Rapidly increasing costs, austerity funding policies and record 1,300 job cuts push Ontario’s hospitals beyond the brink TORONTO – Ontario’s hospital crisis has hit a boiling point, says new report released today by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE). Citing the latest data, Pushed over the brink: the escalating assault on Ontario’s hospitals highlights…
On behalf of the nearly 310,000 CUPE members in the province, CUPE Ontario extends its support and solidarity to the striking members of CUPE 8125, the flight attendants who work for WestJet. By taking job action to support their demands for a fair collective agreement and demanding true recognition of the value and duties of…
As we mark Emancipation Day on August 1, we commemorate the abolition of chattel slavery in the British Empire and reaffirm our commitment to justice for Black people in Canada. The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 came into force on this day in 1834, legally freeing enslaved people across British colonies, including what is now…
CUPE Ontario is proud to respond to the call for our union’s support for the Awami Action Committee of the semi-autonomous region of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. The persecution of the Awami Action Committee Gilgit-Baltistan (ACC-GB) and its leaders is a human rights crisis that has not received widespread, if any, coverage in the West. But…
TORONTO – As the Ford and Carney governments continue to negotiate a new child care agreement, a new report released today reveals that the expansion of affordable child care services in Ontario has delivered a substantial economic boost to the province, even as the provincial government lags behind national progress in implementing the new national…
Windsor, ON – Windsor-Essex public health workers have voted unanimously in favour of strike action after years of falling wages, growing workloads and worsening staff shortages. The strike vote comes as the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) moves ahead with a $1.1 million provincially funded office renovation while telling workers there is no money for…
Scarborough Health Network workers held a rally on July 27th amidst staffing shortages and growing violence in the workplace TORONTO – 2,500 frontline workers at the Scarborough Health Network (SHN), represented by CUPE, are facing heightened staffing issues while hospitals across the province cut jobs to account for growing deficits. The SHN is currently battling…
Windsor, ON – After 6 months of negotiations failed to resolve chronic staffing challenges at Essex-Windsor EMS, last week CUPE 2974 requested a No Board report from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, bringing the possibility of legal strike action closer. “We’ve been at the table for months, worked through a conciliator, and repeatedly sought opportunities…
Cuts of nurses, personal care aides, and housekeepers as unions announce rally to demand adequate funding OTTAWA – The union representing nearly 1,000 workers at Queensway Carleton is slamming the provincial government for the elimination of 101 jobs at the hospital. The hospital has notified CUPE 2875 about the layoffs, citing insufficient funding amidst rising…
As wildfires burn across the province, CUPE Ontario extends sympathy and solidarity to the many who are affected by these catastrophic events. In our support we include all those who have lost their homes and livelihoods, the First Nations communities under evacuation orders, and of course CUPE members whose jobs expose them to the dangers…
