Sudbury, ON — Sudbury Hospital Services laundry staff who today received layoff notices say there is nothing for local hospital officials to crow about publicly, when 36 mostly female staff are losing their jobs. Last week in the local media, senior hospital staff “patted themselves on the back for doing the provincial government’s bidding…
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KINGSTON, ON — While providing quality supports for patients is the day-to-day focus for Kingston General Hospital (KGH) staff — members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974 — “giving back to our community in many different ways, is very important to us,” says local president Mike Rodrigues. Tomorrow (Thursday, October 13,…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – Efforts to resolve a three-week old strike by 435 frontline, administrative and support workers at the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) derailed last night after Peel CAS issued a ‘take it or leave it’ ultimatum. Despite progress being made on several outstanding issues,…
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Espanola, ON — A march and rally will take place tomorrow (October 12, 2016) to draw attention to the cuts to cleaning at the Espanola Regional Hospital and Health Centre. The hospital has announced the cut of almost 4,000 hours of cleaning annually. The march will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Legion at…
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Toronto, ON – “Ontarians are not turkeys and their private health records are confidential, containing information that should not be plucked for its potential asset value to the provincial Liberal government,” says Michael Hurley, the president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE (OCHU). “It is undemocratic to try and slide this major policy shift…
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WINDSOR, ON – Dozens of volunteers from Local 543 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 543) today fanned out across the City of Windsor to provide a complete Thanksgiving dinner to hundreds of residents. This is the third year in a row that CUPE 543 has teamed up with the Windsor Essex…
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Ottawa, ON — Ottawa’s Liberal MPPs are being urged to stand up for local hospital’s like Elisabeth Bruyère which is struggling with eight consecutive years of provincial budget cuts and a change in the funding formula which ramps down funding. Brian Grant, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 4540 today said, the “intense…
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