Health care unions welcome significantly improved COVID-19 protections for 400,000 health care workers
Today the Chief Medical Officer of Health issued Directive #5, which provides clear guidance that N-95 or superior protection masks, face shields and other equipment are to be provided to health care staff working on the front line in long-term care facilities or hospitals dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks, among other improvements.
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Stop Bill 195
Bill 195 authorizes the Government to maintain orders that interfere with the collective bargaining rights of unionized workers. With very limited exceptions, it also permits the government to increase the severity of restrictions on collective bargaining rights.
Read More94% of workplace leaders in long-term care say staffing has worsened since Premier promised to act on the crisis
Despite the Ontario government’s promises to deal with the crisis in staffing in long-term care, 94% of the workplace leaders of the 200 long-term care facilities represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) polled this week report that the situation has actually worsened.
Read MoreFAQs on Protecting Yourself from COVID-19 Aerosol Transmission
A complete FAQ guide on COVID-19 aerosol transmission.
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SEIU Healthcare, OCHU-CUPE and Unifor Support Changes to Registered Practical Nurses Practice Recommended by the College of Nurses of Ontario
Three major Ontario healthcare unions have endorsed the recommended expansion of the scope of practice for Registered Practical Nurses. There are approximately 60,000 Registered Practical Nurses in Ontario.
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Newsletter – October 6
Unions win increased access to N-95 masks
Read MoreCDC revises coronavirus guidance to acknowledge that it spreads through airborne transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its guidance on the coronavirus Monday, acknowledging that it can sometimes spread through airborne particles that can “linger in the air for minutes to hours” and among people who are more than six feet apart.
Read MoreInvestigation: How Canada failed health workers and mismanaged COVID-19
An investigation into Canada’s management of COVID-19 and the safety of the nation’s health care workers has been released. The investigation’s report, A Time of Fear, details Canada’s systemic preventable failure to adequately prepare and urgently respond to the gravest public health emergency in a century.
Read MoreLow risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by fomites in real-life conditions
We read with interest the Comment by Emanuel Goldman1 highlighting experiments done under controlled laboratory conditions that suggest persistence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on inanimate...
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CUPE Ontario and OCHU say wage increase for personal support workers is just the first step
The Ontario government’s temporary wage increase for personal support workers is a step in the right direction but much more needs to be done, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU).
Read MoreHeath-care workers lacking PPE suffer from more anxiety and depression
Maximizing efforts to enable the health-care workforce to remain free of COVID-19 infection, and stay in good physical and mental health, is essential to the response and management of COVID-19.
Read MoreHealthcare workers facing violence, PPE shortages, burn-out
It’s not enough to call them “heroes”, we need to listen to their voices – and act
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2020 Bargaining Convention
November 3 @ 9:00 am - November 5 @ 5:00 pm EST
