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levelplayingfield.jpgNORTH BAY – Don’t lump health care workers with police officers and firefighters.

That was the message CUPE members were trying to get across during a rally in front of Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli’s office Thursday afternoon.

Henri Giroux, a long-term care worker and the president of the North Bay and District CUPE Council, said the Liberals and Conservatives want to make changes to the health care arbitration system that will give employers the upper hand.

“This is the beginning of a battle that 85,000 CUPE members are prepared to fight,” Giroux said, surrounded by more than 30 CUPE members and supporters.

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