Butterfly Sabrina Gopaul, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
Shannon McLennon, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
C:
Hon. Christine Elliott, Minister of Health
Black Creek Community Health Centre Strike Index Page
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU/SEFPO President
Mahnaz Pourahmadi, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 President and Bargaining Team Chair
Butterfly Sabrina Gopaul, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
Shannon McLennon, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
C:
Hon. Christine Elliott, Minister of Health
Black Creek Community Health Centre Strike Index Page
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU/SEFPO President
Mahnaz Pourahmadi, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 President and Bargaining Team Chair
Butterfly Sabrina Gopaul, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
Shannon McLennon, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
C:
Hon. Christine Elliott, Minister of Health
Black Creek Community Health Centre Strike Index Page
Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central
250 Dundas St. W, Suite 305
Toronto, ON
Dear Ms. Romain,
We’re writing to ask that you intervene in ending the strike at Black Creek Community Health Centre (BCCHC). The health care workers at BCCHC have been on strike since June 12, after many months of failed bargaining discussions.
BCCHC’s Executive Director, Cheryl Prescod, has been withholding the one per cent wage increase that workers are allowed to receive under the Bill 124 wage restraint legislation. Other community health centres in the GTA, also funded by the Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central, have provided this wage increase to their health care workers.
For weeks, Ms. Prescod has refused wage increases for front-line workers because of claims of lack of funding, even after the Ministry of Health gave assurances on June 12 that the funding would be available. Her stubbornness to bargain fairly on compensation has come at a great cost to the Black Creek community, who greatly depend on the care provided by these health care workers, and it has forced the union to file an unfair labour practice with the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
When it comes to public funding, transparency is key. BCCHC management has not been transparent about the wage grid, wage increases and distribution of allocated funds by the Ministry of Health. Ms. Prescod has been able to provide significant, steady wage increases for herself and BCCHC’s directors for years, yet wages for many of these health care workers have been effectively frozen.
As of July 12, BCCHC health care workers will be going into their fifth week of strike. That is five weeks that thousands of residents of the Black Creek, Jane and Finch area have not been able to receive treatment for chronic illnesses, mental health, physical ailments, and more.
These are passionate, dedicated, highly skilled health care providers who care deeply for their community. They have been on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic providing care to their already historically underserved community when they’ve needed it the most. All they want is to continue taking care of Black Creek’s residents, but they must stand up for the respect and fair pay that they deserve.
They give 100 per cent to their jobs. Is a one per cent wage increase really so much to ask?
Community health centres in the surrounding areas are recognizing the value of their workers and have bargained wage increases and improvements during the pandemic. Black Creek’s health care workers deserve to be treated with the same respect as their peers, and their management needs to be more transparent about how they’re allocating funding.
Sincerely,
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU/SEFPO President
Mahnaz Pourahmadi, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 President and Bargaining Team Chair
Butterfly Sabrina Gopaul, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
Shannon McLennon, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
C:
Hon. Christine Elliott, Minister of Health
Black Creek Community Health Centre Strike Index Page
Chief Executive Officer
Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central
250 Dundas St. W, Suite 305
Toronto, ON
Dear Ms. Romain,
We’re writing to ask that you intervene in ending the strike at Black Creek Community Health Centre (BCCHC). The health care workers at BCCHC have been on strike since June 12, after many months of failed bargaining discussions.
BCCHC’s Executive Director, Cheryl Prescod, has been withholding the one per cent wage increase that workers are allowed to receive under the Bill 124 wage restraint legislation. Other community health centres in the GTA, also funded by the Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central, have provided this wage increase to their health care workers.
For weeks, Ms. Prescod has refused wage increases for front-line workers because of claims of lack of funding, even after the Ministry of Health gave assurances on June 12 that the funding would be available. Her stubbornness to bargain fairly on compensation has come at a great cost to the Black Creek community, who greatly depend on the care provided by these health care workers, and it has forced the union to file an unfair labour practice with the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
When it comes to public funding, transparency is key. BCCHC management has not been transparent about the wage grid, wage increases and distribution of allocated funds by the Ministry of Health. Ms. Prescod has been able to provide significant, steady wage increases for herself and BCCHC’s directors for years, yet wages for many of these health care workers have been effectively frozen.
As of July 12, BCCHC health care workers will be going into their fifth week of strike. That is five weeks that thousands of residents of the Black Creek, Jane and Finch area have not been able to receive treatment for chronic illnesses, mental health, physical ailments, and more.
These are passionate, dedicated, highly skilled health care providers who care deeply for their community. They have been on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic providing care to their already historically underserved community when they’ve needed it the most. All they want is to continue taking care of Black Creek’s residents, but they must stand up for the respect and fair pay that they deserve.
They give 100 per cent to their jobs. Is a one per cent wage increase really so much to ask?
Community health centres in the surrounding areas are recognizing the value of their workers and have bargained wage increases and improvements during the pandemic. Black Creek’s health care workers deserve to be treated with the same respect as their peers, and their management needs to be more transparent about how they’re allocating funding.
