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Stop the Cuts at Markham-Stouffville Hospital: Rally on March 19
65 frontline jobs are being slashed at the Markham-Stouffville Hospital due to government funding cuts. We are holding a rally to fightback – join us to protect public health care!
CUPE 4540 Rally – March 23
Rally at Bruyère Health Saint-Vincent Hospital on March 23, 2026, from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
REGISTER NOW – May 21 – 22, 2026 Steward Educational
OCHU is pleased to once again offer our two-day Steward Introduction to the CUPE Central Agreement workshop May 21 -22!
Health care workers to protest outside MPP Billy Denault’s office on Tuesday as funding cuts take toll on staff, patients
9,000 nursing and PSW jobs could be lost by 2027-28 due to insufficient funding
Rally at Doug Ford’s office: Health care workers to protest on Monday morning as staffing cuts take toll on workers, patients
More than 9,000 nurses and PSW jobs could be lost by 2027-28 if government does not increase funding
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
Founded in 1982, the 40,000 member Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE is the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Ontario.
We represent hospital service workers, registered practical nurses, housekeeping, trades, clerical staff, and ambulance and paramedical personnel.
OCHU/CUPE bargains a provincial collective agreement for these CUPE Ontario members with the Ontario Hospital Association and lays that pattern down across the hospital sector and long-term care facilities that have a relationship with a hospital.
We also carry out advocacy on behalf of our members and on behalf of hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
OCHU/CUPE is an active partner with the Ontario Healthcare Coalition and works closely with the Ontario Healthcare Coalition whenever community health services are threatened with cuts or privatization.
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April 23, 1956 – Founding of the Canadian Labour Congress
As workers come together to form unions those unions too come together in solidarity. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is a union of unions. It is also referred to as the “House of Labour” because unions all join under one roof. The uniting of unions goes a long way back to the 1860s and 70s…
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