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(August 19, 2020)<\/p>\n

By: Cornwall Newswatch<\/p>\n

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Elaine MacDonald with the Ontario Health Coalition speaks during a CUPE-OCHU demonstration outside MPP Jim McDonell’s office in Cornwall, Ont. on Wednesday, Aug 19, 2020. The unions say Ontario’s Bill 195 is stripping members of their rights under existing collective agreements. (Newswatch Group\/Bill Kingston)<\/em><\/p>\n

CORNWALL \u2013 Around 30 members and allies of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) held a demonstration Wednesday morning outside MPP Jim McDonell\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

The unions are upset with the Progressive Conservatives\u2019 Reopening Ontario Bill 195, which they say is violating collective agreements<\/a><\/span>. They accuse some employers of taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to circumvent contract language.<\/p>\n

Corinne Wicks is president of CUPE Local 3000, representing 170 employees at the Winchester District Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Cornwall Newswatch, Wicks says their HR manager has been good about following the collective agreement as closely as possible. But the same can\u2019t be said for other locals in SD&G.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately, for us, our particular local (members) haven\u2019t experienced a lot of problems whereas other locals have. It\u2019s just so disheartening that people have made so many sacrifices during this COVID pandemic,\u201d Wicks said.<\/p>\n

The medical device reprocessing technician says she redeployed to the COVID-19 assessment center for two months.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hospital in general has not experienced a lot of violation of our (contract) language and we\u2019re so fortunate that way. But the bigger hospitals, unfortunately, aren\u2019t so lucky. So this is why they are fighting for them,\u201d Wicks said.<\/p>\n

Wicks says in other areas of SD&G there has been \u201coutright refusals\u201d for vacation, arbitrary scheduling and deploying workers \u201cin places where they\u2019re not even qualified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elaine MacDonald with the Ontario Health Coalition and the Cornwall and District Labour Council also spoke, along with other CUPE representatives.<\/p>\n

Summing up the union\u2019s feeling, one CUPE member from Kingston said \u201cwe\u2019re pissed\u201d with the government.<\/p>\n

A similar demonstration was held yesterday outside MPP Steve Clark\u2019s office in Brockville. The next one is next week in Kenora, in northwestern Ontario. Others will take place through the end of October.<\/p>\n

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