OPSEULocal215

tweets by Local president OPSEU215, advocate for paramedical services and public healthcare.

[OPSEULocal215 @Opseu215]

@fordnation @celliottability @PBethlenfalvy adding to this list: dialysis techs,pathology assistants, morgue attendants, anaesthetic assistants, orthopaedic techs, dietitians, case managers, recreational therapists, child life specialists....and more

[OPSEULocal215 @Opseu215]

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[OPSEULocal215 @Opseu215]

@CBCNews Anaesthetic Assistants and a specific post graduate program already exist, typically Respiratory Therapists but some Nurses take this advanced program

[Dr. Adil Shamji 🇨🇦 @ShamjiAdil]

Today, with his appeal of the Court’s ruling on #Bill124 beginning, Doug Ford is coming for all of us.

@fordnation passed a law that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was designed to protect against.

Instead of accepting that, he’s taking us to court over it.

#onpoli

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

Instead of accepting a court ruling that Bill 124 is unconstitutional, the Ford government continues to waste money on a costly appeal in a last-ditch attempt to avoid paying fair wages to workers.

It’s time to end this petty campaign against the people who care for us.

#onpoli

[P.b.Freire @Freire1Pb]

Never forget! Con Ford and Con Minions repeatedly stood up in Question Period, nodded and applauded Con Jones
#MegaPrivateProfitsOverPeople #Bill60-Dismantling Ontario Public Heathcare by closing Ontario Public Hospitals, Ontario Emergency Rooms, Ontario Urgent Care Clinics.

[Cdn Health Coalition @HealthCoalition]

Health care workers and public health care advocates with the @HealthCoalition are on the Hill today lobbying for #universalpharmacare and public health care #HealthandHope

[Wayne Gates @Wayne_Gates]

We deserve better as a province—its that’s simple. Healthcare is at the foundation of our country, our province, and community. We help each other.

Privatized health care is not the answer. And we’ve witnessed firsthand what private, for-profit healthcare looks like. #onpoli

[Wayne Gates @Wayne_Gates]

Thirty-seven years ago today, Tommy Douglas passed away.

I am asking you to share this message, to remind Doug Ford that he was voted the Greatest Canadian because he spent his life fighting for publicly-funded, publicly-delivered health care.

Let’s honour Tommy’s legacy.

[Don Davies @DonDavies]

Critical point: private, for-profit health care is more expensive than publicly-delivered care. Obviously, there’s the extra cost of profit, but also administrative costs are higher. That’s why public money is better spent on public care.

[vasdan @haslas78]

#righttofight lab workers at Victoria Hospital in London ON expressing their disappointment with @Ontario Gov over their decisions about health care in Ontario, only 1% wage increase over 3 years while inflation is at highest in the last 40 years. @OPSEU @fordnation

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Ont’s healthcare is in crisis b/c of understaffing & underfunding. @fordnation's plan to increase private clinics won’t make things better; it will make wait times even longer! Hospital Professionals sent a strong message on Feb13: We have the #RightToFight for public healthcare!

[NiagaraHealth @niagarahealth]

Rec Therapist Kristen Young and patients in Niagara Health's Mental Health program are gearing up for a seventh gardening season together. The all-encompassing, sensory act of gardening has proven to be good medicine. #rectherapymonth #WeAreNH

Read more: https://t.co/VuIpr9Tc0F

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Feb 13 2003, @OPSEU Hospital Professionals made history & won better staffing & patient care.
20yrs later, hospitals are in crisis. Privatiz'n will make it worse. @fordnation & @sylviajonesmpp public hospitals need more staff & $$; not less. #RightToFight https://t.co/14rUutQOdi

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Feb. 13, 2003: Hospital Professionals walked out for better working conditions & better patient care.
Feb. 13, 2023: The #RightToFight continues.

Take action against chronic understaffing & underfunding of public healthcare!
Join a rally near you: https://t.co/E5IMWbaHPM

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Today the Ford gov't ignored the health care staffing crisis and cost of living crisis.
The rainy day is right now for burnt out health care workers, people facing waits for health care and people struggling to pay for basics. #onpoli #onlab https://t.co/IaRWCYUSWB

[Terezia Zorić @terezia_zoric]

To be clear: the same Ford government that kept wages at 1% while inflation was over 7% wants to threaten *all* our collective bargaining efforts—which will harm all workers, unionized + not.

⁦We must say NO with one voice. Our shared future is at stake https://t.co/FuLeLycBkX

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Ontario is not going to solve the hospital staffing crisis with private, for-profit contracts.
OPSEU/SEFPO hospital professionals call on the Ford gov't to work collaboratively with them on solutions in the public hospital system. #onpoli
https://t.co/lgOXJglZxR

[OPSEULocal215 @Opseu215]

@flindall_steve He also means you don’t pay (other than user fees of course) for services if you go there … but indirectly taxpayers pay more for less ..when profits go into owner pockets.

[OPSEULocal215 @Opseu215]

@vickyrobinbaum @flindall_steve And many home care professions are paid per visit. Making a proper wage requires them to do the bare minimum and move along quickly.

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

HPD Chair @saralabelle1 set the record straight on @CTVNews about the health care crisis. @SylviaJonesMPP ER shutdowns, regular Code zero’s for ambulances, severe understaffing & burnout can't be ignored! #onpoli
Watch the interview: https://t.co/I223HBXlGU