Unions launch campaign to end profit in long-term care
Ontarians are being urged to join a growing call for profound changes to the province’s long-term care system that would end profit-making in the provision of residential care.
Quinte Health Care Pays Management Team Hefty Bonuses While Frontliners Capped
Quinte Health Care, which owns and operates hospitals that provide primary and secondary care services, is paying out hefty bonuses ranging from 3-5% to their senior management team, despite the Ontario government’s Bill 124 limiting public sector workers, including nurses and other hospital staff, to 1% yearly compensation increases.
Leaked Audio Recording Reveals Nothing Has Changed At Sienna Senior Living Corporation
During a telephone town hall with resident families at the Woodbridge facility, Sienna Senior Living delivered prepared talking points in a transparent attempt to rebuild its corporate image after failing to keep workers and families safe during COVID-19.
Pandemic Pay Expansion
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.
Statement on Canadian Armed Forces LTC Report
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:
Open Letter to Premier Doug Ford
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.
SEIU Healthcare calls for public inquiry and criminal investigations into COVID-19 related deaths
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.