16 September 2022

With ER wait times much higher than average, Lakeridge Health needs to hire 1,200 more staff each year to deal with increased patient needs and rising paramedic offload delays

Unless the Lakeridge Health Centre (LHC) hires 1,200 staff annually, problems with spiking emergency room wait times and unprecedented staffing shortages will deepen as the population grows and ages, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) at a media conference in Oshawa today.
15 September 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Hospital staffing crisis will deepen under Ford government warn paramedics and hospital staff; media conference on Friday at Lakeridge Health Oshawa

Event Information Begins: 16 September 2022 @ 11:00 AMLocation: Oshawa, ON OSHAWA, ON […]
15 September 2022

Peterborough hospital needs to hire 600 more staff each year to deal with increased patient needs and rising paramedic offload delays

PETERBOROUGH, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Unless the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) hires 600 staff […]
14 September 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Hospital staffing crisis will deepen under Ford government warn paramedics and hospital staff; media conference Thursday Peterborough hospital ER

Event Information Begins: 15 September 2022 @ 11:00 AMLocation: Peterborough, ON PETERBOROUGH, ON […]
12 September 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: With nearly 15% turnover rate, Ottawa’s hospital staffing crisis will deepen under Ford government warn paramedics and hospital staff; media conference Tuesday at Civic ER

Event Information Begins: 13 September 2022 @ 11:00 AMLocation: Ottawa, ON OTTAWA, ON […]
28 July 2022

67% of Guelph hospital nurses, PSWs other staff physically assaulted at work as pandemic violence surges; new CUPE poll finds

GUELPH, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Guelph General Hospital registered practical nurses (RPNs), personal support workers […]
28 July 2022

67% of Huron Perth hospital nurses, PSWs other staff physically assaulted at work as pandemic violence surges; new CUPE poll finds

STRATFORD, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Huron Perth Health Alliance (HPHA) registered practical nurses (RPNs), personal […]
27 July 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Violence surging during pandemic against hospital nurses, PSWs and other staff who are hit, sexually assaulted, racially attacked, verbally harassed: poll

Event Information Begins: 28 July 2022 @ 1:00 PMLocation: Guelph, ON GUELPH, ON […]
27 July 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Violence surging during pandemic against hospital nurses, PSWs and other staff who are hit, sexually assaulted, racially attacked, verbally harassed: poll

Event Information Begins: 28 July 2022 @ 11:00 AM Location: Stratford, ON STRATFORD, […]
26 July 2022

Thousands of Thunder Bay, Kenora, Sault nurses, PSWs, other staff subject to violence at work during pandemic; CUPE and Unifor say

NORTHERN ONTARIO –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– From hurled racial slurs to an oxygen tank projectile, pandemic […]
26 July 2022

55% of Lakeridge hospital nurses, PSWs other staff physically assaulted at work as pandemic violence surges; new CUPE poll finds

OSHAWA, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Lakeridge Health Centre registered practical nurses (RPNs), personal support workers […]
25 July 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Thunder Bay, Kenora, Sault and other northern Ontario RPNs, PSWs and other hospital staff among those dealing with surge pandemic violence

Event Information Begins: 26 July 2022 @ 1:30 PMLocation: Northern Ontario (virtual) NORTHERN […]
25 July 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Oshawa hospital nurses, PSWs and other front-line staff among those surveyed in new pandemic violence poll, released Tuesday in Oshawa

Event Information Begins: 26 July 2022 @ 11:00 AM Location: Oshawa, ON OSHAWA, […]
25 July 2022

53% of Peterborough/Lindsay hospital nurses, PSWs other staff report feeling depressed, emotionally exhausted as pandemic violence surges; new CUPE poll finds

PETERBOROUGH, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– At both Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) and Ross Memorial […]
22 July 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Peterborough/Lindsay hospital nurses, PSWs and other front-line staff among those surveyed in new pandemic violence poll, released Monday in Peterborough

Event Information Begins: 25 July 2022 @ 11:00 AM Location: Peterborough, ON PETERBOROUGH, […]