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“I’m a Health Care Worker in the community social services sector. We take care of residents with special needs, administering medication, preparing food, feeding them, and supporting them physically, mentally and socially. Under normal circumstances, …

“With COVID public health orders, residents’ families are not allowed in our facility. So I need to make sure the connection between families is maintained – that could be on the phone or taking residents to the window to see loved ones. I try to be as …

“If you have a positive attitude, it’s going to rub off, it’s infectious. I come in every day with a big smile, and I am leaving at the end of my shift with a big smile. I make it a point to remember people’s names because I think it’s quite important. I …

“We shouldn’t just be kind and considerate of people right now during the pandemic, we should always be. I never thought I would live through something like this, and it’s made me change the way I see people and how I see things. People need to be kinder …

"I’m an Industrial Electrician. I work all over the hospital servicing all of the electrical systems – including lighting, power outlets, power distribution, and any kind of electrical motor and controls for HVAC systems. Electricians take care of …

"I hum when I clean. The patients will smile and laugh sometimes with me because I communicate with them in a simple way – just “Hi, how are you doing? I’m coming into your room.” It makes their day. I’ve been a housekeeper since August 2018, and I’m the …

“We play a critical role in keeping the hospitals clean to protect patients and residents. I work as a Housekeeper in Emergency. When rooms become empty, I work with a team to fully clean the rooms, change the sheets, and make the beds. I also work as a …

COVID-19 has shone a light on serious problems in our seniors’ care system resulting from years of underfunding, privatization and precarious working conditions. These problems are not isolated to long-term care, however. New research published today …

Thirteen years ago – on June 8, 2007 – the Supreme Court of Canada established collective bargaining as a constitutionally-protected right for all Canadian workers. The Court's decision was in response to a five-year court battle led by HEU against a 2002 …