The time for care standard in legislation long-term care residents, is “now” Peterborough media conference set for Monday 10:30 a.m.

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PETERBOROUGH, ON — Following tragic stories coming from several Ontario long-term care homes this month, there’s a renewed scrutiny on resident care quality and safety. There is no doubt say Peterborough area personal support workers, registered practical nurses and others working on the front lines in long-term, along with residents’ families, that the crisis in…

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Human and economic costs of hospital laundry layoffs far outweigh pittance Sudbury hospital says it’s cutting from budget

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SUDBURY, ON — Health Sciences North (HSN) is rationalizing “an unpopular decision” to export the jobs of 40 local hospital laundry workers out of Sudbury by “suggesting it is cheaper” to ship its dirty linen to southern Ontario for cleaning, says Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) president Michael Hurley.   “Even if we accept the…

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8 years of provincial budget cuts have left Hamilton hospitals overcrowded, without capacity to deal with patient surges

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HAMILTON, ON — Hamilton hospitals are having difficulty coping with a surge in patients, “a sadly predictable outcome of 8 years of provincial Liberal (real) budget cuts to our hospitals,” says Dave Murphy, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 7800, which represents over 4,000 staff at Hamilton Health Science Centre. “In Ontario, we…

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CUPE 2974 reminds Essex County Library Chair the Library Board is the employer that needs to focus on bargaining to resolve library strike

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ESSEX, ON – Following remarks by Essex County Library Chair that bargaining will only resume with the striking Essex County Library workers after Essex County wraps up its bargaining with the County’s own employees, CUPE 2974 is reminding the Chair that the striking library workers are employed by the Essex Library Board, not the county,…

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Strike/lockout averted in Black River-Matheson

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BLACK RIVER-MATHESON, ON – A labour disruption has been averted in the Township of Black River-Matheson, after members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1490 and their employer agreed to take outstanding disputes to binding arbitration.   The agreement to go to binding arbitration follows several months of negotiation, and a final…

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