FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Scarborough, ON – On Friday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Scarborough General Hospital symbolizing the “duplicity of the Ontario PCs hospital services’ privatization plan.”
As part of their province-wide Trojan Horse tour, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition are calling for an end to ongoing privatization of hospital surgeries and diagnostic tests, and demanding the government invest in staffing and capacity in public hospitals.
Who: Sharon Richer, secretary-treasurer of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE); Calvin Campbell, regional vice president of OCHU/CUPE
What: Protest against the privatization of hospital services
Where: Scarborough General Hospital, 3050 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough, ON
When: 11:30 a.m. on Friday, October 18
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For more information, contact:
Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859
