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Up to date information on 416 paramedic campaigns, TO paramedic news and CUPE 416 union activities
Up to date information on 416 paramedic campaigns, TO paramedic news and CUPE 416 union activities
Toronto medics, unite!
Toronto medics, unite!
This webpage will be your home for timely, current information on everything you need to know to take back control of your work: what campaign 416 paramedics are working on, what is happening in the union (group grievances, bargaining etc.), news and media about TO and Ontario medics and, eventually, a history of paramedics, labour struggles and educational resources for 416 members.
This website is run by a committed group of 416 medics and stewards who seek more transparency, grassroots organizing and urgency to resolve the crisis afflicting TO medics. For more information on how you can get involved, please contact us, sign up for our newsletter and join the chat group. If you would like to become an organizer, please sign up here.
Featured News Article
Featured News Article
January 27, 2024
Read: Code Red for Toronto Paramedics in The Grind: "Toronto’s ambulance paramedics are so overstretched there are often no ambulances available for dispatch. And patient care is suffering, hard. One paramedic shares stories from on-shift."
Toronto Budget Committee
January 23, 2024
Watch Peter Saczkowski, 416 shop steward and Toronto Paramedic, urge the Toronto Budget Committee to make much needed radical infrastructure investments to the Toronto Paramedic Service. Among the topics covered are the service's inability to retain medics, forced overtime, long call wait times, the impacts these issues have on the safety of Toronto's citizens, and more.
January 22, 2024
Mike Merriman, paramedic services unit chair for CUPE Local 416, demanded a higher budget increase from the committee after years of underfunding. He emphasized the dangerous phenomenon of frequent code reds in the city, as well as the unprecedented number of paramedic resignations.
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