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COVID-19 Resources

Mar 18, 2020 | Announcement, Health and Safety

One of the strongest protections for Ontarians is to keep health-care workers healthy and working during COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 13, 2020 | Health and Safety, Media Releases

Health-Care Unions Call for Honest, Frank Collaboration from Ontario Government Regarding COVID-19 Protection for Health-Care Workers

Mar 11, 2020 | Announcement, Health and Safety, Media Releases

COVID-19 Resources

Mar 18, 2020 | Announcement, Health and Safety

CUPE National’s Health and Safety Branch has developed an information fact sheet that includes measures of control to prevent exposure to the coronavirus in the workplace.

Health minister misinformed: 87 per cent of Ontario health care staff polled say not enough PPE on hand to keep them safe

Mar 30, 2020 | Health and Safety, Media Releases

On Saturday, after Ontario Minister of Health Christine Elliot announced that personal protective equipment (PPE) it was readily available, 87 per cent of health care staff polled by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) reported that they do not have access to the PPE they need to deal with COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19 infections among Ontario health care workers spike

Mar 26, 2020 | Health and Safety, Media Releases

Release more N95 masks, other protections before it’s too late to curb spread

OFL, Unions demand order overriding agreements not be extended

Mar 25, 2020 | Announcement, Solidarity

Download a PDF of the letter.

Government overrides parts of our Collective Agreements – Legal Opinion

Mar 25, 2020 | Bargaining

Download the memo.

Newsletter – March 25

Mar 25, 2020 | Health and Safety, Newsletters

Government overrides agreements; PPE; and more COVID-19 news.

Order Waiving Contract Protections for Hospital Staff Is “Unnecessary, Disrespectful and Coercive”: OCHU

Mar 23, 2020 | Health and Safety, Media Releases

TORONTO–It is profoundly unfair to a dedicated mostly female hospital workforce who due to...

Ontario government is not doing enough to protect them or the people they care for, say 70 per cent of hospital staff polled

Mar 22, 2020 | Health and Safety, Media Releases

TORONTO, ON – More than 2400 hospital staff took part Saturday in an urgent Ontario-wide conference call sponsored by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) focused on the impact of COVID-19 on them as they care for the...

Nurses say changes in rules about face masks are putting them at risk

Mar 18, 2020 | Health and Safety, Nursing

Nurses fear they are more vulnerable to becoming infected with novel coronavirus as a result of new Ontario guidelines about protective equipment, says an Ottawa intensive care nurse.

OCHU Postpones Annual Convention due to COVID-19

Mar 13, 2020 | Announcement, Events

After thoughtful discussion and consideration, OCHU has decided to postpone the OCHU Annual Convention, scheduled to take place in Niagara Falls, April 27-30. All area meetings and RPN regional mini-conferences will be suspended until further notice. These meetings will be rescheduled once it is safe to do so.

One of the strongest protections for Ontarians is to keep health-care workers healthy and working during COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 13, 2020 | Health and Safety, Media Releases

Front-line health-care workers are calling on the Ontario Government to ensure health-care staff – and their patients – are kept safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.