From Advocacy To Action
OCHU/CUPE, SEIU Healthcare and Unifor joined by all opposition leaders to say the government must address workers’ concerns to protect quality patient care.
Read MoreCLC President, Bea Bruke and Sharleen Stewart sent a joined letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and all premiers to take direct federal action to raise wages for PSWs and all elder care workers across Canada.
Frontline workers at the Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities voted in favour of a strike due to management’s refusal to negotiate a fair contract with high wages – some staff were asking management to access their work’s foodbank! Instead, management refused to bargain fairly and rewarded themselves with raises. Thanks to action at their workplace, members pressured a return to the bargaining table and avoided a strike.
Read MorePremier Ford’s decision to close supervised drug consumption facilities will cost lives, harm communities, and increase pressure on Emergency Medical Services and hospitals. As a union of healthcare workers, community nurses and providers at consumption treatment and safe injection sites, we strongly condemned this move and urged they maintain funding for these life-saving initiatives.
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