KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
Not Adding Up: Surgical and Diagnostic Privatization in Ontario
More public money is going to for-profit care. Are patients getting faster access?
Capacity and privatization in Ontario Hospitals
The Escalating Assault on Ontario’s Hospitals, shows that this crisis is not unavoidable
LATEST NEWSLETTER
September 2026 – Rally at Queensway-Carleton
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
Community Takes Protest to Save Its Hospitals to the TransCanada Highway: Thessalon Wages a Valiant Struggle to Save Its Hospital
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THESSALON, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Community members are waging a valiant struggle to save their hospital and restore its...
VOTE ON FEB 27!
Click to see the youtube video CUPE 7800 created talking about the crisis of hallway healthcare and the need for public healthcare funding!
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre stretched to the limit: Line-up of gurneys symbolize health care crisis facing Ontario communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBarrie, ON – On the eve of the provincial election, a line-up of hospital stretchers outside Barrie’s Royal Victoria Regional...
Hamilton General Hospital stretched to the limit: Line-up of gurneys symbolize health care crisis facing Ontario communities
OCHU-CUPE will hold a media conference outside Hamilton General Hospital on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
With its hospital closed, Minden is a symbol of the health care crisis facing rural Ontario communities
OCHU-CUPE to hold media conference outside Minden Hospital on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. – Will call for Minden hospital to reopen
2024 Central Bargaining Survey OPEN NOW
Survey is open February 10 – March 10, 2025. Have you say on central bargaining priorities!
OCHU/CUPE is dedicated to sharing the stories of our members and our predecessors with monthly newsletters and labour history articles.
OCHU NEWSLETTERS
Stay up to date on OCHU’s advocacy work by reading the monthly newsletters.
