Sign the petition – Caring for the Community Starts with Caring for Workers!
We are frontline health staff at Northeastern Public Health.
We have served your communities for years in public health including immunization & vaccinations, dental care, water and food inspection, injury prevention and safety, sexual health clinics, parenting clinics, substance use health, education, and outreach.
Since the merger of the Timiskaming Health Unit (THU) and the Porcupine Health Unit (PHU) (now Northeastern Public Health) serious problems have emerged that hurt both the workers and the people we serve.
Staff Wellbeing
- Bullying and intimidation
- Stress and Burnout
- Staff leaving and not being replaced
- Denying grievances
- Staff expertise disregarded
Service disruptions
- Essential supplies not being ordered- leaving clients without
- Cancelled appointments and programs
- Phone calls being redirected
- Inaccessible files
Skilled staff are leaving and not being replaced, resulting in reduced client care, discontinued programs, and a loss of trust that we have worked hard to build. Your community deserves dependable public health unit services!.
Your community deserves dependable public health unit services!
We’re calling for action!
- Respect workers rights!
- Restore essential supplies!
- Value staff experience and input!
- Hold leadership accountable!
Our staff and community deserve better!
Add your voice!
We the undersigned stand with the Public Health Unit workers who care for our community.
Public health is about services to people
We demand that Dr. Lianne Catton, Medical Officer of Health and CEO, to act now to protect staff, services and the public good.