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: Matthews promises to improve PSW compensation — but it will take time
There may soon be good news for the province’s personal support workers. “When PSWs tell me they can make more at Tim Horton’s, I sit up and take notice,” Health Minister Deb Matthews was reported to have said yesterday at … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: PSW Strike: Funding restraint for wages a blunt instrument that is harming home care
Today striking Red Cross Care Partners personal support workers are at the door step of three government ministers – Deb Matthews (Health), Yasir Naqvi (Labour) and Charles Sousa (Finance). In recent days Health Minister Deb Matthews has said she wants to let … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: 35 VON PSWs get last minute deal, 4500 RCCP PSWs to strike
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 →
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 →
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