Giant Trojan Horse to visit Smiths Falls Community Hospital tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Solidarity

Smiths Falls, ON – On Wednesday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Smiths Falls Community Hospital, symbolizing the “duplicity of the Ontario PCs hospital services’ privatization plan.” As part of their province-wide Trojan Horse tour, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition are calling for an end to…

Planned staffing review at Hamilton Health Sciences will lead to cuts, warns CUPE, as hospital deficit mounts due to government underfunding

OCHU, Solidarity

The Ford government has committed to covering only a fraction of hospital’s operating costs Hamilton, ON – The union representing about 4,750 staff at Hamilton Health Sciences is alarmed about the hospital’s staffing review in light of a $112 million projected deficit for 2024. The provincial government’s lack of commitment to covering full operating costs…