A PETITION CALLING ON CHEO TO EXTEND PANDEMIC PAY TO ALL EMPLOYEES
CEO Alex Munter, Senior Managers and Board of Directors of CHEO
Calling on CHEO to acknowledge that all of its hospital workers are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing all of them with the $4/hour pandemic pay wage premium and by joining us in calling for the Ontario provincial government to extend pandemic pay to all hospital employees.
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CEO Alex Munter, Senior Managers and Board of Directors of CHEO
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To the CEO, Senior Managers and Board of Directors of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (hereafter referred to as “CHEO”):
On March 17, 2020, the government of Ontario declared a State of Emergency related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Shortly thereafter, the government enacted an Emergency Order that empowered CHEO and other hospitals to redeploy staff, change schedules, cancel holidays and vacations, reassign work locations and suspend the operation of many provisions of collective bargaining agreements.
Since that time, employees at the hospital have been assigned to work in all areas of the hospital, providing direct and indirect care, screening services, support, research and testing and in every other imaginable role. Many employees have had vacations cancelled, worked long hours in uncomfortable and less than ideal conditions, been transferred to new jobs, been assigned to shift work, weekend work and seen their workloads increase dramatically.
On April 25, 2020, the provincial government announced a $4.00 per hour Pandemic Pay premium that applied to most health care and front-line social service workers, but excluded many hospital employees.
Shortly thereafter, the government enacted an Emergency Order that suspended certain legislation limiting wage increases for health care workers with respect to payments related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. That order allows the Hospital to implement a COVID-19 related wage enhancement, even if the government has not ordered it.
The Hospital’s core vision underscores a commitment to providing the best life for every child and youth. This is what our members do every single day. By providing exceptional care they advance the quality of treatment and services received by patients and their families at CHEO.
We need CHEO to be bold. To be innovative. And to challenge the status quo. It is essential that the Hospital respect its staff and support them in their journey to provide the highest level of care to children and youth.
Now, therefore, we the undersigned members of LiUNA Local 3000 and other employees and friends of CHEO call upon the Hospital to implement a $4.00 Pandemic Pay increase for all employees of the hospital, and we further call upon you to join us in calling for the provincial government to extend its Pandemic Pay premium to ALL hospital employees.