Giant Trojan Horse to visit Chesley Community Centre on Tuesday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Giant Trojan Horse to visit Chesley Community Centre on Tuesday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Chesley, ON – On Tuesday afternoon, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Chesley Community Centre, 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 – which are reeling from unprecedented deficits.

Who:    Kevin Cook, first vice-president of OCHU-CUPE
Brenda Scott, representative of Grey Bruce Health Coalition

What:   Protest against the privatization of hospital services

Where: Chesley Community Centre, 129 4^th Ave SE, Chesley, ON

When:  2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26

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For more information, contact:

Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859