SEIU Local 1 Canada

3 million hours of care - an SEIU victory

Your SEIU knows that the biggest way to make change happen is to work with our decision makers at Queen’s Park. We have been calling for an increase of home care hours for many years.

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PSW Proud: meet four SEIU PSWs!

May 19 is Personal Support Workers’ Day in Ontario, and your SEIU has been busy raising awareness of the important contributions this special group of caregivers make to our healthcare system.

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Continuing the fight!

Building on the previous day’s success, SEIU PSWs visited Queens Park on May 16, speaking with MPPs about workplace issues, challenges and possible solutions.

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Nursing Week Question and Answer with Jackie Walker (RPN)

RPN Jackie Walker spent Tuesday, May 1st 2012 at Queen’s Park lobbying with her fellow Registered Practical Nurses, connecting with MPPs to show them the value of what RPNs add to canvas of healthcare.

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RPN’s lobby at Queens Park

SEIU Local 1 RPN's rubbed shoulders and lobbied with MPP’s at Queen's Park on Tuesday May 1st as guests of MPP Tracy MacCharles.

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Happy International Workers’ Day!

On May 1, International Workers’ Day, your SEIU stands with millions of labourers from around the world for the rights of all working people.

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Over 1,000 workers lost their lives on the job in 2010

That’s 1,000 too many. Canada has one of the highest rates of workplace deaths in the industrialized world. In many cases, these are not accidents.

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It takes a village to protest

And protest they did! Nearly 200 SEIU members at Schlegel Villages, in different cities across the GTA, hit the streets in March demanding a new contract, a proper pay equity plan and better working conditions.

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SEIU Members at Kennedy Lodge now have a dental plan!

Nearly 90% of the full-time SEIU members at Kennedy Lodge signed up for the company’s dental plan. They now have dental insurance to help cover the costs of maintaining a great smile!

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Stronger Together

In what some might view as a controversial move, SEIU was one of five prominent labour leaders to endorse Thomas Mulcair; someone who has been labeled anti-union.

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Hospital CEOs defy Ontario Health Minister over salaries

Hospital CEOs have defied a strict edict from Ontario Minister of Health & Long-Term Care Deb Matthews, and helped themselves to massive six-figure raises despite orders to freeze their compensation.

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Help stop abuse and neglect in Long-Term Care facilities

Do you work in a long-term care facility in Ontario? Wish you could tell the government what it’s really like?

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