NORTH BAY, ON – North Bay direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at greater risk of physical violence in the workplace than similar staff at other Ontario hospitals, a comparison of polling data shows. A new Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) poll conducted earlier this fall of 1,976 hospital…
SUDBURY, ON – Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a poll of Ontario and Sudbury hospital staff released today finds. Ontario-wide 68 per cent of registered practical nurses (RPN) and personal support workers (PSWs) said they had experienced at least…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a recently released poll of Ontario hospital staff has found. Ontario-wide 68 per cent of registered practical nurses (RPN) and personal support workers (PSWs) said they had experienced at least one…
SUDBURY, ON – Scott Sharp was working at a Guelph hospital when called to assist nurses who were being attacked in the emergency department by a disturbed patient. Slammed through a wall, Sharp was very badly injured, physically and psychologically, and has spent over two years working to recover and return to work. New polling,…
GEORGINA, ON – On front lawns across Georgina, signs of support are going up for members of Local 3572 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Beginning late last week, dozens of volunteers began putting up 500 lawn signs bearing the message ‘CUPE 3572 Workers Make It Possible at Georgina Community Living’. “We’re thrilled that…
OTTAWA, ON – Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a poll of Ontario and Ottawa hospital staff released today finds. Ontario-wide, 68 per cent of registered practical nurses (RPN) and personal support workers (PSWs), said they had experienced at least…
CORNWALL, ON – Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a poll of Ontario hospital staff released today finds. Ontario-wide, 68 per cent of registered practical nurses (RPN) and personal support workers (PSWs), said they had experienced at least one incident…
WINDSOR, ON – CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn will be in town tonight to join MPP Lisa Gretzky at a town hall forum on the current state of our health care system. “One of the greatest problems facing our health care system is the lack of support for seniors in long-term care,” says Hahn. “Many…
WINDSOR, ON – Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a poll of Ontario hospital staff released today finds. Ontario-wide, 68 per cent of registered practical nurses (RPN) and personal support workers (PSWs), said they had experienced at least one incident…
TORONTO, ON – Families, personal support workers and long-term care advocates join NDP Health Critic France Gélinas to call on all parties to support Bill 33 (Time to Care Act) that would legislate minimum care standards in long-term care. “Seniors are suffering. They need us to act now,” says Gélinas. “We hope the Premier…
