In a decision rendered last week, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled against the Federal Minister of Transport, confirming CUPE’s position that safety is paramount in the operations of [...]
More than a dozen of the former Wardens of Grey County wrote an open letter on Aug. 2 criticizing the current Grey County Council for voting to privatize long-term care. Read more.
On August 3, 2017, John Vanthof, MPP for Timiskaming-Cochrane, wrote an open letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding the recent closure of the LCBO outlet in Larder Lake, which is about 35 [...]
After launching a web-based campaign warning that a hiring freeze is compromising public safety, Toronto Police Association president Mike McCormack says the police service has agreed to revisit [...]
Hamilton’s hospitals are already beyond their tipping point and another massive set of cuts is “reckless and irresponsible,” reported advocates today in a press conference. The Ontario Health [...]
About 700 ground crew workers at Canada’s busiest airport went on strike Thursday night after they rejected a contract offer from their employer. Read more.
Cuts announced yesterday of $20 million at HHS(Hamilton Health Sciences) and $7 million at St. Joseph’s Hospital corporations will seriously undermine hospitals already operating over [...]
Members of OPSEU’s College Support Division will have an opportunity to vote on a tentative extension agreement to the existing collective agreement with a number of positive changes – and no [...]
Too many tragic stories about care quality and resident safety in long-term care homes “should prompt the provincial government to urgent action to make a daily 4-hour resident care standard the [...]
All registered nurses and registered practical nurses with Saint Elizabeth Health Care in Northumberland County in Ontario, are now members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), [...]
