Quality Home Care

Local 274 ratifies new agreement

Members of Local 274 ratified a new collective agreement Dec. 14, ending a 70-day strike against the Hamilton-Wentworth Community Care Access Centre.

The new agreement provides several key gains:

An 18.2 per cent increase in pay for professional staff.
A 15 per cent wage increase for support staff
Improvements in the dental plan, shift premium and relief staff scheduling.
An increase in vision care to $250 from $150 every two years.
A reduction in hours of work to 35 from 37.5
Improved vacation for support staff.

With the settlement, community care in the Hamilton area should return to normal, including full referrals to members of Local 269 who work for the Hamilton-Wentworth Victorian Order of Nurses. They had been on strike earlier in the fall.

News Release:

December 13, 2000 :Tentative agreement at Hamilton-Wentworth Community Care Access Centre

Thanks to you my father could die at home in dignity: Ted McMeekin, MPP

"Because of the work that you do, my father was able to die at home, surrounded by his family and home care professionals," Hamilton area MPP Ted McMeekin told striking home care workers, members of Local 274.

Click here for complete story, including pictures from the October 24, 2000 event.

The Hamilton-Wentworth Victorian Order of Nurses: VON nurses accept contract - Oct. 3, 2000

Fighting to save quality home care. An important message from Lois Boggs, President OPSEU Local 269, Victorian Order of Nurses, Hamilton-Wentworth Branch

Other News

Dec 6, 2000 Striking home care workers to visit Queen’s Park

Oct. 23, 2000 - CCAC strikers plan "celebration"

Oct. 13, 2000 - Get involved in the Day of Action on Health Care Oct. 28

October 2, 2000 - Tentative agreement at Hamilton-Wentworth V.O.N.
Sept. 27, 2000 CCAC sets Oct. 10 strike deadline
Sept 15, 2000 CCAC staff bargaining heats up

September 12, 2000 “Gentle, angry nurses” descend on Queen’s Park

Sept 06, 2000 Home care announcement does not address crisis, striking nurses say

August 31, 2000 Hamilton home care faces crisis

August 28, 2000 Health ministry created home care crisis – OPSEU

August 25, 2000 Home care bargaining rocks by-election

August 25, 2000 Union sponsors “Survivor”-style City Hall meeting on home care

August 23, 2000 Political brass joins information picket

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Community Health Care Professionals Division Index Page

Take Action On Community Health Care! Bulletin

Dec. 7, 2000: Includes Local 274 Update, Long Term Care Forums, Joshua Fleuelling Inquest, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Health Sciences Association of British Columbia sets bargaining demands

Tell Mike Harris you care about home care

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Ontario Public Service Employees Union, 100 Lesmill Rd. Toronto, ON M3B 3P8 (416) 443-8888 www.opseu.org