Ontario Medical Association president Ved Tandan says he's optimistic an agreement will be reached before his one-year term ends in the spring. ...
Category: Health and COVID-19
Heard: Legal Aid investing $600,000 in support program for abused women
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Heard: OPSEU workers in Picton give union strike mandate
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Heard: Group says Liberals ignore election promises on disability accessibility
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Heard: Less than a third of hospital patients wash hands, a study finds
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Tackling stress suffered by police, firefighters and jail guards
The Labour Ministry will hold a conference in 2015 aimed at sharing the best ways to address the personal pressures faced by emergency services personnel while on the job. ...
Heard: Union and management at Canadian Blood Services spar over shortage
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St. Joseph union swap came down to numbers, not voter dissatisfaction
A vote by 1,400 workers at a London hospital to leave OPSEU in favour of Unifor was hardly surprising, according to Smokey Thomas, who says it went into the vote grossly outnumbered. ...
Seen: Nurses’ association warns of health-care risks as full-time employment rate drops
The Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario says increased reliance on part-time workers has consequences for infection control, workplace stress and overall quality of patient care. ...
Provinces moving toward a formalized agency for drug-price negotiations, experts say
A new office for collective negotiations around drug pricing, announced at the provincial health ministers' meeting this week, shows that the provinces are getting more serious about combining their efforts to control co ...