TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) today urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to amend the criminal code to make it a more serious offence to assault a health care worker as a small step towards discouraging gender-based violence. The study published this week in New Solutions (Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against…
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London, ON – How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study – ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff’ – being released Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 10:00 a.m., at the London Public Library, Landon Branch, 251 Dundas Street, London. The study, authored…
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Stratford, ON – How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study – ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff’ – being released Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 1:00 p.m., at the Stratford Public Library, 19 St. Andrew Street, Stratford. The study, authored by…
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TORONTO, ON – Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new study ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff.’ Featured in ‘NEW SOLUTIONS: A…
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Kitchener, ON – How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study – ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff’ – being released Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 2:30 p.m., at the Kitchener Central Library, 85 Queen Street North, Kitchener. The study, authored by…
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NORTH BAY, ON — A poll of North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) staff conducted earlier this week shows “staggeringly high rates of workplace violence with virtually no resolve from the hospital,” said Michael Hurley president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) that commissioned the poll. What’s more said Hurley at a media conference to release the poll…
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“Real power, the power that lasts, the power that makes change happen, is the kind we build on the ground,” Yolanda said in accepting the Cliff Pilkey award for outstanding contribution to the labour movement. “Building power means making gains for all workers and responding to new forms of white supremacy, because the work of…
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TORONTO, ON – How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study – ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff’ – being released Monday, November 27,2017, 10:00 a.m. at Queen’s Park in the Media Studio. The study, authored by Canadian researchers Dr. Jim…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Tonight, contract academic workers at the University of Toronto have given their Bargaining Team an overwhelming 91% mandate in favour of strike action for Unit 3, Local 3902 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902-3), which includes non-student Sessional Lecturers, Writing Instructors, and Music Professionals. The vote came on the…
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NORTH BAY, ON – North Bay direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at greater risk of physical violence in the workplace than similar staff at other Ontario hospitals, a comparison of polling data shows. A new Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) poll conducted earlier this fall of 1,976 hospital…
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