Surge in violence against staff, “creates toxic work environment” deepening Ontario’s hospital staffing crisis

Union calls on provincial government and all healthcare employers to urgently confront the primary cause of staffing shortages

Union calls on the provincial government and for-profit nursing homes to finally give working women in the care economy fair pay.

Community service workers at Houselink and Mainstay have voted for SEIU Healthcare to be their union following a merger that saw the two housing agencies join forces.

It is inexcusable that families will have to wait four or five years to achieve better standards. Care can’t wait until 2025 for safe work and dignified long-term care.

“We are deeply disappointed that Ontario’s hospitals will not seriously address the pressing health and safety needs of registered practical nurses, personal support workers, clerical, cleaners and other front-line hospital staff."

SEIU Healthcare has reviewed the party platforms and is issuing a warning that a just recovery for working women is at risk with a Conservative victory.

Ontario’s healthcare system at risk as Ford government fails to address worsening health human resource crisis

Health-care workers are telling the Ford government that its wage restraint program profoundly devalues the contribution they’ve made, and that it must go now.

SEIU Healthcare and CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions are launching nursing week with an urgent please of support for registered practical nurses (RPNs).

Unions representing 175,000 workers serving on the frontlines of this pandemic re-iterate demand that the Ford government support workers