Latest News 15 Jan 2021 Airbnb’s Frontline Stays Program Airbnb is supporting no-cost accommodations for SEIU Healthcare members serving on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis in Greater Toronto Area. Joyce Lusunike
Latest News 11 Jan 2021 SEIU Calls On Government To Remove All Barriers To Vaccination For Frontline Staff Union calling for urgent government action to pave the way for speedier vaccination rollout including transparency, communications, and emergency paid sick leave for healthcare workers Joyce Lusunike
Latest News 06 Jan 2021 Healthcare Workers File An HR Complaint Against Nursing Home And The Government SEIU Healthcare has filed an application with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario on behalf of workers at Responsive Group’s Rykka Care Centres, pursuant to section 34(5) of the Ontario Human Rights Code. Joyce Lusunike
Latest News 06 Jan 2021 SEIU Healthcare mourns loss of nurse leader We are mourning the loss of our beloved SEIU Healthcare Sister, Maureen Ambersley, who passed away due to COVID-19 on January 5, 2021. Maureen was an incredible and loving person, a compassionate nurse, and a proud and involved union member. Joyce Lusunike
Latest News 04 Jan 2021 Statement From SEIU Healthcare On The Status Of Ontario’s LTC Commission SEIU Healthcare was outraged, to learn from media reports that the provincial government is obstructing the work of Ontario’s Long-Term Care Commission. This is why our union instead called for a public inquiry, not a commission, so that families could learn the chain of failed decisions that led to so many avoidable deaths. Joyce Lusunike
Latest News, Press Release 22 Dec 2020 Brenda Parrott brings Brave Bags to her COVID-19 Assessment Centre When school reopened in September, it was no surprise that the number of children getting tested for COVID-19 would increase. Although some children opted for online learning, about 70 percent of students returned for in-class learning. Today, education facilities including schools and daycares, are the third leading setting for COVID-19 outbreaks. Jessica Lagman
Latest News, Press Release 21 Dec 2020 SEIU Healthcare Distributed 10,000 Holiday Turkeys From December 19 to December 20, SEIU Healthcare visited over 30 cities across the province from Thunder Bay, to Ottawa, to Peterborough, to Orillia, to all across the GTA. We distributed 10,000 holiday turkeys to our SEIU Healthcare members. Jessica Lagman
Latest News, Press Release 17 Dec 2020 SEIU Healthcare’s Statement On Ontario’s Long-Term Care Staffing Plan SEIU Healthcare welcomes the direction of today’s long-term care announcement but is concerned about the lack of urgency and information. Families should not be waiting until 2025 to ensure their loved ones in long-term care receive the care they need. Angelica Cruz
Latest News 17 Dec 2020 Take Action For Members In Sarnia-Lambton Please take 30 seconds to tell Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey to make things right and reschedule a meeting with SEIU Healthcare. Mark Millard
Latest News 15 Dec 2020 Take Action For Niagara Health Frontline Workers Niagara Health’s frontline staff is deeply concerned and frustrated with the current work conditions they are facing in their workplace. Take 30 seconds to tell the MPP of Niagara Centre and President of Niagara Health to put the needs, health, and safety of their frontline workers first. Mark Millard
Latest News 13 Dec 2020 Take Action For Headwater Health Tell Headwater Health’s management to give their staff the time they need to receive the vaccine to help Ontario get through this pandemic. Mark Millard
Latest News 04 Dec 2020 Vaccines and Pandemic Pay for all healthcare workers It’s time to re-instate Pandemic Pay for all healthcare workers. As we learn more about safe vaccination roll-out plans, governments are rightly identifying essential workers in the healthcare system as priority recipients of approved COVID-19 vaccines. Joyce Lusunike