TORONTO – CUPE Paramedics met with MPPs at Queen’s Park today to bring attention to the ongoing underfunding of emergency medical services in Ontario. “Shortages of ambulances and staff, lack of hospital capacity, and heavy workloads are all things our members face on a daily basis, and underfunding from the provincial government is continuing to…
Union protests hospital’s plan to contract out cleaning, portering, waste management, and laundry services TORONTO – Back in 2006, an outbreak of superbug C. difficile at a Sault Ste. Marie Hospital killed 10 patients directly and another 8 indirectly. The hospital, which had privatized housekeeping services, was forced to increase cleaning staff by 40 per…
TORONTO – The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE) blasted the government’s plan to further privatize the delivery of MRIs and CT scans through for-profit clinics, and announced a series of rallies at Ontario PC MPP offices by union members and community allies across the province for this summer. “The Ontario PCs are funnelling more…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – When young people in Peterborough and Northumberland County are in crisis, they turn to Kinark Child and Family Services. Lately, they haven’t ended up in treatment but on growing waitlists with little prospect of getting help. That issue, along with high staff turnover and increasing burnout, was highlighted today for the Board…
