by OCHU | May 8, 2026 | Hospital Cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hospital admission wait-times increase 52 per cent over 5 years as perpetual budget deficits become new normal for Ontario hospitals: CCPA report Hamilton, ON – The majority of Ontario’s 136 hospitals have carried operational deficits since 2022,...
by OCHU | May 5, 2026 | Media Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “We are often yelled at by management:” cafeteria workers at Peterborough hospital launch campaign for fair compensation, respect and safe working conditions Who: CUPE 1943 workers serving ‘cruelty-free coffee’ Lisa Barker, president of...
by OCHU | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
CRUELTY-FREE COFFEE DAY Come out and show your support for local 1943.01 Tim Hortons & Cafeteria workers. CUPE will be holding a cruelty-free coffee day from 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM in the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Parking lot. Let’s show...
by OCHU | May 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nurses, PSWs, clerical workers, and others to protest 400 job cuts at The Ottawa Hospital on Tuesday morning OTTAWA – On Tuesday morning, CUPE 4000 health care workers will be protesting 400 job eliminations at The Ottawa Hospital as provincial...
by OCHU | Apr 30, 2026 | PSW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PSW Rally May 19, 10:30 AM at Doug Ford’s Office Please help protest regulation of personal support workers that denies them the basic rights accorded every other profession in Ontario Other Articles Assaulted and injured in sickening...
