September 3, 2010 |
Medicare's hallowed ground, Saskatchewan, has started using a private surgical clinic for orthopedic day surgeries normally provided through the public system.
SEIU Canada
March 8, 2004 |
Ontario's Liberal government is opening new doors to health-care privatization, a major health-care union charged today. SEIU Canada says the <i>Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act</i> (Bill 8)
February 12, 2004 |
One of Canada's largest health-care unions is condemning ten senators' “unprecedented attempt to dismantle medicare.” The senators are supporting a Supreme Court challenge to the public med
November 3, 2003 |
On Friday, the results of an historic vote in North America's largest union became official. More than 40,000 Ontario SEIU members have joined together to form “Local 1.on.” In so doing, th
October 1, 2003 |
Hospital support workers — such as housekeeping staff, dietary personnel, clerical workers and Registered Practical Nurses — are key to ensuring proper hospital infection control. In that c
June 16, 2003 |
It’s been a forgotten sector: predominantly female workplaces lacking male job classes to compare for pay equity purposes. But now 100,000 women working in Ontario’s “proxy sector”
May 21, 2003 |
Unions are calling it a major setback to an Ontario Tory assault on public health care. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the province”s Health Minister acted “patently unreasonabl