by OCHU | Jul 22, 2026 | Hospital Deficits, Media Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “We are breaking under the cuts”: Scarborough hospital workers call on Ford government to increase funding in the face of $36 million deficit TORONTO – 2,500 frontline workers at the Scarborough Health Network (SHN), represented by CUPE, are...
by OCHU | Jul 21, 2026 | Hospital Cuts, Media Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Queensway Carleton to eliminate 101 jobs as Ontario hospital funding cuts continue OTTAWA – The union representing nearly 1,000 workers at Queensway Carleton is slamming the provincial government for the elimination of 101 jobs at the hospital....
by OCHU | Jul 13, 2026 | Hospital Cuts, Media Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CUPE slams nursing cuts at St. Joseph’s Hamilton as hospital reels under budget deficit Hamilton, ON – A new wave of staffing cuts by St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton will hurt care delivery by increasing nurse-to-patient ratios, depriving...
by OCHU | Jul 9, 2026 | Events, Hospital Cuts
Birchmount Hospital Rally A $36 million funding shortfall is putting patient care at risk, leading to longer waits, hallway medicine, and delayed surgeries. Stand with health care workers and demand proper hospital funding. Other Articles The Sinister Threat to...
by OCHU | Jul 6, 2026 | Media Releases, PSW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Big PSW rally planned for Doug Ford’s office July 8 to demand regulatory reforms in face of threat to workers’ livelihoods Etobicoke, ON – Personal support worker and president of CUPE 132 Tera Engley is deeply apprehensive about Ontario’s new...
