KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
LATEST NEWSLETTER
March 2026 – 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
PSW Rally May 19, 10:30 AM at Doug Ford’s Office
Please help protest regulation of personal support workers that denies them the basic rights accorded every other profession in Ontario
Rally Against the Health Care Cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOther Articles
ER wait-times for hospital admission increased 298 per cent over five years at North Bay hospital: CCPA report
Provincial underfunding is undermining timely access to hospital services
ER wait-times for a doctor’s assessment increased 169 per cent over five years at Health Sciences North: CCPA report
Provincial underfunding is undermining timely access to hospital services
Hospital admission wait-times increased significantly at Lake of the Woods due to funding crisis: CCPA report
CCPA research study on hospital deficits in northwestern Ontario to be released at a virtual press conference on May 21
PSW Week – May 17 – 23, 2026
Thank you for all that you do to ensure the well-being of our patients. Happy PSW day!
Happy Nursing Week – May 11 – 17, 2026
Thank you for your skill, dedication and compassion!
Failure, by Design
The deepening Ontario hospital funding crisis is harming patients and communities. New analysis of Ontario’s 136 hospitals shows that the majority of hospitals had operating deficits over the last three years. In 2024-25, 55 per cent of hospitals had deficits. Geographical analysis of hospital deficits by region show that hospitals in northern and western regions of the province were more likely to be in deficit in 2024-25.
OCHU/CUPE is dedicated to sharing the stories of our members and our predecessors with monthly newsletters and labour history articles.
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