Champlain region hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies increased by 134 per cent over 10 years

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Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23   Cornwall, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario significantly increase hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…

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CUPE files unfair labour practice, cites “surface bargaining” as cause of strike at Canadian Hearing Services

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TORONTO, ON – In the normal course of bargaining, employers and unions exchange proposals and negotiate earnestly over weeks or months to find a middle ground. That is not what happened in the brief negotiations between Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) and CUPE 2073 – which broke down on April 28, resulting in what is now…

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Champlain region hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies increased by 134 per cent over 10 years

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Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23   OTTAWA – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario significantly increase hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals and…

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A budget of smoke, mirrors and spin won’t protect Ontario jobs in the tariff wars: CUPE Ontario

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TORONTO – The province’s largest union condemned the failure of the Ford Conservatives’ budget to meet Ontarians’ needs with a dramatic expansion of public services that would build communities, create jobs and improve lives. “Doug Ford still masquerades as Captain Canada. But as far as Ontarians are concerned, ‘elbows up’ should be about public services,…

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Ontario budget fails workers and students — OSBCU calls for adequate funding for public education and urgent action

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TORONTO – After a disappointing budget announcement that skimmed over public education, the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) is calling for an immediate surge in funding to address the understaffing crisis in schools across the province. This budget does nothing to address the severe understaffing crisis plaguing Ontario schools. Despite a reported $2.6…

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“Health care workers must have the right to protest:” OCHU-CUPE condemns Ottawa mayor’s push for ‘bubble zone’ by-law

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OTTAWA, ON – The union representing about 10,000 hospital and long-term care staff in Ottawa vowed to fight Mayor Sutcliffe’s plan to create ‘bubble zones’ that would prevent health care workers from exercising their charter rights and organizing demonstrations outside their workplaces. “We have a constitutional right to protest, and it must not be taken…

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New study reveals hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies in Ontario’s South East region rose by 181 per cent over 10 years

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Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23   Picton, 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…

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New study reveals hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies in Ontario’s South East region rose by 181 per cent over 10 years

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Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23   Kingston, 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…

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A budget of smoke, mirrors and spin won’t protect Ontario jobs in the tariff wars

Solidarity

TORONTO – The province’s largest union condemned the failure of the Ford Conservatives’ budget to meet Ontarians’ needs with a dramatic expansion of public services that would build communities, create jobs and improve lives. “Doug Ford still masquerades as Captain Canada. But as far as Ontarians are concerned, ‘elbows up’ should be about public services,…

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