Union says local board of health will be recommending a 'workforce reduction' to save money in the face of a projected $1.5M budget shortfall for next year
The Ontario Nurses’ Association is sounding the alarm about "looming cuts to front-line staffing" at Algoma Public Health.
The prospect of job cuts "should send a chill down the spine of every resident of the District of Algoma," ONA provincial president Erin Ariss said in the release. "We all need the expert care and services of our public health nurses and health-care professionals now more than ever. The employer has yet to make it clear which workers will be cut, but the bottom line is that any cuts to the front lines will be paid for with peoples’ health.
“Ontario’s health-care system is under tremendous pressure today, in large part due to the withholding of health-care funding from every sector of the system by the Ford government,” says ONA provincial president Erin Ariss, RN. “The prospect of up to 15 health unit positions, possibly including the nurses that ONA represents – being eliminated should send a chill down the spine of every resident of the District of Algoma.
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