Privatization Archives - Ontario Council of Hospital Unions

Newsletter – February 24

Feb 24, 2020

North Bay addiction treatment beds; LTC rallies; Coronavirus; and more.

Hospital overcrowding – the Ontario Health Coalition wants your stories

Feb 14, 2020

If you are willing to share your story, please email ohc@sympatico.ca with “ATTN Megan” in the subject line, or call 416-441-2502 and say you have a hospital overcrowding experience. Your story can be kept confidential.

Newsletter – January 22

Jan 22, 2020

Bill 138; North Bay addictions treatment cuts; Local 79 solidarity, Coronavirus; and more OCHU/CUPE news.

OCHU asks government to increase budgets for health services in 2020 by 5.3%

Jan 14, 2020

In its presentation to the Finance Committee of the Ontario Legislature on the 2020 provincial budget, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions calls on the provincial government to fund health services in line with their real cost increases. Healthcare institutions are facing cost increases estimated to be 5.3% in 2020. These costs are driven by a growing and aging population.

Ontario PC’s urged to scrap health service privatization in Bill 138

Dec 5, 2019

The provincial government has no mandate to “hurriedly” pass legislation (Bill 138) which opens health care clinical and support services to aggressive privatization, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said today.

Newsletter – December 4

Dec 4, 2019

Bill 138; week-long educational; OSSTF solidarity

Stop the Ontario government’s plan to privatize health clinical and support services

Dec 4, 2019

Sign the petition and contact your MPP!

New fast-tracked Bill on private clinics and supply chain exposes the PC’s plan to privatize health services

Dec 2, 2019

Despite overwhelming evidence that the privatization of clinical and support services in health care has milked taxpayers and exposed patients to infection, poorer outcomes, and death, the Ontario government has fast-tracked Bill 138 to facilitate further privatization, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) charged today.