OSBCU: Ford’s Status Quo Education Budget Fails Students, Parents, and Workers

TORONTO – The Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU), representing over 57,000 frontline education workers, is raising serious concerns following the provincial government’s 2025 core education funding announcement, which continues to ignore the escalating crises in Ontario’s public education system. Despite claims of increased funding, the funding announcement fails to deliver the investment needed…

OCEU members announce they are prepared for full strike action after their employer locks workers out amid threats from management and rumours of scab labour

TORONTO – The union representing bargaining unit employees at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board announced that they will remain on the picket lines this morning. The members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 initiated legal job action on May 21st after talks stalled at the bargaining table ahead of the midnight deadline. The key issues on the…

Hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies shot up 288 per cent in Waterloo-Wellington health region of Ontario: CCPA report

Guelph, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario significantly increase 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 dramatic growth…

Hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies shot up 114 per cent in South West health region of Ontario: CCPA report

Stratford, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario significantly increase 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 dramatic growth…