Corporation (SC) in particular. This is the body in which CUPE and other unions are represented; the SC is how CUPE plan members have their say over what happens to the plan that manages their pension.

Your retirement future depends on your involvement!