Sincerely,
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU/SEFPO President
Mahnaz Pourahmadi, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 President and Bargaining Team Chair
Butterfly Sabrina Gopaul, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
Shannon McLennon, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
C:
Hon. Christine Elliott, Minister of Health
Black Creek Community Health Centre Strike Index Page
Tess RomainChief Executive Officer
Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central
250 Dundas St. W, Suite 305
Toronto, ON
Dear Ms. Romain,
We’re writing to ask that you intervene in ending the strike at Black Creek Community Health Centre (BCCHC). The health care workers at BCCHC have been on strike since June 12, after many months of failed bargaining discussions.
BCCHC’s Executive Director, Cheryl Prescod, has been withholding the one per cent wage increase that workers are allowed to receive under the Bill 124 wage restraint legislation. Other community health centres in the GTA, also funded by the Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central, have provided this wage increase to their health care workers.
For weeks, Ms. Prescod has refused wage increases for front-line workers because of claims of lack of funding, even after the Ministry of Health gave assurances on June 12 that the funding would be available. Her stubbornness to bargain fairly on compensation has come at a great cost to the Black Creek community, who greatly depend on the care provided by these health care workers, and it has forced the union to file an unfair labour practice with the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
When it comes to public funding, transparency is key. BCCHC management has not been transparent about the wage grid, wage increases and distribution of allocated funds by the Ministry of Health. Ms. Prescod has been able to provide significant, steady wage increases for herself and BCCHC’s directors for years, yet wages for many of these health care workers have been effectively frozen.
As of July 12, BCCHC health care workers will be going into their fifth week of strike. That is five weeks that thousands of residents of the Black Creek, Jane and Finch area have not been able to receive treatment for chronic illnesses, mental health, physical ailments, and more.
These are passionate, dedicated, highly skilled health care providers who care deeply for their community. They have been on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic providing care to their already historically underserved community when they’ve needed it the most. All they want is to continue taking care of Black Creek’s residents, but they must stand up for the respect and fair pay that they deserve.
They give 100 per cent to their jobs. Is a one per cent wage increase really so much to ask?
Community health centres in the surrounding areas are recognizing the value of their workers and have bargained wage increases and improvements during the pandemic. Black Creek’s health care workers deserve to be treated with the same respect as their peers, and their management needs to be more transparent about how they’re allocating funding.
Sincerely,
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU/SEFPO President
Mahnaz Pourahmadi, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 President and Bargaining Team Chair
Butterfly Sabrina Gopaul, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
Shannon McLennon, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
C:
Hon. Christine Elliott, Minister of Health
Black Creek Community Health Centre Strike Index Page
Click here to download the letter.
Tess RomainChief Executive Officer
Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central
250 Dundas St. W, Suite 305
Toronto, ON
Dear Ms. Romain,
We’re writing to ask that you intervene in ending the strike at Black Creek Community Health Centre (BCCHC). The health care workers at BCCHC have been on strike since June 12, after many months of failed bargaining discussions.
BCCHC’s Executive Director, Cheryl Prescod, has been withholding the one per cent wage increase that workers are allowed to receive under the Bill 124 wage restraint legislation. Other community health centres in the GTA, also funded by the Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central, have provided this wage increase to their health care workers.
For weeks, Ms. Prescod has refused wage increases for front-line workers because of claims of lack of funding, even after the Ministry of Health gave assurances on June 12 that the funding would be available. Her stubbornness to bargain fairly on compensation has come at a great cost to the Black Creek community, who greatly depend on the care provided by these health care workers, and it has forced the union to file an unfair labour practice with the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
When it comes to public funding, transparency is key. BCCHC management has not been transparent about the wage grid, wage increases and distribution of allocated funds by the Ministry of Health. Ms. Prescod has been able to provide significant, steady wage increases for herself and BCCHC’s directors for years, yet wages for many of these health care workers have been effectively frozen.
As of July 12, BCCHC health care workers will be going into their fifth week of strike. That is five weeks that thousands of residents of the Black Creek, Jane and Finch area have not been able to receive treatment for chronic illnesses, mental health, physical ailments, and more.
These are passionate, dedicated, highly skilled health care providers who care deeply for their community. They have been on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic providing care to their already historically underserved community when they’ve needed it the most. All they want is to continue taking care of Black Creek’s residents, but they must stand up for the respect and fair pay that they deserve.
They give 100 per cent to their jobs. Is a one per cent wage increase really so much to ask?
Community health centres in the surrounding areas are recognizing the value of their workers and have bargained wage increases and improvements during the pandemic. Black Creek’s health care workers deserve to be treated with the same respect as their peers, and their management needs to be more transparent about how they’re allocating funding.
Sincerely,
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU/SEFPO President
Mahnaz Pourahmadi, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 President and Bargaining Team Chair
Butterfly Sabrina Gopaul, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
Shannon McLennon, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
C:
Hon. Christine Elliott, Minister of Health
Black Creek Community Health Centre Strike Index Page
Click here to download the letter.
