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Rally at Ottawa’s Provincial Budget Hearing
Come rally at Ottawa’s provincial budget hearing on January 9th, 11:30AM – 1:00PM, outside the Ottawa Sheraton Hotel (150 Albert Street, Ottawa ON. K1P 5G2).
Your voices deserve to be heard!
Union calls on Ministry of Long-Term Care to investigate inadequate resident supplies, understaffing, unpaid staff obligations and deteriorating morale at Villa Marconi
Front-line personal support workers, nurses and other staff (CUPE 4793) at Villa Marconi whistle blow on their own employer about what they believe are multiple violations of Ontario’s long-term care
Health care workers to rally in Hamilton on Friday: CUPE calls on provincial government to fund care at Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton Health Sciences faces a $112 million deficit as hospitals reel under government underfunding
“Three paid sick days not enough,” say low-paid Chartwell Waterford front-line residential care staff advocating for better resident care:
Media conference/rally in Oakville Tuesday December 10
HEALTH CARE UNIONS OPPOSE REGISTRY TAX ON LOW-PAID PSWs AND INFRINGEMENT ON WORKER RIGHTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETORONTO – SEIU Healthcare, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE, and Unifor – union’s representing 140,000 health care...
Rally for Fair Wages And Respect
CUPE 5492 – Rally for Fair Wages and Respect! 12 pm on Dec 19 – Mount Sinai Hospital
Founded in 1982, the 40,000 member Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE is the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Ontario.
We represent hospital service workers, registered practical nurses, housekeeping, trades, clerical staff, and ambulance and paramedical personnel.
OCHU/CUPE bargains a provincial collective agreement for these CUPE Ontario members with the Ontario Hospital Association and lays that pattern down across the hospital sector and long-term care facilities that have a relationship with a hospital.
We also carry out advocacy on behalf of our members and on behalf of hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
OCHU/CUPE is an active partner with the Ontario Healthcare Coalition and works closely with the Ontario Healthcare Coalition whenever community health services are threatened with cuts or privatization.
registered practical nurses
ambulance and paramedical
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Union Leaders Jailed in the 1980s
Unionized public employees continually strugglefor rights other workers take for granted. In the 1980s the presidents of three public sector unions were sent to jail by governments because their members went on strike. CUPE President, Grace Hartman, and Ontario Division President, Lucy Nicholson, were sentenced to 45 days for the 1981 wildcat strike by Ontario hospital workers. Sean Flynn, President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, was sentenced to 35 days for supporting his members
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