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The Ford government must fund hospitals at their real costs to protect patient care from deteriorating. Most hospitals have significant deficits and this is causing them to eliminate thousands of positions, threatening access and quality, while lengthening wait-times.

CUPE Ontario’s Health Care Workers Coordinating Committee, HCWCC, held a round table discussion with MPPs at Queen’s Park today. The discussions focused on the challenges facing long-term care and retirement home workers in Ontario.

Long-term care workers at Valley View Villa, in Halifax, Nova Scotia represented by CUPE 2330, joined the picket line this morning, along with 24 other long-term care homes province wide.

Members of CUPE’s central negotiation table are preparing for a summer of action after negotiations with Extendicare’s management team stalled this week. The parties met at CUPE’s Ontario Regional office to negotiate a new collective agreement for eight of CUPE’s Extendicare locals.

April 1, 2026 marks four full years since CUPE 5430 members last received a wage increase – an unfortunate milestone that underscores the urgency to reach a fair deal for Saskatchewan’s frontline health care workers.

CUPE 5047 members—school librarians working in the Halifax Regional Centre for Education—keep literacy alive in our schools. They support students who are struggling, they create spaces where curiosity and belonging grow, and they make sure young people see themselves reflected in what they read.

The real dollar hospital funding cut announced in the 2026 provincial budget will intensify the crisis in Ontario’s hospitals, which are already funded at the lowest rate in the country, says CUPE.

Frustrated by the deteriorating conditions at their hospital and aghast at the recently announced job cuts, health care workers at Bruyere held a rally outside the Saint-Vincent hospital site on Monday, March 23. Over 100 people attended the rally including CUPE hospital workers from other locals in the region.