Workers at Sault Ste. Marie Group Health Centre need real wage increase, or centre risks losing even more staff

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Front-line workers at the Group Health Centre in Sault Ste. Marie say they desperately need a real wage increase if the health centre doesn’t want to lose more staff. In January, the Group Health Centre announced that eight physicians would be leaving the centre at the end of May, leaving…

More crumbling public services, more cost-of-living crisis, more privatization: “It’s happening here”

TORONTO – Ontarians desperate for relief from the cost-of-living crisis and eager for more investment in their public services have been let down again by the Conservatives’ budget, which was delivered this afternoon. “This budget sets up ordinary Ontarians for more years of misery,” said Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, the union that represents…

Windsor-Essex County Health Unit urges provincial safeguarding of public health services amidst layoffs and funding challenges

Windsor, ON – In the face of imminent layoffs CUPE 543, which represents close to 130 workers with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, is urging for immediate action to safeguard public health services amidst diminishing provincial funding. ­ The Health Unit recently experienced a substantial reduction in its workforce, resulting in the elimination of 14…