Gilbert Centre Workers Launch “Worth Fighting For” Campaign over Management’s Failure to Provide Fair Wages

Health Care, Social Services, Solidarity

Frontline workers call for fair wages, safer workplaces, and investment in critical services Barrie, ON – Frontline social service and healthcare workers represented by CUPE Local 1813.14 have launched the “Worth Fighting For” campaign aimed at reaching a fair collective agreement, without disrupting the vital services they provide across Simcoe-Muskoka. Gilbert Centre workers support people…

Ford infrastructure announcement for Scarborough Health Network leaves hospital facing cuts to staff and services in its underfunded operating budget

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TORONTO – Just a week after Scarborough Health Network (SHN) workers held a rally surrounding chronic understaffing and increasing violence against hospital workers, Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced Tuesday that the Ontario government would begin construction of a new emergency department at Centenary Hospital. 2,500 frontline workers at the SHN, represented by CUPE, are…

The funds hospitals use to pay day-to-day bills have plummeted by $2.2 billion since 2020, says new report

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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…

Windsor-Essex public health workers vote unanimously to strike amid staffing and wage crisis

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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…

“We are breaking under the cuts”: Scarborough hospital workers call on Ford government to increase funding in the face of $36 million deficit

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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…

Queensway Carleton to eliminate 101 jobs as Ontario hospital funding cuts continue

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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…

CUPE slams nursing cuts at St. Joseph’s Hamilton as hospital reels under budget deficit

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Insufficient government funding is forcing hospitals to reduce frontline staff  Hamilton, ON – A new wave of staffing cuts by St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton will hurt care delivery by increasing nurse-to-patient ratios, depriving patients of timely, quality care, increasing wait times and worsening the crisis in accessing hospital care, says the Canadian Union of Public…

New data shows hospital admission wait-times increased 62 per cent at Lake of the Woods District Hospital over five years

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A new report by the CCPA says provincial underfunding is undermining timely access to hospital services Kenora, ON – The majority of Ontario’s 136 hospitals including the Lake of the Woods District Hospital have carried operational deficits since 2022, and this puts an already precarious public system at risk, says new analysis from the Canadian…

Five-year trend shows ER wait-times continue to increase at Simcoe County hospitals amid funding shortfall: CCPA report

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Provincial underfunding is undermining timely access to hospital services, says author of new report   Barrie, ON – Emergency department wait-times at Simcoe County Hospitals have increased significantly over the past five years, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Failure, By Design: Ontario’s deepening hospital funding crisis,…

ER wait-times for hospital admission increased 298 per cent over five years at North Bay hospital: CCPA report

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Provincial underfunding is undermining timely access to hospital services North Bay, ON – The majority of Ontario’s 136 hospitals including the North Bay Regional Health Centre have carried operational deficits since 2022, and this puts an already precarious public system at risk, says new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Failure,…