Daily Archives: October 9, 2024

Union sounds alarm on Ford’s secret plans for privatizing Peel’s municipal services

BRAMPTON – Last year, Doug Ford bowed to pressure from residents, unions and community groups in Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon, who collectively forced him to backtrack on his decision to dissolve the Region of Peel. But he left his appointed transition board in place, who are working in secret to change the way that public…

Ford government’s new proposal for long-term care regulations will worsen staffing crisis & erode quality of care for residents, warns CUPE

The Ford government’s plan to permanently employ lower-trained workers to replace PSWs caring for increasingly vulnerable long-term care residents is fraught with risk, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The union is instead calling for a robust health care human resources strategy to recruit the tens of thousands of personal support workers required in…