KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
LATEST NEWSLETTER
February 2025 – 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
Hamilton General Hospital stretched to the limit: Line-up of gurneys symbolize health care crisis facing Ontario communities
OCHU-CUPE will hold a media conference outside Hamilton General Hospital on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
With its hospital closed, Minden is a symbol of the health care crisis facing rural Ontario communities
OCHU-CUPE to hold media conference outside Minden Hospital on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. – Will call for Minden hospital to reopen
2024 Central Bargaining Survey OPEN NOW
Survey is open February 10 – March 10, 2025. Have you say on central bargaining priorities!
West Parry Sound Health Centre stretched to the limit: Line-up of gurneys symbolize health care crisis facing Ontario communities
OCHU-CUPE will hold a media conference outside West Parry Sound Health Centre on Monday at 3:00 p.m.
Facing closure of its hospital, Bracebridge is a symbol of the health care crisis facing rural Ontario communities
OCHU-CUPE to hold media conference outside Bracebridge Hospital on Monday at 1:00 p.m.
Stretched to the limit: hospital union to line-up gurneys outside Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, drawing attention to the health care crisis
OCHU-CUPE to hold media conference outside Joseph Brant Hospital on Thursday afternoon at 1 pm
OCHU/CUPE is dedicated to sharing the stories of our members and our predecessors with monthly newsletters and labour history articles.
OCHU NEWSLETTERS
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