Hospital workers push back against Ontario s cap on wage increases After 18 months on the front lines of a global public health crisis, tens of thousands of hospital workers in Ontario aren’t feeling like heroes during negotiations for a new provincial contract, their union representatives say.
Author of the article: Chris Montanini
Publishing date: Aug 03, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Michael Hurley, left, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions in the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), and Treena Hollingworth, a porter with the Huron-Perth Healthcare Alliance and president of the union’s local branch, attend a rally Tuesday in Stratford. Hospital workers across the province are speaking out about their dissatisfaction with the Ford government as many attempt to bargain new contracts under wage restrictions passed in 2019. Chris Montanini/Stratford Beacon Herald
Hospital workers push back against Ontario s cap on public sector wage increases
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Greg Skinner doesn’t disagree with those who suggest there are two pandemics happening right now.
“One caused by the virus, (and then) the resulting mental-health pandemic,” Stratford’s police chief said. “Not just ours, but every community has seen an increase in mental health-related calls for service.”
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The Stratford Police Service alone experienced a nearly 46 per cent surge in mental-health calls last year compared to 2019, and that’s taking into account the pandemic didn’t change our lives until mid-March of 2020.