Mike Wheeler has been in the healthcare industry for the past 16 years, in both the hospital and long-term care sector. He works at the Lennox and Addington Hospital in the maintenance department.

SEIU Healthcare recently profiled a member from our region 3. Jamie Pitre has been a medical radiation technologist for the past 16 years.

SEIU recently profiled a member from our region 1, who is a rehabilitation assistant who works at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital, Krista Henson.

November 20, 2020 is Transgender Day of Remembrance. It is a day to we honour the trans, two-spirited, and non-binary people whose lives have been taken away too early from transphobic violence. 

For many years, SEIU Healthcare has been advocating for WSIB coverage for Developmental Service Workers (DSW) and workers in residential care facilities.

Erin Smith-Silk is an animal attendant at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in the Comparative Research department. In Erin’s small department,

Cara Thompson has been a Pharmacy Technician for the passed 21 years. She dives into the significant and diverse roles the pharmacy department plays in our health system and community.

For Corinne Kershaw a paramedic for the County of Lambton, it was not about the pandemic pay compensation, it was the lack of knowledge the government had when making changes to the healthcare system.

Karl Penney has dedicated 35 years to providing happiness and nourishment through his passion for cooking. For the first 30 years, he served in the Canadian Royal Navy as a Drill Sargent and cook.

Nancy Matthews has worked Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville for the past 25 years, most of which as a housekeeper.

I’m writing to urge you to act more boldly in the face of the growing risks Ontario’s hospital workers are facing on the frontlines of a dangerous, global pandemic.