Government documents leaked to the opposition NDP show that the
Doug Ford PCs are planning unprecedented changes to our health care
system that would cut, merge, privatize and restructure all aspects of
patient care and delivery.
Many public health care experts and advocates agree that what the PCs
are proposing, and the speed that they intend to carry all this out, will
cause great upheaval and pose risks to patients, as care is realigned,
cut or privatized.

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Leaked government plans call for the consolidation of services
into 30-50 super hospitals and a massive privatization of clinical
and support services, the closure of the LHINs and Cancer Care
Ontario. Layoffs on a massive level are threatened.: See

Health Services Under Attack

CUPE Local 4000 and The Ottawa Hospital met February 7th in mediation to finally try to
reach an agreement for contract negotiations . There was good discussion on outstanding
issues but both parties remain apart. More dates have been scheduled with Mediator David
Jewitt in April. More updates to follow after those meetings.

Mise à jour sur les négociations
La section locale 4000 du SCFP et L’Hôpital d’Ottawa se sont rencontrés le 7 février dans le
cadre d’une médiation pour le renouvellement de la convention collective. Il y a eu de bonnes
discussions sur des questions en suspens mais les deux parties sont encore loin d’une
entente. D’autres dates sont prévus en avril avec le médiateur David Jewitt. Des mises à jour
suivront après ces rencontres.

As you are aware, C.U.P.E. Local 4000 and the Ottawa Hospital met on November 14, 2018 for Conciliation.

Despite the effort of the conciliation officer, The Ottawa Hospital refused, once again, to respond to the Unions proposals, while maintaining their demand for numerous concessions.

While the Union remains committed to freely negotiating a collective agreement, we had no choice but to request a “No Board Report”, which will start the process towards arbitration.

In the interim, please stay connected with your union representatives for any further updates or possible actions the Union will be promoting, with the goal of having the Employer return to the bargaining table with the same commitment as your union.

Lou Burri,
President