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
February 2025 – 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
Several thousand Ottawa-based registered practical nurses considering leaving because of understaffing and low pay; new poll finds
OTTAWA, ON – A staggering number of Ottawa registered practical nurses (RPNs) may leave their jobs based on poll findings showing that more than 60%...
Stratford requires 42 additional hospital beds and 246 more staff to improve patient care over next four years, says new report on province’s hospital crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECUPE warns of a deeper crisis if the Ford government sticks to its insufficient plan and does not invest in improving hospital...
Ontario requires 8,170 additional hospital beds and 60,000 more staff to meet patient needs over next four years, says new report on province’s hospital crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECUPE warns of a deeper crisis if the Ford government sticks to its insufficient plan and does not invest in improving hospital...
Sudbury requires 105 extra hospital beds and 1,010 additional staff to meet demand over next four years, says new report on province’s hospital crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A new analysis warns of a deeper crisis if the Ford government sticks to its woefully insufficient plan and does not invest in...
North Bay requires 90 extra hospital beds and 490 additional staff to meet demand over next four years, says new report on province’s hospital crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEA new analysis warns of a deeper crisis if the Ford government sticks to its woefully insufficient plan and does not invest in...
Cornwall requires 35 extra hospital beds and 230 additional staff to meet demand over next four years, says new report on province’s hospital crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEA new analysis warns of a deeper crisis if the Ford government sticks to its woefully insufficient plan and does not invest in...
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