TORONTO, ON – In the first day at the negotiating table in more than two weeks between Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) and CUPE 2073, there were zero proposals exchanged, and no bargaining to speak of. CHS came without a plan move forward, instead bringing list of demands to members, including an end to the public…
DetailsNew CCPA study warns about wasteful expenditure on private healthcare as Ontario budget promises $280 million to for-profit facilities Sarnia – Last week’s provincial budget shows that Ontario is heading down the same policy path that led to the severe hospital staffing crisis fueling rampant ER closures, hallway health care, and long wait-lists, according to…
DetailsESSEX, ON – Essex County library workers are welcoming the announcement by Lakeshore council of $80,000 for a temporary library and washroom facility at Stoney Point, where the existing facility has been closed because of health and safety concerns. “The library is very important to the community. We have been advocating for a long-term solution…
DetailsAcross Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23 North Bay – 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…
DetailsTORONTO – You can’t find bourbon on LCBO shelves and Premier Doug Ford has threatened to cut off the power supply to the United States, but the leadership at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is outsourcing work to an American firm while cutting Canadian jobs. WSIB is poised to layoff 26 workers as…
DetailsAcross 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…
DetailsTORONTO, 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…
DetailsAcross 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…
DetailsTORONTO – 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,…
DetailsTORONTO – 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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