February 2021

Long-term care staffing in Ontario remain far below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. The gravity of the staffing shortage requires a substantive and comprehensive recruitment, training and retention workforce strategy, say health care unions

Paramedics from the County of Lambton, and their union SEIU Healthcare are calling for the immediate expansion of ambulance coverage within the City of Sarnia and by extension the County of Lambton.

A Coalition of over 40 Ontario unions has formally filed evidence in a lawsuit to repeal legislation which severely limits wage and benefit increases for public sector workers, a move the Coalition says violates bargaining rights enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Now more than ever, we are being asked to manage our health in a pandemic where the government is failing to provide us with adequate sick days, pandemic pay, improved health and safety measures, or additional support during this time.

SEIU Healthcare and researchers at Women’s College Research Institute, conducted a survey of over 8,700 frontline healthcare workers and report that 4 out of 5 are potentially willing to take COVID-19 vaccines if personal financial barriers are eliminated.