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Rally Against the Health Care Cuts
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“Shocking and unacceptable” – Union directs anger at provincial government, says patients and staff will pay price of 55 layoffs at Bruyere Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOTTAWA – In his 30-year career as a nurse at Bruyere Health, Douglas Currier has never seen staff so thoroughly demoralized....
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Nurses, PSWs among 55 layoffs at Bruyere Health – CUPE blames Ford government for underfunding, to hold press conference on March 9
55 jobs are being eliminated at the hospital as part of a wave of health care cuts in Ottawa
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!
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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Union Leaders Jailed in the 1980s
Unionized public employees continually strugglefor rights other workers take for granted. In the 1980s the presidents of three public sector unions were sent to jail by governments because their members went on strike. CUPE President, Grace Hartman, and Ontario Division President, Lucy Nicholson, were sentenced to 45 days for the 1981 wildcat strike by Ontario hospital workers. Sean Flynn, President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, was sentenced to 35 days for supporting his members
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