TORONTO, ON – Following today’s final recommendations from the province’s gender wage gap strategy consultation, the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) called on the Wynne government to set clear timelines for implementing an affordable, publicly funded child care system. In the report released this morning, the consultation committee made child…
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Pembroke, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Pembroke Regional Hospital, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Pembroke patients, a report released today has found. The report (Fewer Hands, Less Hospital Care) compares funding, staffing, nursing, and readmissions in Ontario and…
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NORTH BAY, ON — With the vote later today on whether to continue to operate Cassellholme as a public long-term care home, board members are being urged to “do the right thing and vote to keep the home public under municipal control.” The Cassellholme board are “locked in static thinking, premised on one option; changing…
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ESSEX, ON – Striking Essex County library workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), will be hosting a series of ‘Storytime’ events to thank the community for their ongoing support as the strike enters its third month later this week. “Our community has been supporting our struggle for a fair contract since…
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What happens when you plow ahead with a plan that 83 per cent of Ontarians strongly oppose? For Premier Kathleen Wynne it means a catastrophic drop in approval ratings with only 14 per cent of people now believing she should lead our government. The premier’s hydro privatization plan, undertaken without a single mention of it…
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Cornwall, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Cornwall Community, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Cornwall patients, a report released today has found. The report (Fewer Hands, Less Hospital Care) compares funding, staffing, nursing, and readmissions in Ontario and other…
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Ottawa, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Ottawa patients, a report released today has found. The report (Fewer Hands, Less Hospital Care) compares funding, staffing, nursing, and readmissions in Ontario and other provinces. Based on…
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GRAVENHURST, ON – Residents at Muskoka Shores Nursing Home are not getting the level of care they need and the Wynne government continues to turn a blind eye, said staff from the home who held a rally and information barbeque at the Lion’s Pavilion in Gravenhurst on Wednesday. “Muskoka Shores provides only three personal support…
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ESSEX, ON – As the Essex County Library Board prepares to meet for the first time since the library strike began on June 25, striking library workers are urging the board to act in the best interest of library patrons from the community instead of blindly following the unjustifiable sick time change ‘directive’ from Essex…
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On July 24, Abdirahman Abdi, a Somali immigrant living with autism, was violently killed in broad daylight by Ottawa police officers David Weir and Daniel Montsion. CUPE Ontario sends our sincere condolences to Abdirahman’s family, and we join the call for justice regarding his death. We know that Black people and people living with disabilities,…
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