Personal support workers and their unions are calling on the province to fix problems in long-term care homes now before an expected resurgence of COVID-19 cases this fall. Representatives of CUPE Ontario, SEIU Healthcare and Unifor said on Monday that the homes need adequate funding, increases in staffing to ensure there are “realistic” ratios of workers to residents,…
“Clearly we have learned nothing from the first wave of this virus and residents and staff are again at risk of losing their lives,” CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick said during the news conference. “It is unconscionable and completely unacceptable. We cannot stand by and allow one more avoidable death or illness. Today we need…
Leaders and members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario held a protest on Wednesday calling for their workplace bargaining agreements to be restored. Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) of CUPE president Michael Hurley explained that Bill 195’s emergency orders allows employers in a broad range of health and social services to…
CUPE Ontario will be mobilizing with the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions to restore their workers rights, with a stop in Fergus on Tuesday. Protestors are scheduled to begin their demonstration at 11:00AM outside the constituency office of MPP Ted Arnott – as part of a series of “Restore Our Rights” protests held in front…
By Fred Hahn Contributor for The Star (Click here to read the article on TheStar.com) Normally, I’d be spending Labour Day at events with hundreds of union activists, allies and community members. There would be hugs, smiling faces and group pictures. We’d celebrate our victories and look ahead to building our solidarity for the challenges…
Canadian Union of Public Employees President Fred Hahn and Ontario Council of Hospital Unions President Michael Hurley held a news conference Monday morning ahead of their rally dubbed “Restore Our Rights: Abuse of Power Betrays Heroes.” Hahn and Hurley says workers made sacrifices early on in the pandemic because it was a health care emergency.…
We’ve never been so thankful for the front-line public sector workers who keep Ontario running — especially during such challenging times. They maintained the public services we rely on more than ever and took care of our loved ones. Working different jobs, they’ve helped keep our communities as safe as possible during the height of…
The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) is calling on the province to rescind emergency measures that have taken away the workplace rights of front-line workers. Read more here.
“Written in the Bill 195, the government says the emergency is over, but unfortunately it is not over for the health-care, social services, waste-water and other workers whose collective agreement rights have been suspended,” Micheal Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said during a news…
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on Ontario, the province’s finance minister said Wednesday, as he announced the government has nearly doubled its deficit projection to $38.5 billion in just three months. … We need more investment and support to help Ontario continue to manage and to rebound out of this crisis,”…
