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CUPE is Ontario’s union for long-term care workers. Talk to an organizer today and learn how we can help you build a stronger, more secure workplace.
Workers in more than 240 retirement and long-term care facilities in Ontario are CUPE members. Over the year’s we’ve won many important victories for long-term care workers and residents, and continue to lead the way.
Latest Updates
Contact your MPP – Fight Bill 195
On July 7, 2020, the Solicitor General tabled Bill 195, the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 (“Bill 195”). Bill 195 permits the government to continue to maintain and modify emergency orders made under the Emergency Management and Civil...
“Front-line workers deserve a permanent pay increase”: CUPE Ontario says reopening is time for a new normal
(TORONTO, ON) With Toronto and Peel joining nearly all of Ontario in entering Stage 2 of reopening, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario calls for a new normal with a permanent front-line pay increase. Until August 16, almost 400,000 front-line...
Resumption of Visits in LTC and Retirement Homes
The province has announced a phased approach for the resumption of visits in LTC and Retirement Homes. To facilitate this Directive #3 has been updated, and two guidance documents have been created. The updated Directive also lays out the requirements for admissions...
What Ontario knew, Part 1: The 2019 report on violence in long-term care
TVO.org speaks with Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, about a 2019 report that outlined the violence LTC staff face — and about what needs to be done to keep them safe The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged Ontario’s long-term-care homes....
Ventilation in Long-Term Care and Group Homes
With the arrival of warmer weather, there is a concern that the use of a fan or a similar personal comfort device may impact ventilation systems that are optimized to prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. There are a few considerations that must take...
CUPE CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY IN THE FACE OF RACISM AND VIOLENCE
As more disturbing images and video footage of racism, white supremacy and violence emerge from the United States and Canada, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) wants to offer our solidarity to the Black community and our racialized membership. We...
CUPE Campaign To Make Long-Term Care Public
Canada’s largest union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), has launched a campaign to fix Canada’s broken long-term care system, by making it a part of our public universal health care system.