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“Nursing ratios save lives:” new study recommends Ontario government mandate safe nurse staffing levels in hospitals
Full results of the study to be revealed at press conference
at Queen’s Park on August 12
“Health care workers must have the right to protest:” OCHU-CUPE condemns Ottawa mayor’s push for ‘bubble zone’ by-law
Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies
between 2013-14 and 2022-23
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
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
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
