Hospital Professionals Division
OPSEU hospital professionals march on Caplan constituency office
November 21, 2008
TORONTO -- More than 100 members of the OPSEU Hospital
Professionals Division marched to Health Minister David Caplan’s constituency
office November 21 to ask for a halt to the present round of hospital cuts.
The group presented Caplan’s office with a letter signed by
members of the HPD who are gathered at the North York Radisson for their demand
set.
OPSEU President Smokey Thomas, 1st Vice-President Patty Rout and
HPD Chair Yves Shank met briefly with Caplan’s constituency assistant.
“Caplan addressed the nurses convention yesterday, but once
again refuses to acknowledge your role,” OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas
told the group. “Hospitals cannot function without you.”
The letter says hospital restraint is compounding professional
shortages in counter to the province’s efforts to reduce wait times and manage
health human resources through Healthforce Ontario.
The Hospital Professionals Division is meeting Nov 21-22 to
elect a bargaining team and set demands for the upcoming bargaining in the new
year. |
