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…
TORONTO, ON – Establishing a system to combat climate change and generate new revenue for projects with social and environmental benefits is an important and positive decision says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Climate change is the biggest environmental and economic challenge of our generation, and Ontario…
Toronto, ON ― Claudia George front line staff at a Toronto nursing home where a resident was killed by another resident in 2013, today urged Ontario’s health minister to intervene immediately to stop a 200 hour a week cut to resident care at the home. At a Queen’s Park media conference, George cautioned that The…
Toronto, ON ― A 200 hour a week cut to resident care at the Wexford Residence, the Toronto nursing home where a resident was brutally killed in 2013 by another resident, poses a safety risk, warn front line staff holding a media conference this Thursday, April 9 (11:30 a.m.) at the Queen’s Park media studio.…
Toronto, ON – Home care and community-based personal support workers (PSWs) were left in the lurch yesterday, waiting for a much anticipated $1.50 wage increase, promised to them by the Ontario Premier and the former health minister. The April 1, $1.50 raise, is the second in a series of phased-in PSW wage enhancements totalling $4/hour…
Roxanne James gets special mail delivery, rally at her Scarborough office tomorrow Scarborough, Ontario – Busloads of universal health care supporters will hold a rally and make a special mail delivery to Conservative MP Roxanne James’ Scarborough office tomorrow (March 31), the national day of action to save public health care. It’s been a…
Bal Gosal gets special mail delivery, rally at his Brampton office tomorrow Brampton, Ontario – Several busloads of universal health care supporters will hold a rally and make a special mail delivery to Conservative MP Bal Gosal’s Brampton office tomorrow (March 31), the national day of action to save public health care. It’s…
Members of CUPE 3791 and their supporters take message of ‘We Take the Time to Care’ to public outside Scarborough care facility TORONTO, Ont. – Faced with continuing cuts to hours of care for residents, staff at the Wexford Residence, today, staged a public information session outside the Scarborough long-term care facility. Chanting, ‘Wexford, Wexford,…
Since the Health Accord expired on March 31st, 2014, Conservatives are planning to cut $36 billion from public health care. This year, they’ve already cut $987 million. That could mean: 2,500 fewer beds 15,000 fewer nursing staff Longer wait times. Rally at MP Jay Aspin’s Office Tuesday, March 31st 12PM – 1PM 133 Main…
Toronto, ON – Far from fixing a disjointed and mostly private home care system that does not provide patients with adequate levels of care at home, the report released today by Ontario’s Expert Group on Home and Community Care, promotes ideas that will further compromise care quality, and increase privatization and service inequity, says the…
