MEDIA ADVISORY: Union rally for safety and security so autism support workers can deliver quality services

RICHMOND HILL, ON, Nov. 27, 2022 /CNW/ - As the ongoing labour dispute at Kerry's Place enters week two, frontline staff, families and union allies will rally for safety and security so autism support workers can deliver quality services. At issue are staff who are without a single paid sick day, forcing workers like Developmental Service Workers (DSWs) to choose between losing wages or risk bringing the flu or covid into the home. Further, management continue to schedule DSWs for long 13-hour shifts. This burn-out has contributed to unsafe working conditions that expose individuals to errors and avoidable injuries. All of this is compounded by continuity of care concerns as a result of retention challenges following years of below-inflation wage restraint.

WHAT:	SEIU Healthcare, the union representing 128 DSWs at Kerry's Place, will rally for safety and security so autism support worker can deliver quality services.
WHO:	Frontline Workers Lise Lareau, Co-Chair Family Council Patty Coates, President, Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) Tyler Downey, Secretary-Treasurer, SEIU Healthcare Andria Babbington, President, Toronto & York Region Labour Council Hendrik Bruyn, United Steel Workers Abdi Hagi Yusuf, Canadian Union of Postal Workers Kingsley Kwok, OPSEU
WHEN:	Monday, November 28, 2022
TIME:	11:00am – Arrival 12:00pm – Speakers
WHERE:	Kerry's Place Head Office 17345 Leslie St Newmarket, ON, L3Y 0A4 Meeting on the south-east corner of the building (on Leslie St.)

SOURCE SEIU Healthcare

Mark Millard, SEIU Healthcare Communications, 416-805-0688, [email protected]