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It’s time Ontario made real and substantial investments in health care and health care workers!
For years, health care in Ontario has been severely underfunded, and health care workers have been critically underpaid and overworked. The COVID-19 pandemic forced health care workers into serious health and safety risks, which resulted in exhaustion, stress, and burn out. And while public sector wages have been curbed for more than a decade through a combination of underfunding and legislation, the cost of living has grown so bad that many public sector workers are taking on second jobs, using food banks, or are leaving the jobs they love for better paid work elsewhere.
We know Ontario spends far less than other provinces on paying public sector workers fairly. But we need to show the Ontario government and all the members of our provincial parliament that many Ontarians support investing in our health care workers and our health care system!
The Health Care Workers’ Coordinating Committee has launched the Support Our Care petition, aiming to get 60,000 signatures by the end of 2024. It’s an ambitious goal, we know. But we need to show the Ontario government and all the members of our provincial parliament that many Ontarians support increased funding into health care and health care workers!
Where can I sign a petition?
You can find the Support Our Care petition at CUPE Ontario and labour events across the province.
How can I download a petition?
Contact your HCWCC Representative to receive a petition. You can also request that a petition be sent directly to you by email by filling out the ‘Send us a message’ form at the bottom of this webpage: Health Care (cupe.on.ca)
Please remember that since this petition is being submitted to the Ontario Legislative Assembly, we require that ALL petitions be original copies signed and returned to: CUPE Ontario, Attention: David Duquesnay, 80 Commerce Valley Drive East, Suite 1, Markham, ON, L3T 0B2.
Send Us a Message!
Send a message to the Ontario Health Care Workers Coordinating Committee – just fill in the form below and we will get back to you.
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Area 1 – July 18, 11am – 4pm
68 Main St. W, Grand Bend
Food Vendor: Yogun Fruz
Area 2 – Sept 12, noon – 1pm
Location TBD*
Food Vendor: TBD*
Area 3 – July 20, noon – 4pm
Thompson Park, 1005 Brimley Rd, Scarborough
Food Vendor: Jerk Brothers Food Truck
Area 4 – July 17, 2pm – 7pm
390 Ashburnham Dr, Peterborough
Food Vendor: Wildside Food Truck at 100 Acre Brewing Co.
Area 5 – July 25, 2pm – 6pm
Pop Up Shop – C Container, at the corner of First and Pitt St., Cornwall
(Across from Mexi’s restaurant)
Food Vendor: TBD*
Area 6 – July 26, noon – 4pm
CUPE Office – 944 Barry Downe Rd, Sudbury
Food Vendor: Skoopie’s Ice Cream Truck
Area 7 – Aug date and time TBD*
1 Valhalla Inn Rd, Thunder Bay
Food Vendor: Valhalla Conference Centre