Ontario Council Of Hospital Unions

• PRHC must add 107 beds, 493 staff over next 4 years to meet demand: report

  The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) released a new report outlining ongoing issues with inadequate staffing at hospitals across the province and demands for more hiring.

  Health

  Aug 23, 2023
  
• Union officials say London, Ont. hospitals need over 300 new beds and 3,000 staff

  According to a newly released report from the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, hospitals in London need to add 343 more beds and hire an additional 3,094 new staff.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2023
  
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• Kingston, Ont.-area health-care unions call for more workers to be hired to address staffing shortages

  Calls for paramedics in Frontenac County are up by almost 12 per cent in first six months of 2022 over the same time period in 2021, according to officials.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2022
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• Toronto hospital facing ‘tight’ staffing as health-care pressure intensifies

  A spokesperson for the University Health Network, which runs Toronto Western hospital, said it was forced to take special measures to keep the emergency department operational.

  Health

  Jul 23, 2022
• Unions call for action on health staff shortages in light of Ontario ER closures

  Unions representing some 70,000 hospital workers in Ontario are renewing their calls for the province to address staffing shortages contributing to recent emergency room closures.

  Health

  Jul 21, 2022
• Ontario hospital union holds 5 minute protest to fight emergency orders

  The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, a division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, says it does not want the province's emergency order extended in its current form because it suspends their collective bargaining agreement.

  Health

  Jul 21, 2020
• Ontario health care workers plan work interruption in response to emergency orders

  A union representing Ontario health-care workers says it's planning a series of escalating political and legal actions, including brief work interruptions, in response to the province potentially extending its emergency powers.

  Health

  Jul 14, 2020
• CUPE poll shows southwestern Ontario residents critical of province’s COVID-19 response

  About 58 per cent of those who responded to the poll in London, Guelph, Waterloo and Stratford said the government did not plan properly for the pandemic.

  Health

  Jun 1, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Some hospital workers excluded from Ontario pandemic pay increase, union says

  The president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions says maintenance staff, dietary workers and ward clerks are excluded.

  Canada

  May 12, 2020
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• Ontario needs $5.2B in additional health cuts to reach savings targets: report

  At just under $10,000 allotted per person, Ontario currently has the lowest provincial government program spending per capita in Canada.

  Politics

  Aug 8, 2019