Archive for December 2020
Seniorsâ residences a lucrative market in QuĂ©bec
The pandemic has cruelly highlighted the cracks in QuĂ©becâs seniorsâ housing model, which relies heavily on private facilities. Two researchers recently looked into who owns seniorsâ residences and where their profits come from.
Read MoreMay the force be with us
In my closing remarks to the 175 union delegates representing your local units at the General Council zoom meeting, I spoke off the cuff about my daughter who has dyspraxia. Given all the uncertainties of COVID-19, she’s had to come back home.
Read MoreWithdrawal of services and reassigned workers: we need to be vigilant
APTS members began to experience severe disruption of their professional practice in April 2020 when services were withdrawn and employees reassigned throughout the health and social services system. By the time the second wave of the pandemic was declared on September 21, the APTS knew it needed a formal strategy to lessen the impact of a second round of service interruptions and staff reassignments.
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