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Dear Sisters, Brothers and Friends:
April 28, 2021
National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured at the Workplace
Every year, CUPE members across the country organize events to mark the National Day of
Mourning in recognition of CUPE members, and all workers, who were injured, made sick or
killed at work. This past year has been especially challenging for many of our members as they
worked to provide frontline services through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The request period is open now and closes on April 30 at 4:30 p.m.
We encourage and greatly appreciate your feedback.
The survey is closed (March 31, 2021.)
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Dear sisters and brothers and friends,
Please find attached a link to the latest updated information on vaccination, including for health care workers, provided by the Ministry of Health.
In solidarity,
Michael, Louis, and Sharon
Special Communication on MOH Guidance Update: COVID-19 Vaccine Tools and Resources
Please note the vaccine tools and resources have been updated and are posted to the Ministry’s website. Highlights of changes are captured within documents, and new documents include information for AstraZeneca and COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine. Descriptions of each document are also now indicated on the website.
HEALTHCARE WORKERS LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ACTIONS WITH MESSAGE TO PREMIER FORD: “Respect Us. Protect Us. Pay Us.”
Unions representing 175,000 workers serving on the frontlines of this pandemic demand the Ford government support this female majority workforce
TORONTO, ON – Today, SEIU Healthcare, Unifor, and CUPE, unions representing 175,000 healthcare workers across Ontario, held a virtual media conference to announce the launch of International Women’s Day actions with a clear message to Premier Ford: “Respect Us. Protect Us. Pay Us.”
After shouldering the crushing burdens of the pandemic for the past year, workers in the healthcare sector—a majority female workforce—are calling on Premier Ford’s government to stand with working women, not on the side of a broken system that profits from their labour.
The following are their demands for respect, protection, and better pay for women in healthcare:
Healthcare workers will demonstrate their demands at hospitals and nursing homes across Ontario on Monday, March 8, 2021 (International Women’s Day), by wearing stickers and holding signs that read: “Respect Us. Protect Us. Pay Us.”
Media and the public can follow demonstrations by working women in healthcare on social media with the hashtag: #RespectProtectPay
QUOTES:
“This International Women’s Day, women in healthcare want more than hollow words from Premier Ford’s government. After the devastating financial and emotional toll from serving on the frontline of the pandemic, healthcare workers want those words backed up by bold action to fully recognize their contribution to the care economy. That must include paying them a living wage, and for low-wage workers like PSWs, that means raising the base wage to at least $25 per hour. Premier Ford could support working women in healthcare by doing that right away.” – Sharleen Stewart, President, SEIU Healthcare
“The lack of respect for care work has become painfully evident during COVID-19 but it stems from a longstanding failure to recognize the value of this work simply because women are performing it. This is evidenced by workers in health and long-term care who are often precariously employed and not paid a living wage. Full-time work with benefits is rarely available and they are forced to work at multiple jobs to simply survive.” – Katha Fortier, Assistant to the National President, Unifor
“Nearly 20,000 health care workers have contracted COVID-19 at work and 20 have died. Although health care staff were entitled to an N95 mask they couldn’t get one from their employers. They were told that this wasn’t necessary. The masks are under lock and key. This must change. This valuable female workforce deserves respect, protection and better pay. Mandating the N95 mask, as Quebec has done and $4.00 an hour in the form of pandemic pay would be strong gestures of appreciation by the Ontario provincial government.” – Sharon Richer, Secretary-Treasurer, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE)
Staff are invited to attend a virtual Memorial Service for Pamela Lucas on March 3 at 2:30 p.m. Pamela was a Spiritual Care Practitioner at St. Michael’s who passed away on Feb. 1, 2021.
The service will be held via Zoom and all are welcome to attend. Please see below for details on how to attend. You can learn more about Pamela’s life in the post In memoriam: Pamela Lucas.
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