FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January
18, 2006
Increasing private
health care and diminished patient care real story behind
Liberal LHINs scheme, say Sudbury health care workers
SUDBURY - The McGuinty Liberals
propose massive changes to health service delivery that will
open the door to more private health care, while compromising
local access to services and diminishing patient care, say
Sudbury area health care workers.
The Ontario Nurses' Association
(ONA), the Service Employees International Union Local 1.on (SEIU
Local 1.on), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and
the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) are holding
a media conference to alert the Sudbury area community to how
the proposed Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
legislation will impact access to health care locally.
The four health care unions,
which collectively represent 200,000 health service workers,
have launched a joint province-wide campaign to stop the most
destructive elements of the McGuinty Liberals’ LHINs scheme. A
landmark meeting of ONA, OPSEU, CUPE and SEIU health care
members is also scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on January 19 at the
Howard Johnson Hotel, 50 Brady Street.
WHO: Health care
members of OPSEU, SEIU, ONA, and CUPE
WHAT: Media conference
and media briefing on the impact of Local Health Integration
Networks (LHINs) on local health services.
WHERE: Howard Johnson
Hotel, 50 Brady Street, Sudbury, Salon B
WHEN: January 19, 2006
at 2:30 p.m.
*Media is welcome to attend the
opening segment of the joint ONA, OPSEU, CUPE and SEIU meeting
scheduled for 7:00 p.m. However, the remainder of the meeting
is a closed-door session for the four-union membership only.
Contacts:
David Cox, OPSEU 1-800-268-7376
x 8314
Marlene Izzard, CUPE (705) 523-6272
David Cheslock, SEIU Local 1.on 705-698-6584 (c)
Sheree Bond, ONA (416) 964-8833 x 2430
