Eastern Ontario ground zero for hospital downsizing with deep service and bed cuts at Renfrew, Arnprior, Perth, Smiths Falls and Ottawa hospitals

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. RENFREW, Ont. – With the recent announcement that the Renfrew hospital plans to cut birthing and obstetrics services, eastern Ontario hospitals are quickly becoming ground zero for health service cuts in Ontario,…

Closure of Renfrew birthing unit highlights the lie in Ontario’s ‘Closer to Home’ healthcare strategy for rural communities

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. RENFREW, Ont. – The recent announcement that the Renfrew hospital plans to cut birthing and obstetrics, highlights the cynicism and deception in the province’s Closer to Home healthcare strategy, says Michael Hurley,…

Increased Ontario government oversight, regulation for unlicensed child care long-overdue

Child Care, Social Services

Changes to child care legislation intended to increase oversight and regulation for unlicensed and home daycare to make them safer, are urgently needed and long-overdue, CUPE Ontario said, following the recent provincial government announcement. Prompted by the recent deaths of children in unregulated home daycares which are currently not subject to standards, inspections or ratios…

Ontario Labour Relations Board orders CESAR to end illegal lockout against CUPE 1281 on Ryerson campus

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. –The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has ordered the Continuing Education Students’ at Ryerson (CESAR) to end its illegal lockout of two full-time employees, members of Local 1281 of the…

Rally in support of Toyota workers

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. KITCHENER, ON – Union members from across southwest Ontario will rally in Kitchener on Sunday, Feb. 16, to welcome Toyota workers into the Canadian labour movement. The over 6,000 workers in Toyota’s…