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,…

Ontario requires 8,170 additional hospital beds and 60,000 more staff to meet patient needs 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. Toronto, 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,…

“We’ll stay on the line until we get a deal we deserve”: Striking CUPE Municipal Workers in Cochrane reject offer during forced vote

Municipal

(Cochrane, ON) – Municipal workers in the town of Cochrane, Ontario, on strike since July 31st, primarily over wages, have just rejected an offer during a forced vote, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). “The Employer may try to make their most recent offer seem better than it is, but we see through…

“Decent working conditions help deliver better patient care” – hospital workers and supporters rally at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital in Toronto

Health Care

Hospital workers represented by CUPE 79 call on employer to  address staffing shortages and working condition. TORONTO, ON – As the province-wide hospital sector staffing crisis worsens and impacts patient care, workers at the Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital in Toronto are imploring their employer to listen to their concerns and implement real solutions. “The staffing shortage…

CUPE Ontario Labour Day statement

Solidarity

This Labour Day, at the end of our “hot labour summer,” we celebrate the growing worker power that is flexing its muscle and making real changes in ways we haven’t seen in a generation. In truth, this has been a hot labour year. In the last 12 months, CUPE Ontario members and other trade unions…