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
March 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.
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
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.
Hospital workers demonstrate at Peterborough MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPETERBOROUGH, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of healthcare privatization outside Ontario...
Legal Conference Sep 17 – 18, 2024
Come to the 2024 Legal Conference from Sep 17 – 18th ! Learn about Member-to-member conflict, electronic surveillance, advances in AI, and more. Registration is only $260/person. Book now and reserve a room at the Holiday Inn Toronto International Airport before the block closes Aug 22!
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