OCHU/CUPE
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The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE) represents about 50,000 CUPE hospital and long-term care workers across Ontario.
Toronto ON
Joined March 2014
RT @waltonmom: Ford wants us to believe that he is for workers. The same man who: 👎legislated wage caps (ruled unconstitutional) 👎rolled…
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RT @OntarioHealthC: Don't believe what @fordnation says. Look at what they've done & consider #healthcare when you vote. 🧵⬇️ #onpoli https…
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We rallied this morning in Peterborough to warn the public about the health care crisis. The local hospital is besieged by a $12m revenue shortfall due to @fordnation's underfunding: - Wait-time for admission is 29 hours! (target: 8 hrs) - 102% capacity (should be below 85%)
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RT @raghu_venugopal: We could have had the most historic investment in low-income housing and ended homelessness with that $7.527 billion,…
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Ontario will need tens of thousands of new nurses, PSWs by 2032 - "Government fought to keep figures secret"
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Public health care - the far more cost-effective option - is being underfunded while the Ford government provides shells out more public funds for for-profit corporations #onpoli
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RT @ontarionurses: Right now we're in mediation with @OntHospitalAssn, fighting for a fair collective agreement for more than 60,000 ONA ho…
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RT @HurleyOCHUCUPE: $7.3 b in funding announcements in a few days, but not the $2 billion to get the 2,000 patients off stretchers and into…
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We can't ignore the health crisis. With 2.5 million people without a family doctor, 50k waiting for LTC, constant ER closures & 140% increase in hallway healthcare, we hope that this election focuses on solutions to this crisis. Photos from media conference at Queens Park today.
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RT @OntarioHealthC: Waiting for years to announce this funding and then announcing only a plan to implement a plan within four years from n…
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"Canadian researchers have estimated that between 7,000 and 15,000 Canadians die each year as a direct result of [ER] crowding." - Important thread about the hospital capacity crisis
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RT @Freire1Pb: May 10, 2023, Sylvia Jones stated, "The Minden hospital isn't closing." June 1, 2023, Minden Hospital/ER closed. Community w…
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Ontario's hospitals are currently operating at a dangerously high 97.6% bed occupancy rate, well above the optimum 85%. High occupancy compromises patient & staff safety, with delays in admitting patients from ER, increased risk of infections, and higher stress among workers
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