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Privatizing surgeries will drive up costs, skew access to the wealthy, lengthen wait lists and worsen the hospital staffing crisis: CUPE
TORONTO – The Ford government’s expansion of for-profit clinics will hurt the vast majority of Ontarians who can’t afford to pay for private care, warns the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Five years into Ford government’s privatization of hospital services: longer wait-times, unequal access, and public opposition
About 145,000 people in Guelph potentially disadvantaged due to privatization which disproportionately benefits the wealthy
Five years into Ford government’s privatization of hospital services: longer wait-times, unequal access, and public opposition
About 115,000 people in Huron-Perth potentially disadvantaged due to privatization which disproportionately benefits the wealthy
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Five years into Ford government’s privatization of hospital services: longer wait-times, unequal access, and public opposition
Nearly three in four Ontarians want provincial government to prioritize spending on public hospitals instead of private clinics: new poll
Five years into Ford government’s privatization of hospital services: longer wait-times, unequal access, and public opposition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENorth Bay, ON – The Ford government’s signature policy initiative of privatizing hospital services has resulted in longer...
Founded in 1982, the 40,000 member Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE is the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Ontario.
We represent hospital service workers, registered practical nurses, housekeeping, trades, clerical staff, and ambulance and paramedical personnel.
OCHU/CUPE bargains a provincial collective agreement for these CUPE Ontario members with the Ontario Hospital Association and lays that pattern down across the hospital sector and long-term care facilities that have a relationship with a hospital.
We also carry out advocacy on behalf of our members and on behalf of hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
OCHU/CUPE is an active partner with the Ontario Healthcare Coalition and works closely with the Ontario Healthcare Coalition whenever community health services are threatened with cuts or privatization.
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April 23, 1956 – Founding of the Canadian Labour Congress
As workers come together to form unions those unions too come together in solidarity. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is a union of unions. It is also referred to as the “House of Labour” because unions all join under one roof. The uniting of unions goes a long way back to the 1860s and 70s…
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