Members vote overwhelmingly to ratify new three-year contract with Canadian Hearing Services

TORONTO – Concluding an 11-week strike, members of CUPE 2073 voted this week to ratify a new collective agreement with Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Workers were buoyed by support from leading Deaf organizations and individuals throughout the strike. A testament to the strength of the local, 97 per cent of members cast ballots with 172…

Leading labour groups and Deaf organizations question Canadian Hearing Services rating as strike drags on

TORONTO – With Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Ontarians still desperately without services, community allies, labour groups, and elected leaders have delivered an open letter to Accreditation Canada questioning the high rating received by Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). The letter reads, in part: “The situation at CHS has been deteriorating for years, a decline…

Deaf and hard of hearing organizations call for Canadian Hearing Services to get back to the table and end the 7-week strike

TORONTO – Missed medical appointments, missing hearing aids, and all manner of services for Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Ontarians missing in action: that is the result of a seven week long strike at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Now two leading Deaf and hard of hearing advocacy groups are calling attention to the deleterious…

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

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…