Far from ending hallway medicine, Stratford and Huron Perth stand to lose 12 more hospital beds, more than 80 staff under Ford programs

  STRATFORD, ON – Already funded and staffed at levels well below other provinces, Ontario’s hospitals’ hallway medicine and bed crisis will deepen under Premier Doug Ford’s public service “efficiency” program and promised tax cuts, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) warned today in Stratford. OCHU, the hospital division of the Canadian Union of…

Far from ending hallway medicine, the Sault and the North Shore stand to lose 28 more hospital beds, more than 150 staff under Ford programs

  SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Already funded and staffed at levels well below other provinces, Ontario’s hospitals’ hallway medicine and bed crisis will deepen under Premier Doug Ford’s public service “efficiency” program and promised tax cuts, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) warned today in Sault Ste. Marie. OCHU, the hospital division of…

Far from ending hallway medicine, Sudbury stands to lose 58 more hospital beds, more than 300 staff under Ford programs

  SUDBURY, ON – Already funded and staffed at levels well below other provinces, Ontario’s hospitals’ hallway medicine and bed crisis will deepen under Premier Doug Ford’s public service “efficiency” program and promised tax cuts, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) warned today in Sudbury. OCHU, the hospital division of the Canadian Union of…

Far from ending hallway medicine, Peterborough stands to lose 51 more hospital beds, more than 160 staff under Ford programs

  PETERBOROUGH, ON – Already funded and staffed at levels well below other provinces, Ontario’s hospitals’ hallway medicine and bed crisis will deepen under Premier Doug Ford’s public service “efficiency” program and promised tax cuts, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) warned today in Peterborough. OCHU, the hospital division of the Canadian Union of…

Far from ending hallway medicine, North Bay stands to lose 37 more hospital beds, more than 150 staff under Ford programs

NORTH BAY, ON – Already funded and staffed at levels well below other provinces, Ontario’s hospitals’ hallway medicine and bed crisis will deepen under Premier Doug Ford’s public service “efficiency” program and promised tax cuts, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) warned today in North Bay. OCHU, the hospital division of the Canadian Union…

Toronto hospital workers call on employer to show respect and implement the contract they negotiated

TORONTO, ON – Workers at St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Providence Healthcare are rallying to demand that their employer implement the collective agreement that was negotiated and ratified in May. The contract includes new provisions to protect workers from violence in the workplace and wage increases retroactive to September 2017. Our Shared Purpose is the…