SEIU Healthcare

• Ontario hospital workers awarded more pay after Bill 124 found unconstitutional

  Ontario hospital workers, not including registered nurses, are set to get an additional 3.75 per cent and 2.5 per cent in wage increases over two years.

  Politics

  Jun 14, 2023
  
• Over 60% of Ontario RPNs have considered leaving profession, poll shows

  Polling shows a majority of Registered Practical Nurses in Ontario have contemplated leaving the profession amid staffing shortages and increased stress.

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2023
  
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• Unions call for action on health staff shortages in light of Ontario ER closures

  Unions representing some 70,000 hospital workers in Ontario are renewing their calls for the province to address staffing shortages contributing to recent emergency room closures.

  Health

  Jul 21, 2022
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• Paramount Fine Foods CEO delivers ‘meals of gratitude’ to health-care heroes in London, Ont.

  The meals are part of the ongoing Long-term Care Frontline Food campaign, which turns monetary donations into hot meals for frontline long-term care workers across Ontario.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2021
• Union urges Ontario government to revoke operating licence at Hamilton’s Grace Villa

  The union representing workers at the home of Hamilton's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak is calling on the Ford government to revoke the operator's licence.

  Jan 26, 2021
• Coronavirus: Front-line workers who left LTC homes in May won’t come back, commission hears

  COVID-19 ripped through long-term care homes in Ontario, making its way inside 55 per cent of the 626 homes during the first wave of the pandemic in the spring.

  Health

  Oct 30, 2020
• Coronavirus: 2nd Ontario personal support worker dies, union pleads for more protection

  The worker was identified by a SEIU Healthcare spokesperson as 51-year-old Arlene Reid. The union said she worked at various locations and in patients' homes.

  Health

  Apr 29, 2020
• Health-care workers’ union goes to Ontario labour relations board over care home outbreaks

  Sharleen Stewart, president of SEIU, said they went to the labour relations board after the province did not heed their call to take over those facilities.

  Apr 22, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Personal support worker at Toronto nursing home dies of COVID-19

  "The tragic death of our union sister is a reminder of the very real dangers that frontline health care workers face in the selfless delivery of care for Ontario families."

  Health

  Apr 16, 2020