KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
Capacity and privatization in Ontario Hospitals
The Escalating Assault on Ontario’s Hospitals, shows that this crisis is not unavoidable
LATEST NEWSLETTER
May 2026 – 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.
Latest News
Ford infrastructure announcement for Scarborough Health Network leaves hospital facing cuts to staff and services in its underfunded operating budget – CUPE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETORONTO – Just a week after Scarborough Health Network (SHN) workers held a rally surrounding chronic understaffing...
The funds hospitals use to pay day-to-day bills have plummeted by $2.2 billion since 2020, says new report
Rapidly increasing costs, austerity funding policies and record 1,300 job cuts push Ontario’s hospitals beyond the brink
“We are breaking under the cuts”: Scarborough hospital workers call on Ford government to increase funding in the face of $36 million deficit
Scarborough Health Network workers held a rally on July 27th amidst staffing shortages and growing violence in the workplace
“We are breaking under the cuts”: Scarborough hospital workers call on Ford government to increase funding in the face of $36 million deficit
Scarborough Health Network workers to rally on July 27th amidst staffing shortages and growing violence in the workplace
Queensway Carleton to eliminate 101 jobs as Ontario hospital funding cuts continue
Cuts of nurses, personal care aides, and housekeepers as unions announce rally to demand adequate funding
CUPE slams nursing cuts at St. Joseph’s Hamilton as hospital reels under budget deficit
Insufficient government funding is forcing hospitals to reduce frontline staff
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OCHU NEWSLETTERS
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