Hamilton, ON — Showing that their giving extends beyond the hospital walls and their challenging pandemic work, registered practical nurses, personal support workers, trades, and clerical, among others at Hamilton’s St. Joseph Health Care Centre are donating $14,000 to local community groups and charities this holiday season. It is the third consecutive year that CUPE…
Kingston, ON — Members of three CUPE Locals at Queen’s University have secured improvements to parental leave and job security in collective bargaining with the university. Between Nov. 23 and Dec. 8, the three Locals reached tentative agreements with the university that have now been ratified by membership. “Bargaining is never easy, and Bill 124…
TORONTO, ON – Warnings from Ontario’s health care front-lines of staff shortages and inadequate personal protective equipment to deal with airborne infection went unheeded for nearly 20 months by the provincial government. “Now the staffing crisis is so severe at some hospitals that they require staff directly exposed to COVID to work while awaiting test…
