FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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 OCHU-CUPE
Jillian Watt, regional vice-president of OCHU-CUPE
Karrie Smith, president of CUPE 815, representing staff at Halton Healthcare
(including Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital)
What: Protest against the privatization of hospital services
Where: Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, 3001 Hospital Gate, Oakville, ON
When: 11:30 a.m. on Friday, November 8
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For more information, contact:
Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859