KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
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.
PSW ZOOM CALL September 24, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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December 2025 – Bargaining Updates
SICK KIDS WINS HOOPP
Sick of a second-class pension plan, Sick Kids employees have won access to the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP).
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.
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“Premier’s callous response to hospital crisis stark contrast to the suffering of patients and staff:” says OCHU/CUPE at launch of new peer-reviewed study heralding warning for Ontario
The Premier’s recent comments in the media shows “a callous attitude” towards the hospital crisis, where overcrowding has increased by 30 percent since 2018, said Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), referring to Doug Ford’s gaffe about overflow patients having the option of receiving treatment at a new veterinary hospital.
“I loved going to work when I first started. Now I dread it:” new study warns that Ontario’s hospital staffing crisis will worsen as morale plummets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENORTH BAY, ON – A new peer-reviewed study released today in North Bay warns that Ontario’s hospital workers, most of whom are...
Running on Empty: Ontario Hospital Workers’ Mental Health and Well-Being Deteriorating Under Austerity-Driven System
This report will cover issues concerning health care workers, mental health, neoliberalism, conditions of work.
“I loved going to work when I first started. Now I dread it:” new study on Ontario’s hospital workers’ deteriorating morale to be released on Wednesday in Kingston
A new peer-reviewed study warns that Ontario’s predominantly female hospital workers are in deep turmoil as they labour through an intensifying staffing crisis that is harming their well-being and compromising patient care. The full results of the study will be announced at a media conference in Kingston on Wednesday afternoon.
“I loved going to work when I first started. Now I dread it:” new study on Ontario’s hospital workers’ deteriorating morale to be released on Monday at Queen’s Park
A new peer-reviewed study warns that Ontario’s predominantly female hospital workers are in deep turmoil as they labour through an intensifying staffing crisis that is harming their well-being and compromising patient care. The full results of the study will be announced at a media conference at Queen’s Park on Monday at 10 a.m.
Prince of Wales, Barrhaven and Windsor Park Retirement Home workers need your help!
Workers at Prince of Wales, Barrhaven and Windsor Park retirement homes in Ottawa, Ontario have worked tirelessly through the pandemic and continue to provide the best possible care for residents, despite being overworked and incredibly underpaid. These three Venvi retirement homes are some of the lowest paying homes in the Ottawa area.
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