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For-profit staffing agency costs rose by 168 per cent for Central East region hospitals in Ontario over 10 years
Private staffing agencies drained $9.2 billion from public hospitals over 10-year period
OCHU-CUPE FIGHTS PROPOSED OTTAWA BY-LAW BANNING HOSPITAL, LTC PROTESTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Char WisemanDirect Line: 416.979.4232Fax: 416.591.7333cwiseman@goldblattpartners.com May 15, 2025 Via E-mailMark...
CUPE Local 79, CUPE Ontario, and OCHU-CUPE vow to fight proposed City by-law restricting protests and picketing in “bubble zones”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECUPE Local 79, CUPE-Ontario, OCHU-CUPE stand firmly opposed to the City’s proposed by-law that would prohibit protests and...
New study reveals Ontario spent $9.2 billion on for-profit staffing agencies over 10 years
Private agency costs rose by 23 per cent in the Hamilton region from 2013-14 to 2022-23
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New study reveals Ontario spent $9.2 billion on for-profit staffing agencies over 10 years, blames crisis on underinvestment in hospitals and preventative health care
The CCPA report is the first investigation into Ontario hospital spending on private agency staff relative to employed staff
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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