Media Advisory - Health care workers continue to fight for better working conditions
LONDON, ON , April 5, 2022 /CNW/ - Health care workers at Meadow Park long-term care facility will hold a rally demanding the employer to get back to the bargaining table and start to respect, protect and pay health care workers.
Who: Lisa Tucker, Local 302 President
Andy Savela, Unifor Health Care Director
When: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Where: Meadow Park London Long Term Care, 1210 Southdale Rd E, London
"Ontarians are fed up with the state of long-term care. It's time for all healthcare workers to get the respect, protection, and fair pay they deserve, said Lisa Tucker, President of Unifor Local 302. "Despite being very profitable, this employer continues to disrespect the more than 1000 health care workers who have sacrificed so much fighting the against COVID-19."
Health care workers at eleven long-term care facilities entered bargaining on November 1, 2021. When the parties came to an impasse the Union held a work action December 15, 2021 at Trillium Village one of the participating LTC facilities. Future work actions will be announced up until either the parties resume talks or the arbitration process is exhausted.
Unifor Local 302 represents nurses, Personal Support Workers, activation assistants, as well as dietary, housekeeping, laundry and maintenance workers at the eleven long-term care facilities.
Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future.
SOURCE Unifor
To arrange in person, phone or FaceTime interviews or for more information please contact Unifor Communications Representative Hamid Osman at [email protected] or 647-448-2823 (cell).
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