“We will not be threatened or blamed for how we’re treated”: CUPE Municipal Workers continue to strike despite the operator of a piece of heavy equipment ramming the picket line

(Cochrane, ON) – Following an incident where an operator of a piece of heavy equipment rammed into their picket line, hitting municipal workers on strike, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 71 has condemned what they call an attempt to shift blame onto them. “We have a legal right to set up picket…

“Not a defensible or standard process” – CUPE Ontario comment on Auditor General’s Greenbelt report

To no one’s surprise, the Auditor General’s investigation into the sell-off of Ontario’s Greenbelt is an indictment of Doug Ford’s Conservatives, their ties to greedy and ruthless developers, and the utter contempt they hold for basic democratic institutions and protections. And to no one’s surprise, the Ford government has no credible response to the report’s…

Les soins aux patients se détérioreront dans les hôpitaux de la région de Niagara si le gouvernement Ford ne fait pas marche arrière sur les questions de personnel et de capacité, selon un nouveau rapport sur la crise hospitalière dans la province

 Les hôpitaux de Niagara doivent augmenter leur dotation et leur capacité de 22% chacun pour répondre aux besoins des patients, ce qui contraste fortement avec le plan insuffisant du gouvernement : CSHO/SCFP Niagara Falls, ON – La crise dans le secteur hospitalier de la province ne fera que s’aggraver au cours des quatre prochaines années,…

Patient care will worsen in Niagara hospitals unless Ford government reverses course on staffing and capacity issues, says new report on province’s hospital crisis

Niagara hospitals must increase staffing and capacity by 22 per cent each to meet patient needs, in sharp contrast to the government’s insufficient plan: OCHU/CUPE. Niagara Falls, ON – The crisis in the province’s hospital sector will only worsen over the next four years, unless Ontario makes significant investments to improve staffing levels and capacity,…

Patient care will worsen in Hamilton hospitals unless Ford government reverses course on staffing and capacity issues, says new report on province’s hospital crisis

Hamilton hospitals must increase staffing and capacity by 22 per cent each to meet patient needs, in sharp contrast to the government’s insufficient plan: OCHU/CUPE Hamilton, ON – The crisis in the province’s hospital sector will only worsen over the next four years, unless Ontario makes significant investments to improve staffing levels and capacity, warns…