Hear the hospitals
London Health Sciences Centre
“The LHSC has advised the OHA that a single unrestricted arbitration for OPSEU bargaining units at all 40 hospitals would be acceptable from our perspective.”
- letter to OPSEU from Brian Orr, VP Human resources.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre
“PRHC ... calls upon both OPSEU and the OHA to seriously consider innovative solutions to the labour issues underlying this dispute, such as proceeding with a single aribtration case to resolve the outstanding contracts of all 40 participating hospitals in the central process.”
- press release Feb. 12
Huron Perth Hospital Partnership
“We remain unclear as to why the OHA remains opposed to a single unrestricted arbitration.
Given the importance of recruitment and retention to this hospital, ‘levelling the playing field’ with respect to salaries and wages is extremely important.
- letter from Andrew Williams, V.P. Multisite administration to the OHA
Judicial review for board order
OPSEU has taken the OLRB’s order to judicial review.
In an application filed today, OPSEU asks the court to quash and set aside the order, and to declare that applying the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act to prohibit picketing violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We are calling for an expedited hearing on this, with costs.
We claim that the board decision yesterday erred in law and exceeded the board’s jurisdiction, as there was no sufficient evidence upon which to base the decision.
Vengeance not the answer
The OHA’s campaign of vengeance against hospital workers won’t ease staff shortages, President Leah Casselman told a press conference.
That campaign includes going to the labour board to buy a hammer to beat up on staff - the order from the labour board.
“Firing and suspending staff when you don’t have enough and the schools can’t train them fast enough is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
“We remain committed to our fight for a fair arbitrated central contract for all our members in the 40 hospitals in central bargaining. We will support our members completely in that fight.
“However, I am not here to make a war speech. Every negotiation ends, or should end, with a settlement.
“No matter how bitter and angry the campaign, every settlement ultimately takes place inside a zone of peace where both sides agree to work together.
“I am trying to create that zone of peace where a settlement can happen. At this stage, threats are not productive,” Casselman said.
She repeated that she hoped the OHA would respond appropriately and deal with the issues that have led to the Day of Action.
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