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OCHU-CUPE Membership Call: February 15, 2023
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Central Award Arbitration Updates: November 2022
Wage increases of just 1% and 1%? In 2019 the Ford government passed Bill 124, which limits increases in wages and total compensation to no more...
Reintroduction of NDP Bill to protect health care workers from reprisals for speaking out against workplace violence needed now more than ever: CUPE
OTTAWA, ON – A poll of more than 1000 registered practical nurses found that more than 60% are considering leaving. At a media conference in front...
67% of Guelph hospital nurses, PSWs other staff physically assaulted at work as pandemic violence surges; new CUPE poll finds
GUELPH, ON – Guelph General Hospital registered practical nurses (RPNs), personal support workers (PSWs), cleaners, porters and clerical staff...
Thousands of Thunder Bay, Kenora, Sault nurses, PSWs, other staff subject to violence at work during pandemic; CUPE and Unifor say
NORTHERN ONTARIO – From hurled racial slurs to an oxygen tank projectile, pandemic tensions are subjecting hospital staff throughout northern...
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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