Hospital workers demonstrate at Ajax MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services

While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized AJAX, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of health care privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Patrice Barnes’ constituency office in Ajax this morning. In June, the government…

CUPE warns Peel Regional Council about Ford Government’s privatization plans

MISSISSAUGA, ON – Today, members of CUPE Local 966 addressed Region of Peel councillors  over concerns about the Ford Government’s secrecy around recommendations made by the Peel Transition Board, including the possibility of privatizing necessary public services like the region’s water and wastewater. “While Doug Ford has backtracked on plans to dissolve the region entirely,…