For-profit staffing agency costs rose by 181 per cent for South East region hospitals in Ontario over 10 years

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Private staffing agencies drained $9.2 billion from public hospitals over 10-year period Belleville, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…

Ontario students deserve better: Ahead of provincial budget, OSBCU demands action on education understaffing, funding crisis

School Boards, Solidarity

TORONTO – There is a crisis in public education in Ontario. Classrooms are frequently evacuated because of violent episodes, completely disrupting the learning environment for students. Educational Assistants are overburdened with work and students are not provided the supports they need. Libraries are closing for days at a time because school boards do not have…

For-profit staffing agency costs rose by 168 per cent for Central East region hospitals in Ontario over 10 years

Health Care, Solidarity

Peterborough, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies shows a co-relation between the…

Pre-budget poll shows Ontarians expect government to defend jobs by investing in public services

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TORONTO – In the run-up to the provincial budget, CUPE Ontario commissioned a public opinion poll to gauge Ontarians’ attitudes toward taxation, funding for public services, health-care privatization, and job creation, as well as specifics about recent decisions of the Ford Conservatives. “Doug Ford and his Conservatives like to say that they’re ‘for the people’…

“We can’t let the WSIB exploit our compassion for injured workers in order to force a deal that puts us even further behind,” says OCEU president.

Injured Workers, Solidarity

TORONTO – Members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 were at Queen’s Park yesterday to update Ontario workers on the continued challenges they are facing in their negotiations with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). “If the WSIB cannot present an offer that respects my coworkers and our needs, we will be forced to take legal strike…

Waterloo-Wellington hospitals spent $31.9 million on for-profit staffing agencies in 2022-23, marking a 288 per cent increase over 10 years

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Private staffing agencies drained $9.2 billion from public hospitals over 10-year period. Kitchener, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…

Hospitals in Ontario’s South West region spent $52 million on for-profit staffing agencies in 2022-23, marking a 118 per cent increase over 10 years

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Private staffing agencies drained $9.2 billion from public hospitals over 10-year period London, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…

New study reveals Ontario spent $9.2 billion on for-profit staffing agencies over 10 years

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Private agency costs rose by 23 per cent in the Hamilton-Niagara region from 2013-14 to 2022-23 Niagara Falls, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report…

As strike at Canadian Hearing Services continues, Deaf Toronto residents have trouble accessing Sign language interpreting services

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Toronto, ON – With the strike at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) now in it’s third week, Deaf, Deafblind, and hard of hearing Greater Toronto Area residents are seeing critical services impacted and denied. The 206 members of CUPE 2073 who work at CHS as Sign language interpreters, employment consultants, Deafblind intervenors, and in other frontline…