35 down, 4,500 to go. OPSEU’s 35 personal support workers reached a tentative agreement with VON Grey Bruce late this afternoon while 4,500 PSWs working for Red Cross/Care Partners will be on the picket line tomorrow. These workers are represented … Continue reading →
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OPSEU Diablogue: Something is off this December — we’re ditching the parties for placards
Something is definitely off this holiday season. Instead of being invited to the usual round of parties, we’re getting invitations to demonstrations and press conferences. Instead of decorating halls we’re decorating placards. How oblivious Health Minister Deb Matthews is to … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: VON Grey Bruce — Nobody respects a cheapskate
Sometimes the government and its contract health providers just don’t know where to draw the line between fiscal responsibility and simply being cheap. Nobody respects a cheapskate except for other cheapskates. Already saving a bundle by whisking patients out of … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Today’s austerity will be tomorrow’s professional shortage
During the November meeting of the Canadian Health Professional Secretariat, our colleagues in British Columbia let us know that they are seeing increasing numbers of health professionals migrate there from Ontario. It’s not surprising given austerity appears to be biting … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Frontenanc Community Mental Health a case study in empty promises
You would think these would be the best of times for community health care providers. The Wynne government is freezing base hospital funding and telling Ontarians that they can instead have it all closer to home. The policy is one of a burning … Continue reading →
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