Ontario has not made the changes needed to ensure all essential workers receive workers’ compensation if they contract COVID-19. Please take 30 seconds to take action to demand workers' compensation for frontline healthcare workers.
The for-profit long-term care corporation confirmed it had no plan to deal with the coronavirus and spent a mere $300,000 of its own money on COVID-19
Since the Ontario government announced their Pandemic Pay at the end of April, we have been in constant discussions with them regarding positions that were excluded, including MDRD, hospital ward and unit clerks, clerical staff, and recreational staff/activity coordinators.
When we first started our Appreciation Rallies, Durham was the first area we visited. On May 28, we return to Pickering and Ajax to carry on our support.
On Thursday, May 28, SEIU Healthcare will be bringing our purple power to Cambridge to continue our Appreciation Rallies all over Ontario.
RICHMOND HILL, ON, May 26 - The following is a statement from Sharleen Stewart, president of SEIU Healthcare, the union that represents over 60,000 frontline healthcare workers in Ontario:
Hundreds of vehicles have joined our Appreciation Rallies all over Ontario. We invite you to join us in London and Oshawa to be a part of this powerful movement.
SEIU Healthcare continues our Appreciation Rallies in Barrie! We invite you to join us this Saturday, May 23, as we continue to support our membership.
Since the Ontario government announced it was going to provide pandemic pay to frontline healthcare workers, SEIU Healthcare has been leading the discussions with the government to ensure all healthcare workers, including clerical, ward clerks, MDRD, and others, are included.
COVID-19 has affected the entire world so a multitude of ways. We have seen firsthand how it has affected our membership, the public, and our health system.
