Giant Trojan Horse to visit Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on Friday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Giant Trojan Horse to visit Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on Friday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Oakville, ON – On Friday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Oakville Trafalgar Memorial 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 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