Read OCHU nurse Sonja Bernhard’s first-person account of violence and burnout at work, and watch TVO on Friday March 11, at 8 p.m. EST for the first segment in a series on the rising rates of violence in hospitals.
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Many of our affiliated hospital local unions have reported that their PSWs are not receiving the latest extension of the PSW wage enhancement of $2. an hour.
We made several outreaches to the Ministry of Health, without response and today we have written to the Premier and the Minister of Health.
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.
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 MoreClick 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.
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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.
Read MoreEvery 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.”
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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.
Fighting Back! In the aftermath of the Ontario Hospital Workers’ Strike, 1981.
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It’s with much sadness that we let you know that beloved union activist Peggy Smith, from...
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Louis Rodrigues (OCHU), Todd Bate (local 6364) and Pam Parks (local 6364)
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