“Fix chronic shortage of inpatient beds at KGH” OCHU/CUPE calls for new (45) permanent beds at Friday media conference

KINGSTON, ON — The fix to a consistently too-full Kingston General Hospital (KGH) is “not ill patients triaging themselves at home and staying away from hospital. It’s not sick patients on gurneys in hallways with overworked staff trying to keep up.  The solution to the chronic shortage of inpatient beds must be a permanent one;…

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Nipissing and Parry Sound CAS’s disrespect for bargaining process puts vulnerable children and families at risk: CUPE

NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – On behalf of vulnerable children and families, child protection workers expressed anger and disappointment that Nipissing and Parry Sound Children’s Aid Society (CAS) is unwilling to agree to a deal that will keep children safe and end the lockout that began on December 23. Negotiations that began Friday…

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250 show their love for locked out CAS workers at Valentine’s rally after talks breakdown

NORTH BAY, ON – Labour leaders and community supporters from across the Nipissing and Parry Sound area came out at lunchtime Monday, to show their love for the Children’s Aid workers who have been locked out since before Christmas. Holding signs calling on the employer to ‘Have a Heart,’ and ‘Show some Love,’ more than…

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Tentative agreement reached between CUPE 4155 and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien

L’ORIGNAL, ON – A tentative agreement has been reached between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4155, representing 250 education workers, and their employer, the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO). The workers have been on strike since February 7th. No details of the agreement will be released until the…

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CUPE Ontario Letter to Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins re MOHLTC discussion paper “Patients First – Expanding Medical Responses”

February 08, 2017   Dear Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins: On December 19, 2016, a response to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) discussion paper entitled “Patients First – Expanding Medical Responses” was sent to your office, signed by both of us, on behalf of CUPE Ontario and CUPE Ontario’s Ambulance Coordinating Committee (CACO)…

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Locked-out workers welcome Nipissing and Parry Sound CAS’s return to bargaining

NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – Children’s aid workers are hoping that their employer’s willingness to go back to the bargaining table tomorrow (Friday) signals both an end to the lockout that began on December 23 as well as a return to high-quality child protection in northern communities. The lockout of child welfare workers…

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