The Ottawa Hospital

Toronto – The Ottawa Hospital has reconsidered its handling of sick leave, and after discussions with the president of OPSEU’s Ottawa local, has decided it will not be moving forward with its previous decision to refer staff to the Employment Insurance (EI) Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program. OPSEU applauds the hospital, an industry leader,...

Ottawa –The 57 protection agents who provide security services for the General, Riverside, and Civic campuses of The Ottawa Hospital have voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). The chair of OPSEU’s Hospital Support Division said the workers decided unionizing was the most effective means of bringing some stability...

(Ottawa, ON) – The union representing health care professionals is warning that draconian funding cuts to Ottawa and area hospital services are resulting in health care privatization and poorer quality of care. Because of real-dollar hospital funding cuts by the provincial government, Ottawa has suffered major cuts to seniors’ and palliative care, children’s services, and...