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
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
Sick of second-class status: SickKids employees to rally for same pension plan as other Ontario hospital staff on Tuesday
SickKids is set to become the only hospital in Ontario that
doesn’t offer HOOPP
Rally at HHS
Come to Hamilton Health Sciences on Wednesday, December 13th, at lunchtime (11:30 – 1:00) and encourage the government to fully fund HHS!!!
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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