About 3,000 professional staff at nine of the 14 Ontario Community Care Access Centres started walking a picket line Friday. Represented by the Ontario Nurses’ Association, it’s the latest labour disruption in a sector the government considers to be critical … Continue reading →
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OPSEU Diablogue: Video: The millionaire CEO vs. the $12.88/hour home support worker
Striking home care workers from Renfrew County were told yesterday by hired security guards that there was no one at Extendicare’s Markham headquarters to meet with them — not even their millionaire CEO. It appears the executives fled in the face … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: ParaMed Strike: Are Canadian workers paying the price for Extendicare’s U.S. losses?
As privatization creeps further into Canada’s health system it’s fair to ask whether decisions are being made based on private profit or health care needs? As contract health providers become multinational, the interests of Canadian patients may also take a … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Strike pits corporate behemoth against $12.88 an hour home support workers
Renfrew County doesn’t usually generate a lot of headlines. In a very conservative part of the province the plight of a 140 striking home care workers is generating some sympathy as they take on a corporate behemoth. It’s a David … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: For ParaMed Tuesday’s impending Renfrew strike is just business
Wednesday Renfrew County workers for ParaMed Home Health Care held a surprise picket outside the company’s Ottawa offices. ParaMed has expressed remarkable indifference to an imminent strike that will sideline 140 nursing and home support workers in the region. Most … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Another home care strike looms as $1.1 million CEO offers workers less than inflation
This is starting to look like a pattern: another home care employer, another offer that has angered workers and led to another strike vote. This time it’s both nursing and personal support workers in Renfrew County who are employees of … Continue reading →
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