THE VILLAGE IN HANOVER PICKETTED IN HANOVER FROM 10AM - 2PM TO KEEP JOBS FROM BEING CUT. AND CUTTING FULL TIME TO PART TIME.AND ELIMINATING PSA CART JOBS AND MORE WORK ON THE COOKS AND DIETARY WORKERS.

 THE VILLAGE IN HANOVER PICKETTED IN HANOVER FROM 10AM - 2PM TO KEEP JOBS FROM BEING CUT. AND CUTTING FULL TIME TO PART TIME.AND ELIMINATING PSA CART JOBS AND MORE WORK ON THE COOKS AND DIETARY WORKERS.

ONA
https://ona.org/
UNIFOR LOCAL 1106 (KITCHENER)
https://unifor1106.ca/

LTC MINISTRY
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministry-long-term-care
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministry-health
LTC SOUTHBRIDGE
https://southbridgecarehomes.com/long-term-care/
LTC CITIZENS RIGHTS
https://www.ontarc.com/residents-bill-of-rights.html


The Village Long term care Hanover, support staff and our loved ones-Bren Scott-posted to Grey Bruce Health Coalition Admin-  · 1d  ·

Hazel Pratt has shared a media release about the information picket being held tomorrow, June 4th, at The Village Seniors Long Term Care Home in Hanover. Show your support for the staff and the residents and drop in to the information picket between 10 am and 2 pm tomorrow. 

Media Release-Thursday June 4, 10 am to 2 pm, workers at The Village Seniors LTC (Long Term Care) Home in Hanover, will be holding an information picket. Healthcare and support workers from Unifor Local 1106 and nurses from ONA are speaking out publicly about staffing cuts and layoffs that will greatly impact resident care in the nursing home.After Covid, The Village Seniors Community by Revera, was quietly sold to Extendicare, and in May 2025 Southbridge bought only the nursing home portion of the multi-level care facility.
No one knows what future plans Southbridge has for the 53 Long Term Care beds but their decision to reduce staff and eliminating jobs will greatly affect the residents who live there.There will be no more homemade soups or Christmas cookies and squares.Frozen foods will be heated and served with a dietary staff that will be reduced by 60%.The Personal Care Assistant position (created during Covid to assist PSWs with lifts, portering, feeding) and the Bath Shift position will be eliminated.  PSWs will be required to bathe or shower assigned residents (previously done by a person who solely did the tub/shower bathing), and pour drinks at mealtime (previously a dietary aide task) on top of the care, meals, etc and finding time to do documentation.  Due to the elimination of the Bath Shift, the task of foot care will be done by a RPN on staff and the resident will be charged a $30 fee for foot care.
Staff whose jobs are eliminated and are unable to bump into another job or category are offered the minimum severance required under the Employment Standards Act.There are staff who have spent their entire working lives caring for residents at this home, some for close to 45 years. Minimum is not enough for staff! Minimum is not enough for residents! Please come show your support to these workers on Thursday June 4, 10 am to 2 pm. The Village LTC is located at the west end of Hanover at 101 10th St.Better Staffing equals Better Care!  Residents Deserve Better! For more information, contact:Susan Gristey, Unifor 1106 workplace representative - Email sgristey@hotmail.ca - Mobile (519)921-1512

AS A RESIDENT LIVING HERE AT THE VILLAGE IN HANOVER. ITS BEEN A LITTLE CRAZY SINCE MAY 25TH WHEN THE NEW JOB CUTS AND SHIFT CHANGES CAME INTO AFFECT. I NEVER EVEN KNEW ABOUT THIS PICKET TILL THIS MORNING. WHEN ANOTHER RESIDENT SAID TO ME ARE YOU GOING TO PICKET WITH ME OUT FRONT TODAY. I SAID SURE.I WILL BE THERE JUST AFTER 10 AM. I THINK IT WAS A MONTH OR SO WHEN 2 WORKERS DID MENTION THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PICKET OVER THE CUTS AND JOB LOSSES AT SOME POINT. BUT I JUST REALIZED THIS MORNING IT WAS OUT AT THE ROAD WERE I LIVE AT THE VILLAGE. SO FROM ABOUT 10.15AM TILL NOON I WAS OUT AT THE ROAD WITH THE WORKERS HERE. THE ONA (ONTARIO NURSES ASSOCIATION) AND THE UNIFOR LOCAL 1106 WORKERS.THERE HAD TO BE 50 OR 60 PEOPLE OUT THERE PICKETING INCLUDING ME. I WENT ON THE ROAD. PARKED AND HAD 3 FLAGS. ONE IN EACH HAND AND A BIG RED ON ON THE BACK OF MY WHEEL CHAIR. LOTS OF CARS, TRUCKS WENT BY. I WAS TRYING TO GET THEM TO TOOT THEIR HORN. AS WELL AS OTHER WORKERS. I LOVED THE DANCE MUSIC BEING PLAYED IN THE BACK ROUND. THAT LIVEND ME UP ALSO. ONE NICE WORKER EVEN GOT ME AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH TO MUNCH ON. THAT SURE WAS NICE OF HER. AND A WATER JUG TO. WELL ME AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE HAD A GREAT TIME TRYING TO SAVE THE JOBS. AND FROM CUTTING FULL TIME TO PART TIME OURS. AND ELIMINATING JOBS COMPLETELY. AND IT IS HURTING US RESIDENCES ALSO. NOW THEY HAVE ONLY SO MANY RESIDENCES TO ONE WORKER. AND THATS HARD ON THE PSWS. SINCE THERES ONE OR 2 SHORT NOW. AND THE NURSES AND PSW'S HAVE TO DO SO MUCH MORE WORK. NOT ONLY THAT. BUT SOME HAD THE COLD GING AROUND. AND THE COOKES AND COFFEE SERVERS WERE GOING CRAZILY BUSY AS WE WERE IN OUR ROOMS FOR A WEEK. EVEN THOUGHT THERE WAS LESS WORKERS. WE STILL GOT ALL 3 MEALS ON TIME. WHAT THESE WORKERS SHOULD GET IS DOUBLE PAY FOR THE HOURS THEY WORK.SINCE THERE HOURS ARE CUT SO MUCH.THEN THEY COULD MAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PAY EVEN THOUGH THEY WORK HALF THE HOURS.THANKS TO UNIFOR LOCAL 1106 AND THE ONTARIO NURSES ASSOCIATION. FOR TRYING TO GET THE JOBS BACK AND HOURS ADDED AGAIN.

