If job action occurs, services and facilities in the Prince Albert area and surrounding communities could be affected, including Addiction Services, Victoria Hospital, Parkland Terrace, Community Based Services, Pineview Terrace Lodge, the Public Health Unit, Prince Albert's Regional Health Centre, Herb Bassett Home, Mental Health Centre, Social Detox Centre, Victoria Square, Shellbrook & District Hospital, Spiritwood & District Health Complex, Wheatland Lodge, and Whispering Pine Place.
"Prince Albert deserves better than a government that waits until there is a crisis before taking action," Carla Beck said. "The question is not whether health care workers care about Prince Albert. We know they do. The question is whether this government cares enough about Prince Albert's patients, residents and families to finally negotiate a fair contract that recognizes the value of the workers who provide their care."
“Prince Albert's health care workers should not have to fight this hard to be valued,” Beck added. “And Prince Albert's patients should not have to pay the price for this government's failure to act.
“It’s time for change.”
The Sask. Party has spent months patting itself on the back for dusting off a failed healthcare plan it has “announced” three times prior. To date, it has not hit a major commitment in that plan, which dates back to 2009. And while they have ignored cries from workers for better wages and working conditions, Moe and his Ministers have seen it fit to line the pockets of senior Health Authority executives, who are clearly failing to do their jobs.
“The government's failure to act will push even more chaos onto healthcare in Prince Albert, which is already in worse shape than ever,” said Nathaniel Teed, Labour Shadow Minister, who was in Prince Albert Wednesday to warn about the impacts of more healthcare chaos in the city. “The people who work in Prince Albert's health care system are not the ones who created this crisis. They didn't choose to go years without a contract or being gaslit for calling out the unimaginable pressure and harsh working conditions they face on a daily basis.
“The fault of all of this lies squarely at the feet of Scott Moe and his ignorant Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill, who seems to cause a strike wherever he goes.
“Healthcare workers deserve better than this. All Saskatchewan people do. It’s time for change.”
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