Category: Bargaining
Emergency Measures Needed to Address the Health Care Staffing Crisis
Ontario’s hospitals, long-term care (LTC) and home care services face critical and growing staffing crises. Our province’s health care system is not on the brink of crisis, it is in crisis. It is not an overstatement...
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Newsletter – January 6
Directive 5 | CUPE, SEIU, Opposition parties call for end to wage restraint
Read MoreOCHU, SEIU and Ontario opposition leaders urge Premier to recall Legislature to deal with health staffing crisis, beginning with scrapping wage cuts under Bill 124
OCHU president Michael Hurley and Sharleen Stewart president of SEIU Healthcare were joined by the three leaders of the opposition (NDP, Liberal, and Green) for a media conference on Thursday, January 6, 2022, to call on Premier Doug Ford’s Ontario government to immediately recall the legislature for an emergency session to confront the harsh reality of the province’s health staffing crisis starting with the urgent repeal of Bill 124.
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OCHU-CUPE & SEIU call on government to ramp up protections for HCWs in the face of Omicron
Dear Dr. Moore,
We write to you on behalf of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU)/CUPE and the Service Employees International Union- Healthcare (SEIU). Together we represent over 100,000 staff working in hospitals, long term care and homecare in Ontario.
Ontario government’s erratic, ad hoc approach to the health workforce will mean a shortage of more than 50,000 nurses and personal support workers
With health care job vacancies skyrocketing, new long-term care beds and a provincial government fond of “Band-Aid” health workforce approaches, Ontarians will see unprecedented health care staff shortages of more than 50,000 workers over the next few years.
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Newsletter – November 8
Ford government won’t mandate vaccination | New Brunswick | Dec. 7 protest
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Newsletter – October 29
Bargaining, Court decision on UHN vaccination policy, New Brunswick strike
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Vacancies and Labour Shortages Affecting the Hospital and Health Care Workforce
Across Canada, the number of vacancies for health care positions has increased dramatically during COVID. However, this increase only exacerbates a trend since 2015, whereby the number of vacancies for health care jobs has increased.
Read MorePremier urged to look at real threats to Ontario hospital viability and staffing crisis; high workloads, chronic understaffing, high infection risks and violence
TORONTO, ON – Responding to a recent letter from Premier Doug Ford asking for input, two of Ontario’s largest health care unions are urging him to move beyond the excuse of vaccination mandates and acknowledge the real...
Read MoreOCHU-CUPE asks Premier Ford to deal with all of the major reasons why hospital workers are quitting
Dear Premier Ford, We share your concerns about the importance of vaccination for hospital workers and the impact that mandatory vaccination may have on the already critical staffing shortage in hospitals. Ontario has had...
Read MoreContract negotiations for 70,000 Ontario hospital workers break down over hospitals’ refusal to seriously address health and safety issues, including pandemic protection and violence
TORONTO, ON – “We are deeply disappointed that Ontario’s hospitals will not seriously address the pressing health and safety needs of registered practical nurses, personal support workers, clerical, cleaners and other...
Read MoreOntario Government: Hospital Workers Should Work Harder
With as much fanfare as it could muster, the Progressive Conservative government of Doug Ford re-announced its Budget plan of $300-million for hospitals to deal with the backlog of surgeries and procedures caused by...
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Award recipients
CUPE Local 786 at St. Joseph’s Hospital wins Best Digital Campaign award at CUPE National Convention
Diane Dalcourt named PSW of the Year
CUPE Local 815 member named Health & Safety Rep of the Year
Hamilton hospital plumber/steamfitter wins province-wide skilled trades award
Montfort clerical wins province-wide recognition award