KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
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March 2026 – Bargaining Updates
Driven to the Brink
A new report warns that the turn to health care cutbacks in Ontario harken to the period of Mike Harris, as hundreds of job cuts ravage hospitals across the province.
PSW CAMPAIGN
Join the fight for PSWs to be treated with dignity and respect. New Regulatory Proposal Denies PSWs Basic Rights to Due Process and Representation.
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.
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.
Latest News
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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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...
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