For the second time in three weeks, MPP Jeff Yurek’s St. Thomas office has been the target of a healthcare-related protest with the latest being Friday. About 30 nurses gathered over the noon hour to protest against Bill 124 which caps public sector wage increases to no greater than one per cent for three years. Rebecca Jesney, an RN in the emergency department at London’s Victoria Hospital, stressed the rally was not about pandemic pay.
Jesney adds nurses have been facing COVID head-on and they want to be treated with respect.
She says nurses are frustrated with Bill-124 and the lack of pay equity in the bill.
Jesney stresses as a collective union, nurses and their representatives should be able to come to the bargaining table and have discussions about fair wages and benefits.
