Windsor-Essex public health workers vote unanimously to strike amid staffing and wage crisis

Health Care, Solidarity

Windsor, ON – Windsor-Essex public health workers have voted unanimously in favour of strike action after years of falling wages, growing workloads and worsening staff shortages. The strike vote comes as the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) moves ahead with a $1.1 million provincially funded office renovation while telling workers there is no money for…

“We are breaking under the cuts”: Scarborough hospital workers call on Ford government to increase funding in the face of $36 million deficit

Health Care, Solidarity

Scarborough Health Network workers held a rally on July 27th amidst staffing shortages and growing violence in the workplace TORONTO – 2,500 frontline workers at the Scarborough Health Network (SHN), represented by CUPE, are facing heightened staffing issues while hospitals across the province cut jobs to account for growing deficits. The SHN is currently battling…