Home-care workers hit airwaves
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MANITOBA’S 5,000 home-care workers have turned to the television airwaves to back demands for more full-time work from the province’s regional health authorities.
The Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union, which is in the midst of bargaining a new contract on their behalf, noted Wednesday that the vast majority of home-care workers are casual or part-time.That has caused a high employee-turnover rate and a lack of continuity for clients, who must get used to new caregivers.
“There’s a recruitment and retention problem… for the very simple reason that they don’t know how many hours they’re going to be working or when they’re going to be working,” said MGEU president Peter Olfert.
In 30-second television ads that began airing on Monday and will run for about a month, the MGEU says home-care workers provide a valuable service — and lower health-care costs — by helping clients live at home instead of in an institution.
larry.kusch@freepress.mb.ca