Members Archives - Ontario Council of Hospital Unions

CUPE Local 786 at St. Joseph’s Hospital wins Best Digital Campaign award at CUPE National Convention

Nov 27, 2021

Union members must grieve vaccination policies, court rules, declining to intervene in UHN vaccination policy

Oct 29, 2021

The Superior Court of Justice for Ontario, in a decision issued today, refused to accept the request from employees of the University Health Network to strike down the hospital’s mandatory vaccination policy.
CUPE intervened in this hearing and specifically asked that the part of the policy that allows the hospital to fire employees be struck down. This was also denied.
Employees must rely on the grievance procedure and not the courts in order to resolve these matters, the court ruled.

Vacancies and Labour Shortages Affecting the Hospital and Health Care Workforce

Oct 28, 2021

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.

OCHU RPN on CBC’s The Current

Sep 29, 2021

Click here to listen to RPN Sonja Bernhard and Code White researcher/writer Jim Brophy talk about the violence faced by health care workers on CBC’s The Current.

Happy International Environmental Services week

Sep 15, 2021

This International Environmental Services week, we recognize our members who work to keep our hospitals clean and safe for patients and colleagues, especially through COVID. Thank you for all you do.

‘We are scared’: PSW describes courage needed on the front lines of COVID-19 in long-term care

Apr 15, 2020

Every day before Mary opens up the door to the unit she works on as a personal support worker at an Ontario long-term care home, she thinks to herself, “Oh I hope everyone is OK.”

OCHU Leader Educational

Nov 26, 2019

Photos and more from OCHU’s week-long leader educational in Kingston, November 25-29, 2019.
Shown here: Susan Thornton from St. Joseph’s hospital in Hamilton talks about her experience as a leader in the 10 day illegal strike by CUPE hospital staff in 1981. Susan was convicted of contempt of court for refusing to obey a court order to send her members back to work.