New study reveals Ontario spent $9.2 billion on for-profit staffing agencies over 10 years, blames crisis on underinvestment in hospitals and preventative health care

Health Care

The CCPA report is the first investigation into Ontario hospital spending on private agency staff relative to employed staff TORONTO – 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…

WSIB workers vote 96% to strike

Solidarity

TORONTO – After months at the bargaining table, the WSIB files a surprise No-Board on April 29th. This puts the employer in the position to terminate the collective agreement for members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 as early as May 16th if a deal cannot be reached. In response, the union held a strike vote on May…

In tribute to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh

Solidarity

Following the resignation of Jagmeet Singh as leader of the federal New Democratic Pary, CUPE Ontario pays tribute to his leadership and accomplishments over the past eight years and expresses gratitude for the grace, strength and example he always showed as the first racialized leader of a major party in Canada. Jagmeet is a familiar…

First Responders Day

Paramedics, Solidarity

May 1 is First Responders Day, a day of recognition and gratitude for the skilled and selfless people who help save lives when emergencies strike. It is the honour of CUPE Ontario and the CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario (CACO) to pay tribute to CUPE paramedics and dispatchers and all frontline first responders, who are…

International Workers’ Day

Solidarity, Uncategorized

A happy May Day to CUPE Ontario members and to all workers marking International Workers’ Day. CUPE Ontario celebrates this day in solidarity with workers around the world. It is an opportunity to feel the power of our shared history of struggle, resilience and victories and to re-commit ourselves to the continuing fight for justice…