Bruyere health care workers to rally on Monday to protest hospital job cuts

Frustrated by the deteriorating conditions at their hospital and aghast at the recently announced job cuts, health care workers at Bruyere will be holding a rally outside the Saint-Vincent hospital site on Monday, March 23.

“There is no room for staffing cuts at Bruyere,” said Douglas Currier, the president of CUPE 4540, representing more than 800 workers at Bruyere. “We will do everything we can to not only avoid layoffs, but to improve staffing ratios and the quality of care because that’s what our community deserves. We are sending a message to the Ford government: it’s time to stop the cuts and fund our hospital services.”

In response to a budget deficit, the hospital is eliminating 55 positions: 46 personal support workers and nine registered practical nurses.

Staff at Bruyere will be joined by community allies including representatives from the grassroots organization Steps off the Street Ottawa. Also in attendance will be CUPE hospital workers in Ottawa and surrounding areas, as well as the union’s provincial leadership.

Who: Douglas Currier, president, CUPE 4540, representing staff at Bruyere Health
Michael Hurley, president, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE)
Suzanne Pinel-Asselin, Francophone vice president, OCHU-CUPE
Sharon Richer, secretary-treasurer, OCHU-CUPE

What: CUPE 4540 rally against staffing cuts at Bruyere

When: 11:30 a.m., Monday, March 23

Where: Bruyère Health Saint-Vincent Hospital, 60 Cambridge St. N., Ottawa

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