Media Releases

Media Release: #DoneWaiting for Fairness in Swift Current

For Immediate Release - September 17, 2020

Swift Current – Members of SEIU-West who work at Cypress Regional Hospital and the Meadows long-term care facility want to remind the people in their community that they are still without a collective agreement and are frustrated with the lack of progress in negotiations with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) due to the Sask Party government’s refusal to fund a fair deal.

Media Release: Lab Testing Capacity - an Empty Promise

For Immediate Release - September 10, 2020

Saskatoon – Members of SEIU-West who work in provincial lab services want the people of Saskatchewan to be aware of their ongoing challenges in meeting the SaskParty government’s promise of processing 4,000 COVID19 tests per day. This is the subject of an open letter sent today to Premier Scott Moe, Minister of Health Jim Reiter, Minister of Rural & Remote Health Warren Kaeding, Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) CEO Scott Livingstone, and SHA Laboratory Services Executive Director Lenore Howey (https://bit.ly/33fmUtP).

Media Release: #DoneWaiting for Fairness in Saskatoon

For Immediate Release - September 9, 2020

Saskatoon – Members of SEIU-West who work at Saskatoon City Hospital are holding a demonstration to remind the general public that they are still without a contract and are frustrated with the lack of progress in negotiations with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) due to the Sask Party government’s refusal to fund a fair deal.

Media Release: We are #DoneWaiting for Fairness in Moose Jaw

For Immediate Release - September 2, 2020

Moose Jaw – Members of SEIU-West who live and work in Moose Jaw and surrounding areas are demonstrating outside of facilities in the city to express their frustration with the lack of progress in negotiations with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) due to the Sask Party government’s refusal to fund a fair deal.

Media Release: We are #DoneWaiting for Fairness

For Immediate Release - August 26, 2020

Craik & Davidson – Today, SEIU-West members are demonstrating outside the Craik and District Health Care Centre and the Davidson Health Centre to show their frustration with the lack of progress in negotiations with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) due to the Sask Party government’s refusal to fund a fair deal.

Media Release: Lab Staff Needed as a Critical Resource for COVID-19

For Immediate Release - August 20, 2020

Saskatoon – SEIU-West health care providers who work in Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) laboratories are wondering how the government intends to increase testing capacity to 4,000 in early September.

Media Release: Rural Health Care Providers are #DoneWaiting

For Immediate Release - August 19, 2020

Wilkie & Biggar – Today, SEIU-West members are demonstrating outside the Wilkie and District Health Care Centre and the Biggar and District Health Centre to emphasize their frustration with the lack of progress in bargaining due to the Sask Party government’s refusal to negotiate a fair deal.

Media Release: Health Care Providers are #DoneWaiting

For Immediate Release, August 12, 2020

Saskatoon – Today, SEIU-West members are demonstrating outside health care facilities in Saskatoon to emphasize their frustration with the lack of progress in bargaining due to the Sask Party government’s refusal to negotiate a fair deal.

Media Advisory: #DoneWaiting

For Immediate Release - August 11, 2020

Saskatoon – SEIU-West members will be outside of various health care facilities in Saskatoon on Wednesday August 12, 2020 to demonstrate their frustration with the pace of bargaining and the Saskatchewan government’s refusal to negotiate a fair deal.

“Our members were tired, and burned out prior to the pandemic,” says Barbara Cape, President of SEIU-West. “And they’ve held up their end of the deal to provide skilled professional care that bent the infection rate of COVID-19. It’s time for SAHO and the Sask Party government to do the same.”

Who	SEIU-West Health Care members and their supporters Media Spokes people: -       *Barbara Cape, President of SEIU-West @ St. Paul’s Hospital -       **Janice Platzke, Treasurer of SEIU-West @ Sherbrooke Community Centre Photo/Video opportunities: -       All locations
What	Demonstration of protest
Date	Wednesday August 12, 2020
Time	Protests to occur at variable times at each location between 11:00 am and 1:30 pm
Location	VARIOUS – listed on next page or visit seiuwest.ca/events

SEIU-West represents over 13,000 people across Saskatchewan. They include people who work in health care, education, municipalities, community-based organizations, retirement homes and other sectors. They are joined by one colour – purple – and one union – SEIU-West. Purple works in our communities! Visit PurpleWorks.ca to find out more about SEIU-West members. 

Location	Address
Central Haven Special Care Home	1020 Avenue I N
Home Care - On Idylwyld	310 Idylwyld Dr N
Luther Care	1212 Osler St Saskatoon SK
Oliver Lodge	1405 Faulkner Cres
Parkridge Centre - East Side Walk	110 Gropper Cres
Parkridge Centre - North Side Walk	110 Gropper Cres
Porteous Lodge	833 Avenue P N
Royal University Hospital - North Side Walk 1	103 Hospital Dr
Royal University Hospital - North Side Walk 2	103 Hospital Dr
Royal University Hospital - South Side Walk	103 Hospital Dr
Saskatoon City Hospital	701 Queen St
Saskatoon City Hospital - South Side Walk 1	701 Queen St
Saskatoon City Hospital - South Side Walk 2	701 Queen St
**Sherbrooke Community Centre - Acadia Drive & 14th St E	401 Acadia Dr
**Sherbrooke Community Centre - Acadia Drive & Dalhousie Crescent	401 Acadia Dr
*St Paul's Hospital  - East Side Walk	1702 20th St W
*St Paul's Hospital - South Side Walk	1702 20th St W
*St Paul's Hospital - North Side Walk	1702 20th St W
St. Ann's Home	2910 Louise St
Stensrud Lodge	2202 McEown Ave

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For more information contact:

Christine Miller, Communications Coordinator
Phone: 306-477-8733

Click here to download the PDF Media Advisory: #DoneWaiting 

 

Media Release: Dangerous Gaps in Saskatchewan’s Back-to-School Plans

Swift Current – This week the Saskatchewan government announced its plan for the return of K-12 students in September. After reviewing the plan and consulting with its members, SEIU-West has identified further gaps and issues that may put at risk the health and safety of workers and families in areas with some of the province’s highest rates of COVID-19.

Media Release: It’s Time to Focus on Fairness

Saskatoon-- The unions representing health care providers in Saskatchewan are concerned that the latest expansion of the COVID-19 wage top-up for essential workers still falls short.

Media Release: Chronic Short-Staffing in LTC Housekeeping Puts Seniors at COVID Risk

For Immediate Release - July 13, 2020

Saskatoon – SEIU-West has recently received alarming news that understaffing in housekeeping staff may be putting long-term care residents’ health and safety at risk.