Insufficient government funding is forcing hospitals to reduce frontline staff Hamilton, ON – A new wave of staffing cuts by St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton will hurt care delivery by increasing nurse-to-patient ratios, depriving patients of timely, quality care, increasing wait times and worsening the crisis in accessing hospital care, says the Canadian Union of Public…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – CUPE 1453 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board’s decision to move ahead with staffing cuts despite growing enrolment, increased funding, and ongoing staffing pressures across the Board. The Board recently notified CUPE 1453 that 27 full-time equivalent…
Every paramedic across Ontario feels the weight of the tragic deaths of two Prince Edward Island Paramedics. We join paramedics and all first responders across the country in mourning their deaths and the patient they were caring for. Paramedics go to work every day to keep people safe and healthy. Too often our jobs involve…
GUELPH, ON – CUPE 256 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Upper Grand District School Board’s decision to move ahead with significant staffing cuts despite ongoing understaffing and increasing workload pressures across the board. The Board recently notified the Local that it plans to eliminate 21 positions, including 20…
OTTAWA – Oxfam Canada workers are staging a public outreach event at Sparks Street and Elgin Street on Wednesday, July 8 as part of their strike campaign aimed at pressuring the employer to return to the bargaining table. The workers, members of CUPE Local 2722, are using an iconic Oxfam tactic: the creation of a…
Sudbury, ON – A new Sudbury report confirms what paramedics have been warning for years: the City’s Paramedic Services is struggling to retain experienced staff. The report, received by Sudbury’s Community and Emergency Services Committee on June 15, shows that between 2020 and 2025 the City hired 116 paramedics – the equivalent of nearly 69%…
CORNWALL, ON – The workers who provide essential public services in Cornwall have ratified a new three-year collective agreement. Members of CUPE 3251 deliver social services for families in crisis, ensure clean drinking water, run recreation programs, and more. They have secured wage increases of 10.25 per cent over three years along with significant improvements…
NORTH BAY, ON – CUPE 4865 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l’Ontario’s decision to move ahead with staffing cuts despite ongoing concerns about workload pressures and the impact on frontline education workers. The Board recently notified the Local that it plans to…
HAMILTON, ON – CUPE 3396 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board’s decision to move ahead with staffing cuts, warning that reductions will further strain already understaffed schools and reduce supports for students with increasingly complex needs. The Board recently notified the Local that 25…
Two weeks into the CUPE 2722 strike, Oxfam leadership remains silent as employer ghosts their staff on fair wage increases, gender-affirming care leave and domestic violence leave OTTAWA – Two weeks into the strike at Oxfam Canada, CUPE 2722 is calling out the hypocrisy of Oxfam Canada’s Board of Directors and Executive Director Lauren Ravon, who continue to…
