lfpress.com · 2026-08-20
Deal reached to end nearly three-month Community Living London strike
Return-to-work and full service-reopening dates have not yet been announced.
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ctvnews.ca · 2026-08-18
Community Living London strike nears potential resolution amid funding debate
After three months on the picket line, workers with Community Living London (CLL) believe they are inching closer to a resolution for their labour dispute.
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lfpress.com · 2026-08-16
12-week Community Living London strike heads to private mediation
Union is hopeful Tuesday’s mediation could lead to arbitration and end the walkout.
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open.spotify.com · 2026-08-14
Community Living London Strike Nears Three-Month Mark
The Morning Show with Devon Peacock · Episode - Community Living London Strike Nears Three-Month Mark
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lfpress.com · 2026-08-12
Family questions care for ill group home resident during strike
Jane Mason’s family says her health deteriorated amid the Community Living London strike.
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thepeterboroughexaminer.com · 2026-08-06
Deal struck between striking OPSEU workers and Community Living
Two days of mediation results in an agreement ending the 10-week-long strike.
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cp24.com · 2026-08-06
Months-long strike disrupts disability care, pushing Ontario families to the brink
Many families are in the lurch since approximately 4,000 community, health and social services workers across Ontario stopped work in the spring.
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ctvnews.ca · 2026-07-31
Community Living London workers escalate strike, picket executive director’s home
Striking Community Living London (CLL) workers took their job action to an east London neighbourhood Friday morning, targeting the residence of executive director Michelle Palmer.
Open articlectvnews.ca · 2026-07-31
Community Living London workers escalate strike, picket executive director’s home
Striking Community Living London (CLL) workers took their job action to an east London neighbourhood Friday morning, targeting the residence of executive director Michelle Palmer.
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theglobeandmail.com · 2026-07-24
OPSEU/SEFPO files multiple Unfair Labour Practices alleging Ford government is the “ghost at the table”
OPSEU/SEFPO, the union representing 4,000 striking community, health and social services workers from 24 community agencies filed a first wave of Unfair Labour Practice applications regarding the Ford government’s role as a “ghost at the table” in negotiations.
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share.google · 2026-07-24
OPSEU workers from Middlesex Community Living visited Tuesday by their striking counterparts from London
Middlesex Community Living may be hitting the picket line if things don't change soon. Different areas have di...
Open articlelfpress.com · 2026-07-16
8 weeks, 2 heatwaves, no deal: Life on the OPSEU picket line
Striking Community Living London workers say morale remains high despite another heat wave settling over London
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thepeterboroughexaminer.com · 2026-07-14
Mass mediation could bring OPSEU strike to an end
Ontario Public Services Employees Union sends invitation to all employers, Premier Doug Ford and treasury board, to unite and negotiate agreement to end strike now in its eighth week.
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globenewswire.com · 2026-07-08
Striking OPSEU/SEFPO members descend on the Treasury Board with a strong message for Premier Ford: “Come to the table, fund our services, end the strike.”
Toronto, ON, July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 1,000 striking community, health and social services workers showed up at the doorstep of...
Open articlethespec.com · 2026-07-08
Striking OPSEU workers deserve your support
About 4,000 public sector workers are on strike for their owed backpay.
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ctvnews.ca · 2026-07-07
Striking Community Living London workers attempt to confront Rob Flack at the MPP’s luncheon
A business luncheon co-hosted by Elgin Middlesex London PC MPP Rob Flack was disrupted by protesters Tuesday.
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lfpress.com · 2026-06-25
Picket-line tensions rise as police probe incident involving security guard
Community Living London strike enters fifth week with no movement in talks.
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open.spotify.com · 2026-06-23
OPSEU's Lisa Fewster updates the Community Living London strike
London Live with Mike Stubbs · Episode
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ctvnews.ca · 2026-06-23
Police intervene as striking Community Living London workers picket at hotel housing replacements
Police were called to a south London hotel Tuesday morning to clear a path for replacement workers being housed there amid an ongoing strike by Community Living London employees.
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peterboroughcurrents.ca · 2026-06-22
Tensions boil over into a strike at Community Living (and across the province)
Chronic underfunding and a wage cap lead to coordinated labour actions across the province
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lfpress.com · 2026-06-21
Premier Doug Ford drowned out by protesters at 2026 Ford Fest
A small army of police officers and private security could not keep hundreds of protesters out of this year’s Ford Fest, held Friday night.
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thestar.com · 2026-06-17
While Ontarians struggle, Doug Ford's government is paying attention to its own pensions
Caucus pushback suggests a skewed sense of priorities.
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ctvnews.ca · 2026-06-16
Ontario families struggling as community and social service workers strike enters fourth week
For the last three weeks, Toronto resident Owen Rees has filled notebooks with pleas to return home to his roomful of records, his friends down the hall, and a dance party every Friday.
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springmag.ca · 2026-06-16
Worth fighting for: Community Living London workers ready to strike - Spring
Community Living London workers are preparing to walk off the job on Monday, joining thousands of workers across Ontario in a growing labour dispute driven by chronic underfunding, low wages, and worsening working conditions. This action is a part of the “Worth Fighting For” campaign, a coordinated, province-wide community and labour action in Ontario led
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ctvnews.ca · 2026-06-16
NDP calls for audit into $1 billion given to private administrators of public services
Ontario’s opposition NDP is calling for the province’s Auditor General to audit three private companies who together got $1 billion to administer public services, including employment services and disability support.
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lfpress.com · 2026-06-12
Community Living picketers rushed to help overdosing man: Union
Workers administered CPR and Narcan while rallying near an area MPP’s office.
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lfpress.com · 2026-06-11
Community Living strike leaves vulnerable clients without vital support
Families say loved ones are missing caregivers, routines and community connections.
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ctvnews.ca · 2026-06-05
‘Give these people what they deserve’: Clients feeling the effects of ongoing OPSEU strike
Workers at Community Living London were back on the picket line Thursday afternoon, calling for higher wages and increased provincial funding as clients and families began to feel the effects of the ongoing strike.
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lfpress.com · 2026-06-01
Police called as tensions flare on Community Living London picket line | London Free Press
Tension on the Community Living London picket line ratcheted up Monday as striking workers delayed replacement hires from getting to work, the union president said.
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ctvnews.ca · 2026-05-25
Community Living London union members on strike
Six-hundred OPSEU workers with Community Living London went on strike Monday, which means the group homes and programs they support are now understaffed.
Open articlelfpress.com · 2026-05-25
600 Community Living London workers hit picket lines as strike starts | London Free Press
Nearly 600 workers supporting the disabled in London have walked off the job.
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lfpress.com · 2026-05-16
Community Living worker strike could disrupt services for 1,000-plus | London Free Press
Union seeks retroactive pay increase similar to Bill 124 awards.
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