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…

Tensions rise as CUPE 1559 and Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit enter Ministry of Labour conciliation

Solidarity

“The Ford Government is playing politics with residents’ lives,” warns union. Brockville, ON—CUPE 1559, representing public health workers at Leeds, Grenville, and Lanark District Health Unit (LGLDHU), return to the bargaining table this week with the assistance of a Ministry of Labour Conciliation Officer. Workers have been without a contract since April of this year.…

With encampments growing and social services stretched, Northumberland County workers unanimously vote to authorize strike

Solidarity

COBOURG, ON – As poverty deepens and more people in Northumberland County need support to navigate the cost-of-living crisis, community social services are more in demand than ever. Now those same workers who help the most vulnerable are facing a crisis of their own as management has trampled on their work-life balance and imposed wages…

Negotiations with the Town of Kearney resume after CUPE Local 1813 requests Ministry Conciliation Officer. Union demands Town of Kearney stop dragging its heels; says residents deserve better.

Solidarity

Kearney, ON – CUPE 1813, representing inside and outside municipal workers for the Town of Kearney (the employer), will meet to bargain for the first time since April. Kearney’s municipal workers have been without a contract since May 2023. The last scheduled meeting was April 30th, 2024, which the employer abruptly cancelled. CUPE 1813’s bargaining…