“Don’t risk lives by outsourcing our work”: CUPE Local 1842 paramedics call on Hastings County Council to keep lift assistance work in their hands

Health Care, Paramedics

BELLEVILLE, ON – A proposal to transfer lift assistance work out of the hands of paramedics was discussed at Hastings County Council and needs to be opposed, said CUPE Local 1842. “Paramedics are the ones who know how to determine if someone’s hurt and can properly attend to them if they are,” said Rob Cunningham,…

Stratford requires 42 additional hospital beds and 246 more staff to improve patient care over next four years, says new report on province’s hospital crisis

Health Care

CUPE warns of a deeper crisis if the Ford government sticks to its insufficient plan and does not invest in improving hospital capacity and staffing levels. Stratford, 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,…