Media advisory - SEIU Healthcare, CUPE and Unifor to protest healthcare failures in Ontario budget at Finance Minister's constituency office

PICKERING, ON, March 24, 2021 /CNW/ - SEIU Healthcare, CUPE and Unifor will protest healthcare failures in the Ontario budget, including the lack of sufficient measures to reverse the staff exodus from low-paying precarious jobs, the omission of paid sick days, and refusal to make the temporary wage increase permanent for all healthcare workers, at Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy's constituency office.  

This action will observe COVID-19 safety protocols. 

SEIU Healthcare, CUPE and Unifor 'Respect Us. Protect Us. Pay Us' campaign on behalf of the unions' 175,000 healthcare workers. (CNW Group/Unifor)

What:	Ontario budget healthcare funding protest
When:	Thursday, March 25, 2021  11 a.m.
Where:	1550 Kingston Rd #213, Pickering, ON L1V 1C3
Who:	Sharleen Stewart, President, SEIU Healthcare  Katha Fortier, Assistant to the National President, Unifor Sharon Richer, Secretary-Treasurer Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/ CUPE)  Frontline Ontario health and long-term care workers

CUPE, SEIU Healthcare and Unifor have joined in the 'Respect Us. Protect Us. Pay Us.' campaign on behalf of the unions' 175,000 combined health care members across Ontario.  

SOURCE Unifor

For media inquiries contact: Corey Johnson, SEIU Healthcare, [email protected], 416-529-8909; Stella Yeadon, CUPE Communications, [email protected], 416-559-9300; Kathleen O'Keefe, Unifor Communications, [email protected], 416-896-3303

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