New report warns of longer wait-times, rushed care, and overcrowded Ontario hospitals as government cuts expected to cause over 10,000 job losses and shortfall of 4,080 beds

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Over one thousand positions already eliminated in multiple hospitals including North Bay, GTA, and Hamilton as hospitals buckle under budgetary pressures TORONTO – As hospitals cut hundreds of jobs and eliminate vacant positions amidst budgetary constraints imposed by the Conservative government, the largest health care union in Ontario is warning about longer wait-times, rushed care,…

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CUPE Ontario Statement Holocaust Remembrance Day

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On January 27th, Holocaust Remembrance Day, CUPE Ontario mourns the six million Jews and millions of “non-Aryans” targeted by the Nazis for extermination.  The Nazis also massacred people with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ individuals, political dissidents, and trade unionists. The Holocaust began long before the death camps. It began by normalizing hate. It began when the government,…

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CUPE 2316 – Workers at CAS Toronto vote to strike, could be off the job within weeks as Union files no board report

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TORONTO – CUPE Local 2316-representing approximately 500 workers at the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto- has filed a ‘No Board’ report, triggering the countdown to be in a legal strike position as early as February 13 while frontline and support workers continue to warn that chronic understaffing and years of government underfunding are putting children…

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Forbes top employer list validates what CUPE 4900 members already know: York Regional Municipality no longer an employer of choice

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Newmarket, ON – This time last year, York Region was celebrating being named one of Canada’s best employers by Forbes. This year, the region didn’t crack the top 300, validating what CUPE 4900 members have long known: York Regional Municipality is no longer an employer of choice. After placing as high as sixth overall in…

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CUPE Ontario urges government to change course ahead of 2026 budget

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NIAGARA FALLS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn called on the Ford government to reverse course on its budget priorities Thursday, warning that years of underfunding public services have deepened inequality and harmed workers and communities across the province. Hahn spoke at a press conference and later before the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs…

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Paramedics need a real solution to growing workforce crisis, not additional red tape through a college: CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario

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Paramedics need a real solution to growing workforce crisis, not additional red tape through a college: CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario TORONTO – Ontario’s paramedic system is under severe strain as services struggle to recruit and retain workers while frontline paramedics face mounting mental health pressures. Yet some influential voices are once again promoting the…

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CUPE 2380 Warns Penetanguishene Council’s Water Plan Risks Higher Costs, Job Losses, and Reduced Local Control

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Penetanguishene, ON – CUPE 2380 members are warning that Town Council’s plan to restructure Penetanguishene’s water and wastewater operations will lead to higher costs for residents and a loss of local control over the community’s most critical services. In December, Council announced it is considering either merging the water and wastewater departments or contracting a…

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MLK Statement

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January 19th is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. CUPE Ontario honours Martin Luther King Jr. as both a civil rights icon and a labour activist who saw racial and economic justice as inseparable. Dr King was assassinated in Memphis after walking a picket line with striking sanitation workers. He challenged poverty, racism, and the oppressive systems that…

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