Joyce Lusunike

The for-profit long-term care corporation confirmed it had no plan to deal with the coronavirus and spent a mere $300,000 of its own money on COVID-19

Since the Ontario government announced their Pandemic Pay at the end of April, we have been in constant discussions with them regarding positions that were excluded, including MDRD, hospital ward and unit clerks, clerical staff, and recreational staff/activity coordinators.

RICHMOND HILL, ON, May 26 – The following is a statement from Sharleen Stewart, president of SEIU Healthcare, the union that represents over 60,000 frontline healthcare workers in Ontario:

COVID-19 has affected the entire world so a multitude of ways. We have seen firsthand how it has affected our membership, the public, and our health system.

On April 16, 2020, I wrote to you requesting that your provincial government use its existing authority in the Long-Term Care Homes Act to take over administrative and operational control of the crisis by putting problematic facilities in trusteeship.

Over the past few days, SEIU Healthcare has organized numerous appreciation car rallies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, to honour frontline workers and remember our sisters Sharon Roberts, Arlene Reid, and Christine Mandegarian.

Union is calling for three urgent investigations by Premier Ford, the Regional Police, and Ontario’s Chief Coroner to keep people alive and determine accountability.

Show support for frontline healthcare workers by joining us in your vehicles for appreciation rallies on April 30 and May 2

An OLRB Order has reinforced union claims that not enough was being done during the COVID-19 crisis by either the provincial government or long-term care corporations to keep workers and nursing home residents safe and secure.

Union taking further steps to enforce existing health and safety laws because the provincial government refuses to take action to protect healthcare workers in long-term care

With many SEIU Healthcare members experiencing a loss of income during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are offering a small support of a $75 Presidents Choice gift card to use towards essential needs for eligible members. To find out if you qualify and to apply, please click the link below. In addition, we continue to fight on your behalf for wage…

To provide you the latest COVID-19 updates and to answer your questions, your SEIU Healthcare Officers will be hosting a Facebook Live event tomorrow – Tuesday, March 31, 2020 – at 7:00 p.m.