On Saturday, April 25th the Provincial Government announced a wage increase for some Ontario health care and social service staff is belated recognition by the provincial government of the immense contribution and sacrifice this mostly female workforce is making in the fight against COVID-19.

While the wage increase is welcome, it also falls short, leaving many key front-line workers out. Paramedic Services workers are among those who currently will not benefit from this wage increase despite being front-line health care workers. There are also concerns that some childcare workers, who are supporting emergency workers’ families, are also left out.

The full CUPE Ontario press release can be found here:

The CUPE Ontario CACO Committee is hosting a telephone town hall for members in Paramedic Services tomorrow, April 28th 2020 at 2:30pm. We are encouraging all CUPE 503 members who are able to participate to join the call for next steps. An email is being sent out with the call in details to members who we have email addresses for.