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TORONTO - Hospital professionals from more than 40 Ontario
hospitals began bargaining this week towards improving job security, wages,
workload, and prevention of workplace violence.
Following recent settlements with Ontario’s doctors and nurses,
representatives of more than 7,500 OPSEU health care professionals are at a
central table to renew collective agreements that expire March 31, 2009.
These professionals include more than 200 occupations, including
medical lab technologists, physiotherapists, ECG technicians, pharmacists,
pharmacy technicians, social workers, respiratory therapists, laboratory
assistants, medical records technicians, MRI technologists, ultrasound
technologists, dietitians and others.
“Given the need to recruit and retain these skilled workers, it
is in the best interests of the Ontario Hospital Association to work with us on
addressing these issues,” says Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU President. "
Ontario hospitals compete nationally for these professionals. It would simply
not be prudent to stall on improvements. Given these shortages, it is foolhardy
to contemplate layoffs. "
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