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CUPE Anti-Racism Organizational Action Plan (AROAP)
The Anti-Racism Organizational Action Plan (AROAP) has been shared with CUPE Ontario members through email, caucuses and committees. The plan was also reviewed, debated and approved at the 2019 CUPE Ontario Convention. Based on the feedback received, the sub-committee has committed to a series of next steps that have been added at the end of this plan.
Mission Statement:
We recognize that racism exists in CUPE in Ontario as it does in all parts of our society. Racism is not always visible, because it has been ingrained in our culture, and in our union.
The purpose of this Anti-Racism Organizational Action Plan is to create and maintain a process over time to root out anti-Indigenous and anti- Black racism; to identify where CUPE in Ontario has practices, policies, and ways of engaging that create barriers to participation for racialized workers. We will provide tools for CUPE leaders, locals and members as part of this work.
The process involves identifying, challenging and reducing these systemic barriers as well as individual acts of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism. By doing this work, we will change CUPE in Ontario for the better. It will strengthen our union, fortify our solidarity, and increase our union’s power and capacity to fight back against austerity and to fight forward to demand a better Ontario.
CUPE Committees
CUPE Ontario has multiple committees that advocate and work towards addressing racism and discrimination in the workplace such as:
- Human Rights Committee
- Indigenous Council
- International Solidarity
- Pink Triangle
- Racial Justice
- Women’s
- Workers with Disabilities
- Young Workers
Link to CUPE Ontario Committees
Other Resources