KEY OCHU/CUPE CAMPAIGNS
OCHU/CUPE carries out advocacy on behalf of our members, hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.
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March 2026 – Bargaining Updates
Driven to the Brink
A new report warns that the turn to health care cutbacks in Ontario harken to the period of Mike Harris, as hundreds of job cuts ravage hospitals across the province.
PSW CAMPAIGN
Join the fight for PSWs to be treated with dignity and respect. New Regulatory Proposal Denies PSWs Basic Rights to Due Process and Representation.
NURSE-TO-PATIENT RATIOS STUDY
Major study calls on Ford to legislate nurse to patient ratios.
OCHU/CUPE BARGAINING
Stay up to date on recent bargaining awards, arbitrations, and bulletins.
Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies
A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies.
Latest News
Rally Against the Health Care Cuts
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CUPE 3651 Rally – April 23rd at 12:00 pm – Alexandra Park
Unmanageable workloads and job cuts are taking a toll on staff and patient care. It’s time to fight back!
March 2026 Newsletter
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“Cold-blooded decision on hospital funding,” says CUPE in response to Ford government’s 2026 budget
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 the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
“At our wits end trying to serve patients” – Oak Valley staff to rally on Thursday in response to 65 job cuts
CUPE 3651 is calling for more hospital funding as jobs disappear amidst provincial austerity
COUNTERPOINT SPRING 2026
CUPE: A union that fights, grows, and wins
“Shocking and unacceptable” – Union directs anger at provincial government, says patients and staff will pay price of 55 layoffs at Bruyere Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOTTAWA – In his 30-year career as a nurse at Bruyere Health, Douglas Currier has never seen staff so thoroughly demoralized....
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