As Ontario prepares to implement new stay-at-home measures, calls are growing for paid sick leave. Essential workers, along with low-wage workers, fear they could lose income or lose their job altogether if they miss shifts due to sickness or COVID-19 testing. Fred Hahn, the President of CUPE Ontario, joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now. Listen…
This week, as advocates across Ontario continue to fight to have every worker receive 10 paid sick days amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Doug Ford had a message of his own: that his government would not “duplicate” federal support efforts. Read the full article here.
The province is promising to increase testing in manufacturing, schools and long-term care homes. But it is not budging on increasing sick pay. Without it, Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, tells 680 NEWS the stay-at-home order will fail to drive down the virus. Watch the video here.
“I think people on the front lines are continuing to struggle despite the government assurances and promises that there is an iron ring around the system. That is not what they are experiencing — they continue to work short-staffed and continue to struggle for proper resources to keep themselves safe. I think that is what…
Workers ask the Ford government to extend paid sick leave for all employees who get COVID-19. Watch the full story here.
CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn talks about what needs to be done for workers without paid sick leave. Watch the full interview on CTV Ottawa here.
The Ontario government’s fall budget is currently being debated and next week it will likely be passed, as is. That would be a disaster. In fact, it would be a good example of “disaster capitalism.” Naomi Klein popularized that term to describe instances of governments using the chaos and uncertainty of disasters to quietly usher…
Bonnie Haley has been a personal support worker (PSW) at the Glen Hill Marnwood long-term care home in Bowmanville for 22 years. On Tuesday at around midnight, during her overnight shift, her employer, Durham Christian Homes, presented her with a layoff notice. Haley is one of 60 long-term care workers being laid off by the…
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, a stream of honking vehicles passed Glen Hill Marnwood, decorated with words of support for the laid-off Bowmanville frontline long-term care workers. Rather than being allowed to relocate to a new, long-term care building opening in Whitby in January, approximately 70 workers are being terminated at the end of the year when Marnwood closes.…
“This budget doesn’t actually raise revenue from people who can well afford to pay more and who are not paying their fair share. And in fact it gives massive tax breaks. We are now taking public money, from you and me, that could be spent to keep our schools safe, and that could be spent…
