Ontario’s healthcare system at risk as Ford government fails to address worsening health human resource crisis

Health-care workers are telling the Ford government that its wage restraint program profoundly devalues the contribution they’ve made, and that it must go now.

SEIU Healthcare and CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions are launching nursing week with an urgent please of support for registered practical nurses (RPNs).

Unions representing 175,000 workers serving on the frontlines of this pandemic re-iterate demand that the Ford government support workers

Union urges Ford government to accept decision and give women working in long-term care the money they are owed

Today, SEIU Healthcare, Unifor, and CUPE, unions representing 175,000 healthcare workers across Ontario, held a virtual media conference to announce the launch of International Women’s Day actions with a clear message to Premier Ford: “Respect Us. Protect Us. Pay Us.”

Long-term care staffing in Ontario remain far below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

Paramedics and their union say at least 12 more hours of coverage are needed per day immediately in order to save lives.

Union calling for urgent government action to pave the way for speedier vaccination rollout including transparency, communications, and emergency paid sick leave for healthcare workers