TORONTO, ON – Three of Canada’s largest unions today announced an alliance that kicks off an escalating campaign of membership mobilization to push Ontario hospitals to return to bargaining and treat their staff with respect. This is the first time the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (OCHU/CUPE), SEIU…
TORONTO, ON – Leaders from three of Ontario’s largest unions are meeting Monday and Tuesday (March 26 and March 27, 2018) in Toronto to work together to move stalled provincial negotiations with Ontario’s hospitals. Collectively, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), SEIU Healthcare and Unifor are trying to negotiate a provincial contract on behalf…
TORONTO, ON – Chaplains and spiritual Care Practitioners from St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Providence Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospitals have joined the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in a certification vote held Monday afternoon. The thirty-two person unit consists of hospital chaplains and spiritual care practitioners from different religious denominations across the…
KINGSTON, ON – Recent violent attacks on Kingston hospital staff have resulted in serious injury including concussion, cuts, bruises and a broken tooth. Front-line staff at the hospital are taking their demand for an end to violence against them to the lawn of the hospital with a noon-hour rally on Stuart Street at 12:00 noon…
Sudbury, ON – If they had to call for medical assistance for themselves or a family member, nearly 88 per cent of Sudburians who responded to a poll about provincial changes to 911 delivery, said they prefer a response by an ambulance service. Only 8 per cent said they preferred a response by a fire…
TORONTO, ON – An Ontario arbitrator has ruled that Sue McIntyre, a North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) nurse fired by the hospital after she spoke about workplace violence at a nursing conference and was quoted in a union media release, should get her job back. Further, in his decision, arbitrator Bram Herlich says that…
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…
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…
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…
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…
