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

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  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

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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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Home care services for 1500 inner city patients still in peril despite today’s funding announcement

Health Care, Home Care

TORONTO, ON (July 19, 2016) – Home care services of more than 1500 infirm and elderly, inner city patients provided by Toronto’s Neighbourhood Group are still in peril of coming to an end despite today’s announcement of additional sector-wide funding by the provincial government. Personal Support Workers from Neighbourhood Group provide home care to low…

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CUPE 1989, Mississauga Library Workers

As Mississauga Library strike enters third week, CUPE 1989 says it’s time to sit down and salvage summer programming

1989-strike2016, Municipal

MISSISSAUGA, ON – With their strike now entering its third week, the president of the union representing striking Mississauga Library System (MLS) workers said “the time is now” to return to the bargaining table and salvage what’s left of summer programming. “Families depend greatly on summer library programming, and time is running out,” said Laura…

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