FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
North Bay, ON – Cutting jobs at the North Bay Regional Health Centre is the wrong move at a time when the hospital needs more staff to improve care and decrease wait-times, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Leaders from CUPE 139 and the union’s hospital division (Ontario Council of Hospital Unions) will be holding a press conference in North Bay at 10 a.m. on Monday to provide more information to local media.
On Thursday, the union released a statement warning that the cuts will hurt patient care at the hospital, which is already failing to meet provincial standards due to understaffing. Reducing staff is not the answer, the union says.
“The provincial government and the hospital must find a way to not only save these jobs but to add the staffing and capacity required to meet patient needs and reduce wait-times,” said Michael Hurley, president of OCHU-CUPE.
Who: Mike Turgeon, president of CUPE 139
Michael Hurley, president of OCHU-CUPE
What: Media conference in response to staff cuts at North Bay Regional Health Centre
Where: CUPE 139 office,128 McIntyre St W., North Bay
When: 10 a.m. on Monday, October 27
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For more information, contact:
Zee Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
647-995-9859
