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
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...
Waterloo Region hospitals require 167 extra beds and 1,030 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...
London hospitals require 343 more beds and 3,094 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...
Patient care will worsen in Hamilton hospitals unless Ford government reverses course on staffing and capacity issues, says new report on province’s hospital crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHamilton hospitals must increase staffing and capacity by 22 per cent each to meet patient needs, in sharp contrast to the...
Patient care will worsen in Niagara hospitals unless Ford government reverses course on staffing and capacity issues, says new report on province’s hospital crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENiagara hospitals must increase staffing and capacity by 22 per cent each to meet patient needs, in sharp contrast to the...
Patient care will worsen in Durham Region hospitals unless Ford government reverses course on staffing and capacity issues, says new report on province’s hospital crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDurham Region hospitals must increase staffing and capacity by 22 per cent each to meet patient needs, in sharp contrast to the...
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