Major demonstration at Oshawa’s Lakeridge hospital at noon tomorrow for increased health care funding

OSHAWA, ON – With a call for increased provincial funding for hospitals and long-term care homes, health care staff from across Ontario are rallying at Oshawa’s Lakeridge hospital on Tuesday, February 6, at 12:00 noon. They are concerned that small, temporary funding fixes, like the announcement last week by the Liberal health minister, will do little…

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Who do Ontarians want to respond when they call 911? 83 per cent say ambulance paramedics, not fire for medical response

TORONTO, ON – A new provincial poll released today shows that Ontarians aren’t on board for recent Liberal government changes that would redirect 911 medical calls away from paramedic ambulance services to fire departments. If they had to make a 911 call for medical assistance for themselves or a family member, more than 83 per…

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Vote by Trent food service workers delivers unmistakeable message to Compass: “Negotiate with us to put an end to precarious work”

PETERBOROUGH, ON – By a margin of 96 per cent, Trent’s food service workers have voted down a contract offer from their employer that failed to address the issue of precarious work. At the demand of food services giant Compass Group Canada, the Ministry of Labour held a supervised vote by employees on the company’s…

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Time for government to truthfully address their revenue problems to fix long-term care and other public services, Hahn tells finance committee.

WINDSOR, ON – “It’s time we had an honest conversation about what’s not working in this province and what it’s going to cost to fix it,” said CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn speaking to the provincial finance committee that is in Windsor today for pre-budget hearings. “We’re seeing the impact of years of government underfunding…

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