Ontario’s $4.8 billion hospital underfunding means 406 less nurses, 1208 fewer hospital staff, $129 million a year funding gap for London

Health Care

  London, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like London Health Sciences, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for London patients, a report released today has found. The report (Fewer Hands, Less Hospital Care) compares funding, staffing, nursing, and readmissions in Ontario…

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Help elect Scarborough—Rouge River’s public power candidate!

By-Election 2016, Governmental

Neethan Shan is the NDP candidate for the provincial by-election in Scarborough—Rouge River. Neethan is a community activist, School Board Trustee, and the Executive Director of the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians. Both the Liberals and the Conservatives have a terrible record on hydro privatization. Only the Ontario NDP has consistently opposed the sale of…

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Ontario’s $4.8 billion hospital underfunding means 234 less nurses, 696 fewer hospital staff, $74 million a year funding gap for Windsor

Health Care

  Windsor, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Windsor Regional, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Windsor 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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Ontario’s $4.8 billion hospital underfunding means 137 less nurses, 407 fewer hospital staff, $43 million a year funding gap for Kingston

Health Care

  Kingston, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Kingston General, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Kingston 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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Ontario’s $4.8 billion hospital underfunding means 24 less nurses, 72 fewer hospital staff, $7 million a year funding gap for Brockville

Health Care

Brockville, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Brockville General, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Brockville 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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Changing nature of work requires decisive government action to protect working people

Governmental

TORONTO, ON – Working people in Ontario are struggling to keep their heads above water and decisive government action is required, said CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn in response to the Changing Workplaces Review interim report released today. “The employment reality for millions of Ontarians is one of multiple part-time jobs, short-term contracts, disappearing well-paid,…

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Arbitrator rules against Essex County’s proposed sick time change – the same plan management pushed on library workers triggering a strike that shut down libraries

Municipal, Strike Support

ESSEX, ON – In an interest arbitration decision released last week, provincial arbitrator James Hayes denied a County of Essex’s contract proposal to change the sick time and short term disability plan for 300 paramedics, represented by CUPE Local 2974.2, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).  The sick time change rejected by the…

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