1% a year for 3 years for public sector workers, 25% for CEO’s. While Ontario’s Bill 124 limits wage increases for public sector workers to no more than 1% a year for each of three years, an analysis of Sunshine list data shows that CEO’s in the public sector have given themselves 25% increases over the last 3 years.
Urgent Call for Ontarians who want to safeguard & improve our public health care for people not for profit. The Ford government is planning: - To give tens of thousands of long-term care beds to for-profit corp’s for the next 30-yrs - For-profit privatization of public hospital services including surgeries & diagnostics - To privatize the last remaining public parts of home care…. & more, unless we stop them
Ontario will not mandate vaccination for hospital workers. The decision will remain with each hospital on how to implement Directive 6 of the Chief Medical Officer of Health. It will be the policies of hospitals and their impacts on individuals that we will grieve if those impacts are arbitrary or discriminatory.
Court refuses to intervene in hospital vaccine policy. The Superior Court of Justice for Ontario, in a decision issued today, refused to accept the request from employees of the University Health Network to strike down the hospitals mandatory vaccination policy. CUPE intervened in this hearing and specifically
Retirees' Semi-Annual Meeting CUPE Ontario will hold its next Virtual Retirees’ Meeting on November 10th from 1 - 2:30pm. Our 2-hour meeting will include: Updates from retiree reps at locals & district councils Model bylaw retiree amendments CUPE Ontario news Retiree amendment at November 22nd National CUPE convention Register Now [...]
Increasing violence directed at hospital staff is among factors driving the worsening staffing shortage in Ontario’s health sector, say two unions representing nearly 70,000 hospital workers province-wide.
Premier urged to look at real threats to Ontario hospital viability and staffing crisis; high workloads, chronic understaffing, high infection risks and violence.
Calling all CUPE women! Join CUPE Ontario Women’s Committee in an open virtual meeting to connect with the committee members, CUPE sectors and two of our women leaders.
On September 30th, Canadians and CUPE Local 786 members wear orange shirts to demonstrate a commitment to reconciliation and continuing the dialogue about the traumatic history of residential schools.
Our own Indigenous Council’s video posts with members sharing their thoughts on #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation. These are very personal and heartfelt videos.