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TORONTO, May 5, 2020 /CNW/ - Since the start of COVID-19 pandemic hit Ontario, 2892 health care workers have been infected with COVID-19. Those on the health care front lines now account for 15.8 per ...
TORONTO, July 12, 2019 /CNW/ - Recent comments by the Ontario ministry of health reveal that despite a promise (reiterated this week) by the Premier to end hallway medicine, hospital cuts will...
NORTH BAY, ON, April 15, 2019 /CNW/ - Failure to consult with Ontarians about big health system changes isn't going over well with Ontarians in PC held ridings – including in Nipissing- shows polling ...
TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2017 /CNW/ - The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) today urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to amend the criminal code to make it a more serious offence to assault a health ...
TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2017 /CNW/ - A small investment in a Plexiglass barrier would have prevented a patient from stabbing a Perth/Smiths Falls hospital admitting clerk in the neck. Better alarms would...
TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2017 /CNW/ - Contract negotiations between Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) abruptly broke down today following the hospitals'...
$27 million in cuts will seriously undermine an already over-stretched hospital system HAMILTON, July 27, 2017 /CNW/ - Cuts announced yesterday of $20 million at HHS and $7 million at St. Joseph's...
TORONTO, March 13, 2017 /CNW/ - Savage assaults by patients and patients' families on Ontario nurses, personal support workers and other front line hospital and long-term care staff, have left...
SUDBURY, ON, Jan. 12, 2017 /CNW/ - Kevin Flynn, Ontario's labour minister is in Sudbury today and soon to be laid off hospital laundry workers would love a word with him. Problem is, they can't...
TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2016 /CNW/ - The Canadian Union of Public Employees is calling on the Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Eric Hoskins to release the report developed by the South East LHIN (Local...
TORONTO, Oct. 10, 2016 /CNW/ - "Ontarians are not turkeys and their private health records are confidential, containing information that should not be plucked for its potential asset value to the...
PEMBROKE, ON, June 20, 2016 /CNW/ - Leaders from healthcare unions from across eastern Ontario will join staff at the Pembroke Regional Hospital (705 Mackay Street, Pembroke) to rally at noon on...
TORONTO, May 17, 2016 /CNW/ - Fewer deaths, increased patient satisfaction, fewer falls, fewer bed sores, shorter lengths of stay are all documented benefits of a diversified nursing team observed in ...
OTTAWA, May 10, 2016 /CNW/ - The announcement Friday of $19 million in funding for Ottawa hospitals actually represents a 3% cut in their real funding needs and it follows over $100 million in cuts...
TORONTO, May 2, 2016 /CNW/ - In the last week at North Bay Regional Health Centre, there have been two separate violent assaults against staff resulting in critical injury. North Bay hospital...
TORONTO, April 30, 2016 /CNW/ - Sharon Richer was elected as Secretary-Treasurer of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE on April 28. Ms. Richer is employed by the Sudbury Regional Hospital...
NORTH BAY, ON, April 1, 2016 /CNW/ - A poll of North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) staff conducted earlier this week shows "staggeringly high rates of workplace violence with virtually no...
NORTH BAY, ON, March 11, 2016 /CNW/ - There is little community support for North Bay Regional Health Centre's (NBRHC) handling of the issue of workplace violence, a poll conducted on March 5 (2016)...
KINGSTON, ON, March 4, 2016 /CNW/ - Staff at the Kingston General Hospital represented by CUPE Local 1974 will rally at the hospital (76 Stuart St., Kingston) at 11:30 a.m. on March 4. The...
KINGSTON, ON, Jan. 27, 2016 /CNW/ - All 150 registered practical nurses (RPNs) from across Ontario attending a conference on violence this week reported that they have been assaulted at work. They...
HAMILTON, ON, Dec. 15, 2015 /CNW/ - "The federal Liberal government needs to take a broad approach to funding infrastructure and step in now to restore the Local Programming Improvement Fund, cut...
TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2015 /CNW/ - "Plans to cut hospital budgets in Picton, Trenton and Belleville by 11.5 million dollars will endanger patient care" said Michael Hurley, President of the Ontario...
OTTAWA, Nov. 16, 2015 /CNW/ - CUPE is calling on the Minister of Health, Dr. Eric Hoskins, to appoint an investigator into the staff morale and turnover at the Glengarry Memorial Hospital and the...
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