MEDIA ADVISORY: Workers & Families Can’t Wait: Home and community health care workers to deliver petition to MPP Andrew Dowie urging PC government to offer a fair wage proposal

Event Information

Begins: 8 May 2024
Location: Windsor, ON

Home care workers say that it’s time for the Ford Government and the Treasury Board to come back to the table with a real offer!

WINDSOR, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Wednesday a delegation of home and community health care workers will deliver a petition signed by a strong majority of the local’s members to Windsor-Tecumseh Progressive Conservative MPP Andrew Dowie, demanding that the Ontario government and the Treasury Board come back to the table and negotiate a fair wage increase.

CUPE members working in Home and Community Support Services (HCCSS) have not yet settled their wage reopener negotiations after Bill 124 was overturned.  The bill capped salary increases for broader public sector workers at one per cent a year, for three years.

Members of CUPE Local 8916 working in home and community care, say they’re struggling to make ends meet with the cost-of-living crisis.

“In real terms, we have taken a serious pay cut over the last several years,” said President of CUPE Local 8916 Shaun Steven.  “We are sick of the excuses and the delays! Our members work very hard behind the scenes to ensure that members of our community have access to healthcare and support for their needs at home and in community clinics, and we deserve a settlement that takes our hard work and the cost of living into account.”

Over 85 per cent of CUPE Local 8916 members signed the petition calling on the government to come back to the table.

HCCSS workers include nurses, personal support workers, occupational and physiotherapists and other healthcare workers who are committed to providing the care that Ontarians need.

Wednesday will be the first of eight actions held across the province by CUPE members working in home and community care. 

WHAT:
Workers and Families Can’t Wait Campaign: Health care workers to deliver petition signatures to PC MPP Andrew Dowie’s office

WHO:
Home and community health care workers, President of CUPE Local 8916. 

WHERE:
PC MPP Andrew Dowie’s Office, 5452 Tecumseh Rd E, Windsor

WHEN:
Wednesday May 8, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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For media inquiries, contact: 

Shannon Carranco, CUPE Communications
scarranco@cupe.ca
514-703-8358