CUPE 4000 News

Newsletter: Issue 2

Newsletter: Issue 1

CUPE News Archive
2010/03/02	Ottawa Citizen: Cuts at The Ottawa Hospital will improve care, minister says
2010/01/14	CMAJ: Ontario hospitals say service, staff or program cuts may be inevitable
2009/12/18	Ottawa Citizen: Hospitals can get by without any cuts: minister
2009/10/04	Travois medical transfer workers ratify first agreement

October 4, 2009

Cuts at The Ottawa Hospital will improve care, minister says

NDP, Tories attack provincial Liberals’ ‘wrongheaded’ move

By Lee Greenberg, The Ottawa CitizenMarch 2, 2010Comments (75)

TORONTO — The quality of care at The Ottawa Hospital will improve with the elimination of as many as 190 jobs, says provincial Health Minister Deb Matthews.

"We absolutely expect that quality of care will improve," Matthews said Monday, following a weekend story in the Citizen revealing the hospital plans to cut as many as 190 jobs. "If someone is in a hospital, but they can be served in another setting or with the proper supports at home, that’s both better care with a smaller price tag."

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EASTERN ONTARIO WORKERS’ HEALTH CLINIC – URGENT ACTION NEEDED

Sister and Brothers,

Please have your clerical staff forward this correspondence electronically to all of your assigned locals for quick and urgent action. Furthermore, it would be appreciated if your clerical staff or yourself were to follow up with each of your locals to ensure they have completed the survey prior to April 2.

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Travois medical transfer workers ratify first agreement

OTTAWA-CUPE 4000 members at Travois medical transfer have ratified their first collective agreement.

On September 24, members rejected the employer’s “final offer” and were then in a legal strike position.

Yesterday, after two more days of negotiations, members of local 4000 were voting on a new and improved proposition. 75% of the membership voted in favour of this offer.

After today’s results, Bruce Waller, president of CUPE local 4000, wanted to underline the spirit of solidarity that lead to this agreement: “Our first objective was to avoid a strike that could have affected hundreds of patients in the region. I’m also very proud of our members, who stood together and were able to achieve some significant improvements. The gains we made in terms of wages and benefits are beyond what we truly expected.”

CUPE Local 4000 represents around 60 specialized workers at Travois medical transfer, providing medical transportation and patient monitoring all across Eastern Ontario.

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