Tess RomainChief Executive Officer
Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central
250 Dundas St. W, Suite 305
Toronto, ON
Dear Ms. Romain,
We’re writing to ask that you intervene in ending the strike at Black Creek Community Health Centre (BCCHC). The health care workers at BCCHC have been on strike since June 12, after many months of failed bargaining discussions.
BCCHC’s Executive Director, Cheryl Prescod, has been withholding the one per cent wage increase that workers are allowed to receive under the Bill 124 wage restraint legislation. Other community health centres in the GTA, also funded by the Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central, have provided this wage increase to their health care workers.
For weeks, Ms. Prescod has refused wage increases for front-line workers because of claims of lack of funding, even after the Ministry of Health gave assurances on June 12 that the funding would be available. Her stubbornness to bargain fairly on compensation has come at a great cost to the Black Creek community, who greatly depend on the care provided by these health care workers, and it has forced the union to file an unfair labour practice with the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
When it comes to public funding, transparency is key. BCCHC management has not been transparent about the wage grid, wage increases and distribution of allocated funds by the Ministry of Health. Ms. Prescod has been able to provide significant, steady wage increases for herself and BCCHC’s directors for years, yet wages for many of these health care workers have been effectively frozen.
As of July 12, BCCHC health care workers will be going into their fifth week of strike. That is five weeks that thousands of residents of the Black Creek, Jane and Finch area have not been able to receive treatment for chronic illnesses, mental health, physical ailments, and more.
These are passionate, dedicated, highly skilled health care providers who care deeply for their community. They have been on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic providing care to their already historically underserved community when they’ve needed it the most. All they want is to continue taking care of Black Creek’s residents, but they must stand up for the respect and fair pay that they deserve.
They give 100 per cent to their jobs. Is a one per cent wage increase really so much to ask?
Community health centres in the surrounding areas are recognizing the value of their workers and have bargained wage increases and improvements during the pandemic. Black Creek’s health care workers deserve to be treated with the same respect as their peers, and their management needs to be more transparent about how they’re allocating funding.
Sincerely,
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU/SEFPO President
Mahnaz Pourahmadi, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 President and Bargaining Team Chair
Butterfly Sabrina Gopaul, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
Shannon McLennon, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
C:
Hon. Christine Elliott, Minister of Health
Black Creek Community Health Centre Strike Index Page
The following letter was sent to CEO of Home and Community Care Support Services (Toronto Central), Tess Romain, and the Minister of Health Christine Elliott by OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas and OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117’s bargaining team. The OPSEU/SEFPO members working at Black Creek Community Health Centre have been on strike since June 12, 2021.
Click here to download the letter.
Tess RomainChief Executive Officer
Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central
250 Dundas St. W, Suite 305
Toronto, ON
Dear Ms. Romain,
We’re writing to ask that you intervene in ending the strike at Black Creek Community Health Centre (BCCHC). The health care workers at BCCHC have been on strike since June 12, after many months of failed bargaining discussions.
BCCHC’s Executive Director, Cheryl Prescod, has been withholding the one per cent wage increase that workers are allowed to receive under the Bill 124 wage restraint legislation. Other community health centres in the GTA, also funded by the Home and Community Care Support Services, Toronto Central, have provided this wage increase to their health care workers.
For weeks, Ms. Prescod has refused wage increases for front-line workers because of claims of lack of funding, even after the Ministry of Health gave assurances on June 12 that the funding would be available. Her stubbornness to bargain fairly on compensation has come at a great cost to the Black Creek community, who greatly depend on the care provided by these health care workers, and it has forced the union to file an unfair labour practice with the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
When it comes to public funding, transparency is key. BCCHC management has not been transparent about the wage grid, wage increases and distribution of allocated funds by the Ministry of Health. Ms. Prescod has been able to provide significant, steady wage increases for herself and BCCHC’s directors for years, yet wages for many of these health care workers have been effectively frozen.
As of July 12, BCCHC health care workers will be going into their fifth week of strike. That is five weeks that thousands of residents of the Black Creek, Jane and Finch area have not been able to receive treatment for chronic illnesses, mental health, physical ailments, and more.
These are passionate, dedicated, highly skilled health care providers who care deeply for their community. They have been on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic providing care to their already historically underserved community when they’ve needed it the most. All they want is to continue taking care of Black Creek’s residents, but they must stand up for the respect and fair pay that they deserve.
They give 100 per cent to their jobs. Is a one per cent wage increase really so much to ask?
Community health centres in the surrounding areas are recognizing the value of their workers and have bargained wage increases and improvements during the pandemic. Black Creek’s health care workers deserve to be treated with the same respect as their peers, and their management needs to be more transparent about how they’re allocating funding.
Sincerely,
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU/SEFPO President
Mahnaz Pourahmadi, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 President and Bargaining Team Chair
Butterfly Sabrina Gopaul, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
Shannon McLennon, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117 Bargaining Team member
C:
Hon. Christine Elliott, Minister of Health