MEDIA ADVISORY: Kingston front-line hospital workers speak out about COVID-related morale, stress and isolation pay – tomorrow 11 a.m.

20 January 2021

Event Information

Begins: 21 January 2021 @ 11:00 AM

Location: Kingston, ON

KINGSTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Kingston media are invited to a media conference tomorrow (January 21) with Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) staff and union leaders to discuss pandemic-related morale, stress and isolation pay issues.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974 represents about 2,000 nurses, personal support workers, trades, housekeeping and administrative staff at KHSC.

CUPE 1974 president Barb DeRoche and CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE) president Michael Hurley will brief media at 11 a.m.

Media conference link:

https://zoom.us/j/97789620363?pwd=MVI3OXZiMHdaYkRia2RpT3VSc1dLdz09

OR DIAL IN #: 1 647 374 4685

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For more information please contact:

Stella Yeadon
CUPE Communications
416-559-9300
syeadon@cupe.ca