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
Stretched to the limit: hospital union to line-up gurneys outside Sudbury Health Sciences North, drawing attention to the health care crisis
OCHU-CUPE to hold media conference outside Sudbury Health Sciences North on Wednesday afternoon at 2 pm
SICK KIDS HOOPP PENSION WEBINAR TOMORROW – FEB 5, 6-7PM
On Wednesday, February 5th from 6-7pm, CUPE, ONA and OPSEU are hosting a webinar about the HOOPP pension plan with:
Pension lawyer David Sworn from Goldblatt Partners
Michael Hurley, OCHU-CUPE President and HOOPP Settler and
Sharon Richer, OCHU-CUPE Secretary-Treasurer and HOOPP Trustee.
Stretcher Tour Schedule
We can’t ignore the health care crisis!
In an effort to publicize the need for additional beds and staff and funding for our hospitals and long-term care facilities, OCHU is traveling across the province to 30 communities, with a number of hospital stretchers, along with pull-up banners with stats, which we use as a backdrop for media conferences calling on all parties to address the crisis in health care.
Mount Sinai clerical staff to rally outside hospital at 12pm today, demanding fair wages and decent working conditions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETORONTO – Today, the predominantly female clerical workers at Mount Sinai will be rallying outside the hospital for an...
CUPE 5492 Mount Sinai Hospital Workers Rally
Fighting for a fair contract and better patient care!!
Jan 20, 2025
11:30AM
Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto 600 University Avenue
Arbitration Award from Brockville Local 5666
We would like to share an arbitration award from Brockville Local 5666, which deals with the accrual of vacation while on pregnancy or parental leave. Great job on this victory!
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