FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December
12, 2005
Health care workers launching campaign to
fight new Liberal LHIN scheme
LHIN plan will bring
more privatization and force patients to travel, health unions
say
TORONTO — Four unions
representing almost 200,000 Ontario health care workers say
the Liberal government will undermine patient access to local
care with its Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) plan.
The Ontario Nurses' Association
(ONA), the Service Employees International Union Local1.on
(SEIULocal1.on) the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) say the
McGuinty government’s 14 unelected LHINs will also open the
door to privatization. They will be campaigning together
against the LHIN plan.
The four unions will hold a
joint news conference:
Date: Tuesday December
13
Time: 12:00 noon
Place: Queen’s Park Media Studio, Legislative
Building, Toronto
Who: Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN (ONA), Leah Casselman,
(OPSEU), Sharleen Stewart (SEIU), Michael Hurley (CUPE-OCHU)
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Contacts:
Sheree Bond, ONA 416-964 8833,
ext 2430;
David Cox, OPSEU 416-788-9197 (cell);
Stella Yeadon, CUPE; 416-578-8774; John Van Beek,
SEIU (905) 660-1800, x 319
