CUPE slams nursing cuts at St. Joseph’s Hamilton as hospital reels under budget deficit

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...

Big PSW rally planned for Doug Ford’s office July 8 to demand regulatory reforms in face of threat to workers’ livelihoods

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...

Health care workers to protest outside MPP Greg Rickford’s office tomorrow to demand more hospital funding

by OCHU | Jul 6, 2026 | Hospital Deficits, Media Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Health care workers to protest outside MPP Greg Rickford’s office tomorrow to demand more hospital funding   Kenora, ON – Health care workers are organizing a rally in Kenora outside MPP Greg Rickford’s office to protest the provincial...

“We are often yelled at by management:” cafeteria workers at Peterborough hospital launch campaign for fair compensation, respect and safe working conditions

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...

Health care workers to protest outside Thunder Bay MPP Kevin Holland’s office as funding cuts take toll on staff, patients

by OCHU | Apr 29, 2026 | Hospital Cuts, Media Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Health care workers to protest outside Thunder Bay MPP Kevin Holland’s office as funding cuts take toll on staff, patients Thunder Bay, ON – Health care workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees will be holding a rally outside...

Assaulted and injured in sickening numbers, CUPE health care workers demand action on workplace violence

by OCHU | Apr 28, 2026 | Media Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Assaulted and injured in sickening numbers, CUPE health care workers demand action on workplace violence TORONTO – On the National Day of Mourning, CUPE hospital and long-term care workers called for action from the provincial and federal...