KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
Capacity and privatization in Ontario Hospitals
The Escalating Assault on Ontario’s Hospitals, shows that this crisis is not unavoidable
LATEST NEWSLETTER
May 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.
Latest News
Happy Nursing Week – May 11 – 17, 2026
Thank you for your skill, dedication and compassion!
Failure, by Design
The deepening Ontario hospital funding crisis is harming patients and communities. New analysis of Ontario’s 136 hospitals shows that the majority of hospitals had operating deficits over the last three years. In 2024-25, 55 per cent of hospitals had deficits. Geographical analysis of hospital deficits by region show that hospitals in northern and western regions of the province were more likely to be in deficit in 2024-25.
Hospital admission wait-times increase 52 per cent over 5 years as perpetual budget deficits become new normal for Ontario hospitals: CCPA report
CCPA research study on hospital deficits to be released in Hamilton on Monday afternoon
“We are often yelled at by management:” cafeteria workers at Peterborough hospital launch campaign for fair compensation, respect and safe working conditions
CUPE 1943 will be serving “cruelty-free coffee” at the PRHC parking lot on Wednesday morning to draw attention to terrible working conditions
CRUELTY-FREE COFFEE DAY
Come out and show your support for local 1943.01 Tim Hortons & Cafeteria workers. CUPE will be holding a cruelty-free coffee day from 8:00 AM -...
Nurses, PSWs, clerical workers, and others to protest 400 job cuts at The Ottawa Hospital on Tuesday morning
CUPE 4000 rally to be held at The Civic Campus site at 11:30 a.m.
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OCHU NEWSLETTERS
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