KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
Capacity and privatization in Ontario Hospitals
The Escalating Assault on Ontario’s Hospitals, shows that this crisis is not unavoidable
LATEST NEWSLETTER
September 2026 – Rally at Queensway-Carleton
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.
Latest News
A tale of two countries offers lessons for Ontario: new academic reports show Scotland’s public hospitals outperformed England’s privatization scheme to deliver surgeries
The academic reports on hip, knee, and cataract surgeries will be released at a press conference at Queen’s Park on Monday morning
“A setback for access to health care in North Bay:” CUPE blames Ontario government’s underfunding for staff cuts at local hospital
Union says the hospital must improve staffing to ease access to services as overstretched workers scramble to meet patients’ needs
CUPE press conference in North Bay at 10 a.m. on Monday in response to staff cuts at local hospital
North Bay, ON – Cutting jobs at the North Bay Regional Health Centre is the wrong move at a time when the hospital needs more staff to improve care and decrease wait-times, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Leaders from CUPE 139 and the union’s hospital division (Ontario Council of Hospital Unions) will be holding a press conference in North Bay at 10 a.m. on Monday to provide more information to local media.
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