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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GRAVENHURST, ON – Staff at Muskoka Shores Nursing Home are set to hold a rally and pubic BBQ tomorrow at the Gravenhurst Lion’s Pavilion to increase pressure on the home to improve the quality of care that residents are receiving. “The people we care for are suffering,” says Cindy Seaton, President of CUPE local 2481…
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ESSEX, ON – CUPE 2974 has filed a bad faith bargaining complaint against the Essex County Library Board with the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), and has requested an expedited hearing in light of the urgency of the situation with the library strike lasting 53 days and counting, resulting in all 14 library branches in…
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Toronto, Ont. — In a recent interview with North Bay media, Premier Kathleen Wynne blames hospital administrators for the ongoing cuts to staff and services at North Bay and other hospitals across Ontario. “She is completely wrong. Blame goes to her government’s health policies and too low funding for hospitals. Throwing hospital administrators under the…
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ESSEX, ON – Striking Essex County Library workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), are calling on delegates attending the annual conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) in Windsor to ask AMO President Gary McNamara, who is also Mayor of the Town of Tecumseh, to practice what he will…
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Peterborough, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Peterborough Regional Health Centre, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Peterborough 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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Belleville, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Quinte Health Care Belleville General Hospital, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Belleville patients, a report released today has found. The report (Fewer Hands, Less Hospital Care) compares funding, staffing, nursing, and readmissions…
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North Bay, ON — Successive years of staff, program, bed and patient care cuts would never have happened at the North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) if Ontario funded hospitals at the same level as the rest of Canada, a report released today in North Bay has found. Fewer Hands, Less Hospital Care, compared funding,…
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Sudbury, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Sudbury (Health Sciences North), means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Sudbury 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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Espanola, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Espanola General, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Espanola 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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