McGuinty hospital cuts – from bad to worse – A provincial funding freeze would be “catastrophic” for Ontario health care

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. OTTAWA – Ontario hospitals face thousands of job cuts under the McGuinty government unless the Liberals reverse their chronic underfunding of hospitals, says the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU), a…

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City of Peterborough municipal workers seek fair contract – management pushes for strike in early January

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Peterborough, Ont. – City of Peterborough municipal workers are seeking a fair deal that’s comparable to other city workers, but management and council are determined to push the ‘outside’ workers on strike,…

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Public hospital support services cheaper than for-profit: Ontario A-G Report

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. McGuinty government must end for-profit P3s now TORONTO – The Ontario Auditor General has found that for-profit hospital support services at Brampton’s Civic Hospital, a so-called “public private partnership” (P3), cost…

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Don’t sell out our frail and elderly in nursing homes, Front-line workers demand minimum care standards promised by Liberals

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO – The Liberal government must not resolve the economic crisis on the backs of Ontario’s frail and elderly in nursing homes, Sid Ryan, President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees…

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Enormous effort leads to School Board Workers Historic Agreement

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. School board workers have reached an historic agreement with representatives from all Ontario school boards, thanks to an enormous effort by bargaining units, staff reps, Provincial Discussion Table (PDT) specialists and union…

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