Hospitals in Ontario’s South West region spent $52 million on for-profit staffing agencies in 2022-23, marking a 118 per cent increase over 10 years

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Private staffing agencies drained $9.2 billion from public hospitals over 10-year period London, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…

New study reveals Ontario spent $9.2 billion on for-profit staffing agencies over 10 years

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Private agency costs rose by 23 per cent in the Hamilton-Niagara region from 2013-14 to 2022-23 Niagara Falls, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report…

WSIB workers vote 96% to strike

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TORONTO – After months at the bargaining table, the WSIB files a surprise No-Board on April 29th. This puts the employer in the position to terminate the collective agreement for members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 as early as May 16th if a deal cannot be reached. In response, the union held a strike vote on May…

In tribute to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh

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Following the resignation of Jagmeet Singh as leader of the federal New Democratic Pary, CUPE Ontario pays tribute to his leadership and accomplishments over the past eight years and expresses gratitude for the grace, strength and example he always showed as the first racialized leader of a major party in Canada. Jagmeet is a familiar…

First Responders Day

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May 1 is First Responders Day, a day of recognition and gratitude for the skilled and selfless people who help save lives when emergencies strike. It is the honour of CUPE Ontario and the CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario (CACO) to pay tribute to CUPE paramedics and dispatchers and all frontline first responders, who are…