CUPE leaders join hospital rally to call for a fair deal for food service employees
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – At noon on Thursday, May 21, employees of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) and other supporters will rally in defense of the hospital’s food service workers, who are employed by multinational food service corporation Compass Group Canada.
Despite working for a company that holds lucrative contracts with publicly funded institutions, food service workers at PRHC are subject to low wages and precarious part-time hours. Most are not eligible for benefits and none receives any sick days, despite a working environment that focuses on health and good hygiene.
Joining the rally will be Fred Hahn, the president of the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), and Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU).
Both will call on Compass and PRHC’s directors to ensure a fair deal for food service workers.
Rally information:
Who: Fred Hahn, President, CUPE Ontario
Michael Hurley, President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions
and employees of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre
What: Rally in support of PRHC’s food service workers, employees of Compass
Group Canada
When: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Where: Peterborough Regional Health Centre (corner of Hospital and Medical Drive)
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For more information, please contact:
Jennifer Mizerovsky, CUPE National Representative: 613-921-5918
Mary Unan, CUPE Communications: 647-390-9839
