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
Happy Administrative Assistant Day!
Today we recognize clerical members in our hospitals and LTC homes! Thank You!
65,000 Ontario hospital workers awarded 6% wage increase, benefit improvements in new contract
TORONTO – 65,000 Ontario hospital workers represented by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions – CUPE (OCHU-CUPE) and SEIU Healthcare will see a 6% wage increase (3% wage increases in each of the next two years), improvements to health and dental benefits, enhancements to weekend, evening, and night premiums, and pay for periods of quarantine or isolation due to outbreaks of communicable illnesses.
Bargaining Bulletins
Check out the bargaining gains you will receive!
OCHU/CUPE Central Arbitration Award
OCHU-CUPE Central Arbitration Award is now available!
Health and Safety Conference
Attend the 2024 Health and Safety Conference!
Statement of Solidarity with CUPE 3903 Clinical Course Directors from the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions-CUPE
The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions is appalled to hear that the School of Nursing at York has decided to continue all clinical placements in flagrant disregard for their unionized colleagues who are currently on strike.
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.
