Northumberland Hills hospital on track for a loss akin to 12 beds and 97 staff under Ford Conservatives

Health Care, Solidarity

COBOURG, ON – A report released today in Cobourg shows that hospitals in Northumberland could lose (in today’s terms) 12 beds and 97 staff under the provincial Conservatives’ fiscal plan. Patients, too, are losing out as across the province, emergency room wait times have increased 13.2 per cent since Doug Ford’s government was elected just…

As education workers give notice of walkout, CUPE urges province, trustees to focus on reaching a deal that secures services for students

School Boards

TORONTO, ON – In the face of mounting evidence that school boards are using education workers’ work-to-rule job action as an excuse to cut programs, services and staffing in Ontario schools, the union that represents these workers gave the required five days’ notice for escalating their job action to a full-fledged walkout that is scheduled…