 Nursing Homes Workers Host Province-wide Pickets to Demand Respectful New Collective Agreement from Corporate Employers-June 4, 2026

TORONTO, ON, Thursday, June 4, 2026 – Nurses and health-care professionals at more than 47 nursing homes across the province are hosting information pickets to raise awareness about their demands for fair wages, benefits and safe working conditions in their new collective agreement. The new agreement will impact more than 4,400 Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) members, who provide round-the-clock, comprehensive and complex care to residents in for-profit long-term care homes.“Our members have made it absolutely clear that they cannot continue to provide high-quality care without a respectful agreement that addresses their bargaining demands,” says Erin Ariss, registered nurse and ONA Provincial President. “For years, for-profit nursing homes employers have diverted funds away from residents and front-line workers to line the pockets of shareholders. This must end.”Nurses working in long-term care are paid 10 per cent less than those who work in hospitals, despite providing similar levels of care. Some nurses and health-care professionals even work two jobs just to make a livable income. This wage discrepancy often results in workers leaving long-term care to work in other higher paying sectors. The staff who remain end up with unreasonable workloads and unsafe working conditions.ONA members are demanding wage parity with hospitals and safer working conditions such as staffing ratios so that they can provide the high-quality care residents rely on.“The money for fair wages and safer working conditions exists. Look no further than Extendicare, which reported a whopping $96 million in profits last year, or Southbridge Care Homes which receives public funding and doesn’t even report their profits to the public. Corporations have more than enough money to ensure that staff are paid fairly for the high-quality care they provide,” explains Ariss. “But it all comes down to priorities. Employers need to remember that without fair wages, benefits and safe working conditions they will not be able to retain staff. And without highly skilled nurses and health-care professionals, there is no care for residents.”“These province-wide information pickets showcase the urgency our members feel to negotiate a good deal that serves their residents, coworkers and communities. Respect can’t wait. Nursing homes CEOs must stop the greed and finally put care over profits.”ONA is the union representing 68,000 health-care professionals, along with 18,000 nursing student affiliates, who provide care in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, community settings, clinics, and industry.-30-To arrange an interview, contact:ONA Media Relations, media@ona.org

Thousands rally at Queen’s Park to defend public health care-Unifor members pose for photo in front of large crowd holding signs about protecting public health care.June 3, 2026

Unifor joined thousands of health care and social service workers, patients, union allies, and advocates in a march from union station to Queen’s Park on May 28, where they held a massive protest to demand urgent action to protect and strengthen Ontario’s public health care system.A huge crowd rallies in front of Queen's Park during the OHC health care rally.“The strength of our public health care system comes from the workers who deliver care and their commitment to patients, families, and communities,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Our members know that the public system is absolutely worth fighting for and are mobilizing to protect and strengthen it for generations to come.”The rally, organized by the Ontario Health Coalition, brought together supporters from across the province to oppose privatization, address staffing shortages, and call for increased public investment to ensure Ontarians across the province have access to the care they need, when they need it.Unifor Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi poses for photo with two Uniformed leaders wearing red and waving Uniformed flags.“This past week Unifor lobbied here at Queen’s Park to demand better from this government,” said Unifor Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi. “Health care and social services workers are bearing the brunt of chronic underfunding and policy decisions that are making it harder to deliver the quality care Ontarians deserve. Workers are exhausted, patients are waiting longer, and communities are paying the price.”Unifor hosted a Health Care and Social Services Lobby Week from May 25-28, where frontline workers from across Ontario met with elected officials at Queen’s Park to call on the provincial government to address chronic underfunding, unsafe workloads, staffing shortages, and the growing expansion of private, for-profit health care.Two Uniformed members smile while at rally and holding red Unifor flags.Unifor represents more than 35,000 health care and social services workers across Canada, including members working in hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement homes, home care, emergency medical services, and community-based social services.The union recently launched the Care Can’t Wait campaign to push for safe staffing, stronger public services, an end to privatization, and meaningful investments in frontline workers as part of its fight for a health care system that prioritizes patients, workers, and quality care over corporate profit.