Many hundreds of young people in Ontario have been warehoused in hotels, motels, office buildings and worse because of an acute crisis of care the provincial government has manufactured. Four years into a “redesign” of the province’s children’s aid system with no progress to show for its efforts, it’s clear the announced audit is another…
Yesterday CUPE Ontario leaders and members marked one year since the horrifying events of October 7, 2023, which saw 1200 people killed in Israel, including eight Canadians. Those events began a catastrophic cycle of attacks, death, and devastation – a year in which tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of innocent people have been killed. One…
In response to the government’s plan to issue new licenses to for-profit clinics this fall, OCHU and OHC are demanding that money be invested in public hospitals instead TORONTO – Symbolizing the threat of the plan to privatize hospital surgeries, a 15-foot replica of the Trojan Horse visited legislators at Queen’s Park today. The metaphor…
TORONTO – Health and social workers who are passionate about the outreach services they provide to residents of South Riverdale have sent an unmistakable signal that they are no longer prepared to tolerate the harmful effects of severe underfunding and understaffing at South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC). On Tuesday, members of CUPE 5399, which represents over 120…
CUPE Ontario and CUPE Ontario’s Indigenous Council are honoured to mark September 30 as National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. In solidarity with Indigenous communities in our province and across the country, we commemorate the day as part of the ongoing reconciliation process. It is a day to pay tribute to the history, courage and…
LONDON, ON – A strike or lockout is a tense situation at the best of times, and public safety is put at risk when employers and politicians are able to use police as a weapon against workers, says CUPE 2361. Caretaking, landscape service, arena and trades workers at Western University have been on strike since…
TORONTO – Staff at SickKids Hospital organized a demonstration today, calling on the employer to join the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP). The call comes after workers became aware that their current pension will leave them retiring in poverty because the employer failed to contribute to the plan for decades. SickKids is set to…
Western workers, students and community supporters packed the square outside city hall in London, Ontario, today for a rally in support of CUPE 2361 members as they begin the third week of their strike. They were at city hall because London’s mayor, Josh Morgan, is an influential ex officio member of Western University’s Board of…
Members of CUPE Local 1559, representing workers at Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, have voted in favour of strike action, meaning that if a deal is not reached with the employer soon, public health services that many residents depend on could be disrupted. “We have been in negotiations with our employer since April,…
New analysis shows province faces a 13,800 shortfall of hospital beds by 2032 Ontario’s hospital capacity crisis will worsen in the coming years as government funding will fall short of even maintaining current levels of service, according to a new research report produced by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE). Citing latest data on…
