KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
NURSE-TO-PATIENT RATIOS STUDY
Major study calls on Ford to legislate nurse to patient ratios.
OCHU/CUPE BARGAINING
Stay up to date on recent bargaining awards, arbitrations, and bulletins.
PSW ZOOM CALL September 24, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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December 2025 – Bargaining Updates
SICK KIDS WINS HOOPP
Sick of a second-class pension plan, Sick Kids employees have won access to the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP).
Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies
A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies.
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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
NURSING CONFERENCE DECEMBER 1ST, 2025, VIRTUAL
Full Details to Follow
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
Sick Kids Pension Triumph | Privatization of Surgeries |TRI Clerical Unionize
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