Hamilton home care sector suffers loss of experience and continuity through competitive bidding – CUPE warns

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Hamilton, Ont. –The Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Community Care Access Centre’s decision to ‘disqualify’ two non-profit providers, following a competitive bidding process for home health care services, will result in clients losing…

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Province turns home care services into for-profit bonanza resulting in job losses, low wages, poverty

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. HAMILTON, Ont. – The Ontario government has once again handed private companies a bonanza to reap profits in the delivery of home care services at the expense of workers, says the Canadian…

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Injured workers 20 per cent behind in compensation; Province needs to act before more fall into poverty

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. At rallies in cities including Toronto, Windsor and St. Catharines, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) and partners, including CUPE Ontario, today called on the McGuinty government to make full…

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New study shows funding for EAs short $189M McGuinty’s band-aid fix short-changes special needs children

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, Ont. Oct. 2/07 – Ontario’s faulty school funding formula resulted in an estimated $189 million funding shortfall for Educational Assistants (EAs) for the 2006-2007 year, according to a new study by…

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International Day for Disabled Persons

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Despite having a day declared to honour the struggle of people with disabilities, adults with disabilities continue to be the most unemployed group in our society.  People with disabilities are routinely subjected…

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