Nursing homes continue to face critical staffing challenges
Legislation must be complimented by a staffing strategy that includes standardized wages, full-time work and good benefits in order to attract new workers and old ones who have left the sector. [...]
‘No increase? No work!’ Toronto health care workers save pandemic premium via job action
Health care workers, who have no legal right to strike in Ontario, have turned to workplace action to pressure employers and the government for protection and compensation. Over the past few [...]
With six weeks to go, Ontario government has still not announced funding to ensure safe reopening of schools
The Ontario government’s re-announcement today of capital funding for new schools does nothing to prepare the province for the safe return of students and stuff to schools this September. Read [...]
Child care programs in Ontario on brink of collapse, six weeks out from school opening
Parents and operators are concerned as only 41%, or 2265 out of a total 5523, of Ontario’s child care centres have reopened as back-to-school and return-to-work quickly approaches. This contrasts [...]
Women & COVID-19: Effects will linger long after the pandemic ends
Women & COVID-19: Effects will linger long after the pandemic ends Read more…
Public Health Ontario data reveals devastating pandemic effects for health care workers
Provincial COVID-19 data released by Public Health Ontario shows the cost of years of ignoring health workers’ demands, and the risks of continued inaction. Read more…
Now is the time for Premier to commit to a moratorium on for-profit long-term care, bed expansion only in municipal and non-profit homes
Care and staff level reforms to improve quality in long-term care are needed now, and the Ontario government should put an immediate focus on expanding beds only in non-profit homes while placing [...]
“We want to continue to care for residents at the Glen Hill long-term care home,” say front-line care staff whose working conditions are being attacked
The construction of a new long-term care home, Glen Hill Terrace by Durham Christian Homes, was initially welcomed by the front-line care staff as a good news story for the community, the [...]
Toronto school board trustees ask province to reconsider back-to-school plan
Toronto District School Board trustees are asking the province to reconsider its back-to-school plan, which they say will leave many families to choose between educating their children and their [...]