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
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...
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...
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OCHU NEWSLETTERS
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