– Striking college support staff are exposing a Greenbelt-style scandal in Ontario’s PSE – CUPE Ontario extends its solidarity and support to the OPSEU-SEFPO members who are on strike at Ontario’s colleges. As college support staff, these workers have a direct impact on students’ experience on campus; their jobs keep college campuses operating. No union…
DetailsNurse-to-patient ratios, job security in the age of AI, and compensation are the union’s key priorities TORONTO – The province’s largest hospital sector union representing 45,000 staff begins bargaining today with the Ontario Hospital Association. CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) says its main priorities are nurse-to-patient ratios, job security, and compensation. “There are over 100…
DetailsCornwall, Ontario – The members of CUPE Local 1792 held a rally and information picket along Montreal Road on Friday to sound the alarm on the planned cuts to care time at the municipally-owned Glen Stor Dun Lodge. The Union representing workers at the long-term care facility says their members have been experiencing significant staffing…
DetailsThis Labour Day, we gather in parks, on city streets and in our communities to honour the generations of workers who fought for every labour right we hold today. It’s also the day to recommit ourselves to taking on the forces that want to deny us our power as workers and to resolve to fight…
DetailsToronto – Last week, Premier Doug Ford announced he is mandating all Ontario Public Service Agency and Commission Workers return to the office 5 days per week, starting in January. This policy, which was created with no consultation with workers and serves no meaningful purpose, is not only short-sighted, but also potentially fiscally irresponsible. Since…
DetailsAuthors urge Ontario hospitals to implement safe staffing ratios Stratford, ON – A new academic study says mandating nurse-to-patient ratios would save lives, improve overall outcomes for patients, and alleviate the staffing crisis in Ontario’s hospitals. Based on an extensive review of existing research on staffing levels in hospitals, in-depth interviews with many Ontario hospital nurses, and…
DetailsAuthors urge Ontario hospitals to implement safe staffing ratios Peterborough, ON – A new academic study says mandating nurse-to-patient ratios would save lives, improve overall outcomes for patients, and alleviate the staffing crisis in Ontario’s hospitals. Based on an extensive review of existing research on staffing levels in hospitals, in-depth interviews with many Ontario hospital nurses, and…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – CUPE Local 1328, which represents over 2,000 education workers across the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB), is urgently calling for the board to hire hundreds more education workers following a damning Global News investigation revealing a 77 percent rise in violent incidents in Ontario schools since the Ford government came to…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – A new investigative report by Global News has exposed a dramatic 77 percent rise in violent incidents in Ontario schools since the Ford government took office —confirming what education workers have been sounding the alarm on for years. With over 4,400 violent incidents reported in the 2023–24 school year alone, the Ontario…
DetailsAuthors urge Ontario hospitals to implement safe staffing ratios OTTAWA – A new academic study says mandating nurse-to-patient ratios would save lives, improve overall outcomes for patients, and alleviate the staffing crisis in Ontario’s hospitals. Based on an extensive review of existing research on staffing levels in hospitals, in-depth interviews with many Ontario hospital nurses, and an…
Details