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1 May 2023

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Kingston hospital RNs, RPNs, cleaners, lab techs and other front-line staff rally on Tuesday to begin all-out offensive against Ford plan to privatize hospitals

Event Information Begins: 2 May 2023Location: Kingston, ON KINGSTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Thousands of […]

21 December 2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Peterborough hospital staff to deliver large “all we want for Christmas, is no appeal of Bill 124 decision” holiday greeting card to area MPP on Thursday

PETERBOROUGH, ON -- This year, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) staff have a special holiday card delivery of their own for local MPP Dave Smith.

21 December 2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Stratford hospital staff to deliver large “all we want for Christmas, is no appeal of Bill 124 decision” holiday greeting card to area MPP on Thursday

STRATFORD, ON -- This year, Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance staff have a special holiday card delivery of their own for local MPP Matthew Rae.

19 December 2022

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CORRECTING AND REPLACING CUPE’s MEDIA ADVISORY: Kingston hospital staff to deliver large “all we want for Christmas, is no appeal of Bill 124 decision” holiday greeting card to area MPP on Tuesday

CORRECTION…by Canadian Union of Public Employees Event Information Begins: 20 December 2022 @ […]

19 December 2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Cornwall hospital staff to deliver large “all we want for Christmas, is no appeal of Bill 124 decision” holiday greeting card to area MPP on Tuesday

Event Information Begins: 20 December 2022 @ 11:00 A.M.Location: Cornwall, ON CORNWALL, ON […]

16 December 2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: North Bay hospital staff to deliver large “all we want for Christmas, is no appeal of Bill 124 decision” holiday greeting card to area MPP on Monday

Event Information Begins: 19 December 2022 @ 11:30 A.M.Location: North Bay, ON NORTH […]

10 December 2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: “Don’t be a Grinch and steal our Christmas” front-line hospital staff call out HHS staff on millions of dollars in retro pay owed CUPE 7800 media conference Monday 1 p.m. at the General site

Event Information Begins: 12 December 2022 @ 1:00 P.M.Location: Hamilton, ON HAMILTON, ON […]

2 November 2022

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Survey of hospital front-lines shows North Bay Regional Health Centre must do much more to retain staff

NORTH BAY, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– In their own words North Bay Regional Health Centre […]

1 November 2022

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CUPE and Kingston paramedics call for the immediate addition of 180 hospital staff at Kingston’s hospital to deal with COVID wave and flu surge; 1000 more hires in 2023 just to maintain service levels

Kingston Health Sciences Centre must immediately add 180 full-time staff to deal with higher patient volumes from this fall and winter’s COVID-19 wave and pressing flu season or patient care will continue to decline and ambulance offload delays will increase, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and OPSEU/SEFPO paramedics said at media in Kingston today.

1 November 2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Culture of hard-line, little empathy management behind dismal morale among North Bay hospital front-line staff; media conference Wednesday, November 2 to release survey of staff sentiment

Event Information Begins: 2 November 2022 @ 11:00 AM Location: North Bay, ON NORTH BAY, […]

31 October 2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: How many staff does Kingston hospital need to deal with new wave of COVID, coming flu season? Media conference Tuesday, Nov. 1

Event Information Begins: 1 November 2022 @ 11:00 AM Location: Kingston, ON KINGSTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– […]

17 October 2022

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CUPE calls for the immediate addition of 120 hospital staff at Sudbury’s HSN to deal with fall/winter COVID wave and flu season

Today, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) called for the immediate addition of 120 full-time staff at Sudbury’s Health Sciences North (HSN) to deal with higher patient volumes from this fall and winter’s COVID-19 wave and the coming flu season.

14 October 2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Hospital staff and Sudbury paramedics to reveal number of staff needed immediately at HSN to deal with new wave of COVID and coming flu season: media conference Monday, October 17

Already hobbled by unprecedented hospital staff turnover rates and a rapid increase in emergency medical services call volumes, hospital staff and Sudbury paramedics are warning that the coming flu season and rising COVID-19 infections will put new stresses on Health Sciences North (HSN).

5 October 2022

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Northwestern Ontario hospitals need to hire 150 more staff each year to deal with increased patient needs and rising paramedic offload delays

KENORA, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Unless hospitals in northwestern Ontario hire 150 more staff (yearly), […]

4 October 2022

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Hospital staff and Kenora paramedics to reveal number of staff needed just to maintain service levels at north western Ontario hospitals: Virtual media conference on Wednesday

Although across the province, hospitals are dealing with staffing shortages, hospitals in Ontario’s north west – in Kenora, Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Emo – are among those most challenged to retain and attract skilled staff.