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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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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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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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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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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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…
Details22 July, 2016 The Honourable Kevin Flynn Ontario Minister of Labour 400 University Ave. Toronto, ON M7A 1T7 Dear Minister Flynn, I am writing to you regarding the Changing Workplaces Review and growing concerns over the repeated delays of the release of its interim report that was originally expected in February. The employment…
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ESSEX, ON – After the Town of Essex Council passed a motion on Monday night to encourage both parties to return to the bargaining table, CUPE representatives reached out to the library chair at the council meeting to resume bargaining for Tuesday or Wednesday, the chair replied, ‘We are not able to assemble the team.’…
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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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