BELLEVILLE, ON – Social service workers from the Children’s Mental Health Services in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties are urging management to return to the bargaining table on Thursday, June 18, to reach a fair collective agreement with their workers to avoid any service disruption to children and families living with mental health issues, says…
Media conference Monday, 11 a.m., Gage Park community garden HAMILTON, Ont. – Since late last month, when Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) dietary staff made it public that the hospital intends to shut down its kitchens and outsource patient meals to a factory-food operation that plates microwavable portions, the community campaign to keep hospital food local…
COLLINGWOOD, ON – Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, will join a busload of members for the Stand Up for Ontario rally in Collingwood this Saturday. “Thanks to this Liberal government, Ontario has the lowest public program spending in Canada, and we’re all feeling the effects. Hospital closures, turmoil…
HALIBURTON, Ont. ― Years of flat provincial funding for hospital services is hurting patient care in communities across Ontario, say hospital workers rallying in Haliburton and Minden tomorrow (Friday, June 5, 2015). Rural hospitals across the province are particularly hard-hit with severe cuts to care and services. “It’s very important for communities like…
OTTAWA, ON – The president of Local 4000 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) expressed profound dismay today at The Ottawa Hospital’s move to cut yet more patient services and dump sick and frail patients onto an overstretched and under-resourced community care system. “The Ottawa Hospital is abandoning patients with no thought…
CUPE leaders join hospital rally to call for a fair deal for food service employees PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – At noon on Thursday, May 21, employees of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) and other supporters will rally in defense of the hospital’s food service workers, who are employed by multinational food service corporation Compass Group…
ESSEX COUNTY, Ont. – Paramedics are raising concerns over a new policy passed by Essex County Council this past week, which addresses video cameras that have been installed inside ambulances among other locations. The new policy, which passed with little public debate or attention, spells out the types of locations where cameras will be placed,…
May 11, 2015 Dear long-term care sector member: Each year in May we take the opportunity to recognize and celebrate your vital and compassionate work in the health sector. May 11-17 is National Nursing, Home/Long-Term Care week and we want to thank you for all you do each day and throughout the year ensuring long-term…
Toronto, ON ― Excellent care for children is the history of the The Hospital for Sick Children. But the hospital “leaves its sick and disabled staff in poverty,” says Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU). Unlike almost all hospital employees who are covered under the Hospitals of Ontario Disability…
HAMILTON, Ont. – St. Joseph Hospital staff today called for an end to contracted-out patient transfer costs, including nearly $300,000 in taxi cab bills, money they said could be used to expand the cost-effective, in-hospital patient transport service that the hospital now intends to eliminate on June 28. As the provincial government further continues to…
