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PSW Day rally at Doug Ford's office highlights the problems with HSCPOA

Personal support workers represented by CUPE are demanding the Ontario government fix a “fundamentally flawed” regulatory body that denies them rights and protections granted to other health care workers.

Personal support workers to protest new rules that put experienced workers at risk

Personal support worker and president of CUPE 132 Tera Engley is deeply apprehensive about Ontario’s new PSW regulatory body, which impacts 322 workers at her local union at a Durham long-term care home.

City report confirms Sudbury's paramedic retention crisis; workers urge action

A new Sudbury report confirms what paramedics have been warning for years: the City’s Paramedic Services is struggling to retain experienced staff.

CUPE 3396 condemns deep staffing cuts at Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board amid ongoing staffing crisis

CUPE 3396 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board’s decision to move ahead with staffing cuts, warning that reductions will further strain already understaffed schools and reduce supports for students with increasingly complex needs.

CUPE 4865 condemns staffing cuts by school board amid staffing crisis

CUPE 4865 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l’Ontario’s decision to move ahead with staffing cuts despite ongoing concerns about workload pressures and the impact on frontline education workers.

CUPE 3166 condemns deep staffing cuts at Halton Catholic District School Board amid ongoing staffing crisis

CUPE 3166 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Halton Catholic District School Board’s decision to move ahead with significant staffing cuts despite longstanding concerns about understaffing and increasing workload pressures across the Board.

Over 100 long-term care workers rally for better working conditions and wages as for-profit corporation stonewalls in negotiations

On Monday, June 29, over 100 long-term care workers from across the province boarded buses to hold a rally at Extendicare’s head office in Markham.

Shuniah firefighters ratify first collective agreement setting a new standard for volunteer firefighters across the province

Shuniah firefighters with CUPE 87 have ratified their first collective agreement, achieving landmark gains for themselves and setting a new standard for volunteer firefighters in Ontario.

Hospital workers and patients inside a brightly lit hospital

Privatization is no solution to the health care crisis: CUPE Report

Privatization is running rampant in Canada’s health care system and it is affecting patient outcomes from coast to coast. CUPE has produced a report looking at the problem and proposing solutions.

Niagara paramedics launch radio campaign warning of growing emergency response crisis

Starting today, Niagara residents will hear directly from frontline paramedics warning that staffing shortages, burnout and retention problems are putting increasing pressure on emergency medical services across the region.