Category: Health and Safety
Tell your MPP you demand health care workers are protected during COVID-19
Ontario health care workers aren’t receiving the personal protective equipment (PPE), training, and frank communication from the provincial government that they need to safely care for COVID-19 patients.
Read MoreHealth minister misinformed: 87 per cent of Ontario health care staff polled say not enough PPE on hand to keep them safe
On Saturday, after Ontario Minister of Health Christine Elliot announced that personal protective equipment (PPE) it was readily available, 87 per cent of health care staff polled by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) reported that they do not have access to the PPE they need to deal with COVID-19 patients.
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COVID-19 infections among Ontario health care workers spike
Release more N95 masks, other protections before it’s too late to curb spread
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Newsletter – March 25
Government overrides agreements; PPE; and more COVID-19 news.
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Order Waiving Contract Protections for Hospital Staff Is “Unnecessary, Disrespectful and Coercive”: OCHU
TORONTO–It is profoundly unfair to a dedicated mostly female hospital workforce who due to...
Read MoreOntario government is not doing enough to protect them or the people they care for, say 70 per cent of hospital staff polled
TORONTO, ON – More than 2400 hospital staff took part Saturday in an urgent Ontario-wide conference call sponsored by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) focused on the impact of COVID-19 on them as they care for the...
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COVID-19 Resources
CUPE National’s Health and Safety Branch has developed an information fact sheet that includes measures of control to prevent exposure to the coronavirus in the workplace.
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Nurses say changes in rules about face masks are putting them at risk
Nurses fear they are more vulnerable to becoming infected with novel coronavirus as a result of new Ontario guidelines about protective equipment, says an Ottawa intensive care nurse.
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One of the strongest protections for Ontarians is to keep health-care workers healthy and working during COVID-19 Pandemic
Front-line health-care workers are calling on the Ontario Government to ensure health-care staff – and their patients – are kept safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Health-Care Unions Call for Honest, Frank Collaboration from Ontario Government Regarding COVID-19 Protection for Health-Care Workers
A leaked document shows that the province is watering down guidelines regarding the level of personal protective equipment for front-line health-care workers.
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Government of Ontario’s Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
OCHU has written to the Minister of Health outlining our concerns about COVID-19.
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