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.
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Rally Against the Health Care Cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOther Articles
Health care workers to protest outside MPP George Darouze’s office on Thursday as funding cuts take toll on staff, patients
Staffing cuts are already plaguing health care in Ottawa, with more than 700 nursing and PSW job cuts projected by 2027-28
Health care workers protest outside MPP Dave Smith’s office as funding cuts take toll on staff, patients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPeterborough, ON – Health care workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees held a rally outside local Ontario...
Health care workers to protest outside MPP Steve Clark’s office on Wednesday as funding cuts take toll on staff, patients
More than 1,000 nurses and PSW jobs could be lost by 2027-28 if government does not increase funding: CUPE
Health care workers protest outside MPP Neil Lumsden’s office as funding cuts take toll on staff, patients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHamilton, ON – Health care workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees held a rally outside local Ontario PC...
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
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