KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
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February 2025 – Bargaining Updates
Driven to the Brink
A new report warns that the turn to health care cutbacks in Ontario harken to the period of Mike Harris, as hundreds of job cuts ravage hospitals across the province.
PSW CAMPAIGN
Join the fight for PSWs to be treated with dignity and respect. New Regulatory Proposal Denies PSWs Basic Rights to Due Process and Representation.
NURSE-TO-PATIENT RATIOS STUDY
Major study calls on Ford to legislate nurse to patient ratios.
OCHU/CUPE BARGAINING
Stay up to date on recent bargaining awards, arbitrations, and bulletins.
Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies
A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies.
Latest News
Rally Against the Health Care Cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOther Articles
Ottawa projected to lose funding for 725 frontline health care staff and nearly 200 hospital beds by 2027-28: new report
Planned funding cuts by the provincial government will lengthen wait-times and worsen patient care in hospitals, warns CUPE
Health care workers to protest government funding cuts at MPP David Piccini’s office as billion dollar budget shortfall looms over Ontario hospitals
Rally to be held at 10 a.m. on February 17
New report warns of more job cuts, longer wait-times and declining quality of care in Niagara as funding cuts squeeze Ontario hospitals
CUPE media conference on February 11 to reveal shortfall in staffing, capacity over next three years in the Niagara Region due to government funding restraint
February 2025 Newsletter
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Health care workers protest government funding cuts at Ontario PC MPP Matthew Rae’s office as billion dollar revenue shortfall looms over Ontario hospitals
Over 1,000 positions already being eliminated in hospitals including North Bay, GTA, and Hamilton
New report warns of longer wait-times, rushed care, and overcrowded Ontario hospitals as government cuts expected to cause over 10,000 job losses and shortfall of 4,080 beds
Peterborough projected to lose nearly 115 staff and 30 beds by 2027-28
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