Union wants comprehensive staffing plan premised on fair compensation, good working conditions and a long-term recruitment strategy Toronto – The Canadian Union of Public Employees is urging the provincial government to ban the use of agency staff in Ontario’s healthcare system. This call follows the introduction of new legislation by the Ford government which the…
In response to the government’s plan to issue new licenses to for-profit clinics this fall, OCHU and OHC are demanding that money be invested in public hospitals instead TORONTO – Symbolizing the threat of the plan to privatize hospital surgeries, a 15-foot replica of the Trojan Horse visited legislators at Queen’s Park today. The metaphor…
TORONTO – Health and social workers who are passionate about the outreach services they provide to residents of South Riverdale have sent an unmistakable signal that they are no longer prepared to tolerate the harmful effects of severe underfunding and understaffing at South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC). On Tuesday, members of CUPE 5399, which represents over 120…
Members of CUPE Local 1559, representing workers at Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, have voted in favour of strike action, meaning that if a deal is not reached with the employer soon, public health services that many residents depend on could be disrupted. “We have been in negotiations with our employer since April,…
New analysis shows province faces a 13,800 shortfall of hospital beds by 2032 Ontario’s hospital capacity crisis will worsen in the coming years as government funding will fall short of even maintaining current levels of service, according to a new research report produced by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE). Citing latest data on…
TORONTO – In response to new research showing that wealthy Ontarians are disproportionately benefiting from for-profit clinics, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions is demanding the province halt public funding for private surgeries and invest in cataracts provided by public hospitals. A study by the Canadian Medical Associations Journal released yesterday says that surgical rates…
TORONTO – The Premier’s recent comments in the media shows “a callous attitude” towards the hospital crisis, where overcrowding has increased by 30 percent since 2018, said Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), referring to Doug Ford’s gaffe about overflow patients having the option of receiving treatment at a new…
Local president Tracy Fabbricino is thankful for community support. SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – CUPE 894 is pleased to announce that its members have ratified its tentative agreement with the Group Health Centre. 64% of members voted in favour of accepting the agreement. “While negotiating with this employer has been challenging, we are confident…
While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized PICKERING, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of healthcare privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy’s constituency office in Pickering this morning. In June, the government…
Local 894 to delay strike pending ratification on Monday SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – On Thursday CUPE Local 894 workers reached a tentative agreement with the Group Health Centre. “We are pleased that we have been able to reach an agreement that we can present to our members,” president of CUPE Local 894 Tracy…
