Kingston hospital staff continue fight for increased health care funding, head to major demonstration tomorrow at Oshawa’s Lakeridge

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KINGSTON, ON – Kingston area hospital staff, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), will be among health care staff from across Ontario demonstrating at Oshawa’s Lakeridge hospital on Tuesday, February 6, at 12:00 noon. “We will be there calling for increased provincial funding for Kingston area hospitals and long-term care homes. Our hospital…

Major demonstration at Oshawa’s Lakeridge hospital at noon tomorrow for increased health care funding

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OSHAWA, ON – With a call for increased provincial funding for hospitals and long-term care homes, health care staff from across Ontario are rallying at Oshawa’s Lakeridge hospital on Tuesday, February 6, at 12:00 noon. They are concerned that small, temporary funding fixes, like the announcement last week by the Liberal health minister, will do little…

Facing Violence and Assault in Health Care

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Health care workers across the province regularly face situations that put their personal health and safety at risk. That’s according to a recent study, “Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff.” It was co-authored by Jim Brophy and Margaret Keith, two occupational and environmental health researchers who join The Agenda to discuss why they were…

Ontario government must step in to protect hospital staff and the public in Carillion bankruptcy

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TORONTO, ON – The provincial government is being urged to “seize the moment” and protect patients and hospital staff by ending privatization of contracted out hospital services following the complete collapse of private contractor Carillion. The united call comes from Unifor and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), which represent hundreds of staff at…

St. Michael’s urged to live up to its Catholic values, stop treating clerical staff badly; Tuesday afternoon rally planned

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TORONTO, ON – Publicly, St. Michael’s Hospital (St. Mike’s) says it values and respects its staff. But inside the hospital, that’s not what’s happening. Long-time staff are being fired without cause or being offered employment at another area of the hospital. A 20-year chaplain and four clerical staff were recently terminated. There is pressure on…

Stop the wave of intimidation, employee firings, CUPE urges St. Mike’s; media conference with affected staff, Thursday

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TORONTO, ON – Terminations of long-time employees without cause. Violations of basic employment standards using aggressive tactics to force staff to sign agreements to work excess hours and work eight and ten days in a row. All shocking behaviour associated with employers with tarnished reputations. But this is happening at Toronto’s prestigious St. Michael’s Hospital (St.…

New study reveals toxic environment of physical and sexual violence against staff in Ontario hospitals

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Ottawa, ON – Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new study ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff.’ Featured in ‘NEW SOLUTIONS: A…

New study reveals toxic environment of physical and sexual violence against staff in Ontario hospitals

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Sudbury, ON – Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new study ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff.’ Featured in ‘NEW SOLUTIONS: A…

CANCELLED: Tomorrow’s Media Conference in Cornwall is cancelled.

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‘Assaulted and Unheard, Violence Against Healthcare Staff:’ major study released Tuesday in Cornwall Cornwall, ON – How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study – ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff’ – being released Tuesday, December 5, 2017, 1:00 p.m., at…

New study reveals toxic environment of physical and sexual violence against staff in Ontario hospitals

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Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new study ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff.’ Featured in ‘NEW…