-

New Survey Shows Growing Support for Overhaul of Long-term Care: CUPE Ontario

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new Angus Reid survey reveals that a clear majority of Canadians support an overhaul of the long-term care system, including supporting more extensive inspections, greater funding to ensure adequate staffing levels, and paying workers better, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario.

“This growing consensus about what we need to ensure that long-term care residents and workers are safe in the future is truly a welcome development,” said Candace Rennick, Secretary-Treasurer of CUPE Ontario. “It’s certainly a sign of critical changes to come if only elected representatives can muster the political will to ensure they become a reality.”

The survey also found that 40 per cent of Canadians agreed that private companies should no longer operate long-term care homes. CUPE Ontario has long called for taking profit out of care, citing the fact that the long-term care homes operated by private companies saw the greatest number of cases and deaths due to COVID-19.

“We represent about 35,000 long-term care workers in Ontario who are consistently calling on the Ford Conservatives to mandate and supply PPE for all workers; take profit out of care; legislate 4 hours of care and ensure the funding for it; end the reliance on part-time and temporary agency work; and ensure access to full-time jobs with benefits and paid sick days for all,” said Rennick. “With the news of today’s survey, I’m confident that the swell of public support for these measures will only grow. And I’m confident that governments will finally need to listen.”

kw/cope491

Contacts

Daniel Tseghay
Communications Representative, CUPE
dtseghay@cupe.ca | 647-220-9739

Industry:

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Release Versions
English

Contacts

Daniel Tseghay
Communications Representative, CUPE
dtseghay@cupe.ca | 647-220-9739

More News From Canadian Union of Public Employees

Long-term care workers hold rally outside MPP Laurie Scott's Office demanding action on job cuts in Bobcaygeon

KAWARTHA LAKES, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two weeks after holding a rally outside Bobcaygeon’s Case Manor, the union representing the PSWs, recreation staff, dietary aids, environmental technicians, and clerical staff at Bobcaygeon’s Case Manor are increasing the pressure. This escalation comes in the wake of the employer failing to engage with the union in any meaningful way to rectify the clear violation of their collective agreement by unilaterally cutting 1300 full-time hours from the monthly ro...

Strike Looms at Children’s Aid Society of Toronto as Province-Wide Child Welfare Crisis Deepens

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE Local 2316, representing workers at the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, are officially in a legal strike position as negotiations between the union and the employer have not led to an agreement and workers warn that a broader provincial funding crisis is pushing child welfare services to the brink. Frontline and support staff say chronic understaffing, rising case complexity, growing service demands, and deep program cuts are preventing them from consistently m...

PRESS CONFERENCE: Strike Looms at Children’s Aid Society of Toronto as Child Welfare Crisis Deepens

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Now in a legal strike position, and with child welfare services under mounting strain, frontline workers at the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto are speaking out. CUPE Local 2316 is once again sounding the alarm that workers are facing chronic understaffing, program cuts, and years of provincial underfunding have pushed child welfare services to a breaking point — putting children and families at risk. At a press conference on Tuesday, February 17 at 12:30 p.m., union...
Back to Newsroom