OCEU members announce they are prepared for full strike action after their employer locks workers out amid threats from management and rumours of scab labour

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TORONTO – The union representing bargaining unit employees at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board announced that they will remain on the picket lines this morning. The members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 initiated legal job action on May 21st after talks stalled at the bargaining table ahead of the midnight deadline. The key issues on the…

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Hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies shot up 288 per cent in Waterloo-Wellington health region of Ontario: CCPA report

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Guelph, 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 and the rise of private staffing agencies shows a co-relation between the dramatic growth…

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Hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies shot up 114 per cent in South West health region of Ontario: CCPA report

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Stratford, 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 and the rise of private staffing agencies shows a co-relation between the dramatic growth…

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Canadian Hearing Services comes to the table but refuses to bargain – making demands but offering no deal as strike enters fourth week

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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…

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“Boom for private profits at the expense of public hospitals:” researcher warns hospital crisis will worsen due to Ontario government policy

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New 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…

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Hospital spending on private staffing agencies shot up by 216 per cent in North Eastern Ontario: CCPA report

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Across 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…

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