KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
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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
“A setback for access to health care in North Bay:” CUPE blames Ontario government’s underfunding for staff cuts at local hospital
Union says the hospital must improve staffing to ease access to services as overstretched workers scramble to meet patients’ needs
CUPE press conference in North Bay at 10 a.m. on Monday in response to staff cuts at local hospital
North Bay, ON – Cutting jobs at the North Bay Regional Health Centre is the wrong move at a time when the hospital needs more staff to improve care and decrease wait-times, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Leaders from CUPE 139 and the union’s hospital division (Ontario Council of Hospital Unions) will be holding a press conference in North Bay at 10 a.m. on Monday to provide more information to local media.
Come to the Ontario Legislature Wednesday October 29
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OCHU and OSBCU – CSCSO Solidarity Pact
During the 2025 CUPE Convention, OCHU and OSBCU - CSCSO signed a solidarity pact. Our bargaining councils, cumulatively representing over 100,000...
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