CUPE Local 500 extends a very happy Health Care Support Workers’ Week to our members working at Riverview Health Centre and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
This year, the Government of Manitoba has proclaimed the week of October 5 – 9 as “Healthcare Support Workers’ Week” to acknowledge their contribution and dedication to the health of Manitobans
The proclamation issued by Sharon Blady, Minister of Health, notes that “support workers, like other valued members of the health care team, devote their efforts to providing quality care and work to preserve and protect the health care of all Manitobans”.
"Health care support workers are important and essential to our health care system,” said Mike Davidson, President of CUPE Local 500. “I’m pleased to see that their contributions and commitment to patient care are being recognized and I commend our members for their dedicated efforts day in and day out.”
Local 500 members provide a wide range of services such as housekeeping, sterilizing and maintaining equipment, serving meals, laundry, clerical personnel, activity workers’ among others.
Health care support workers will be holding informal and formal events (displays, coffee parties, presentations) throughout the province this week to celebrate their work.
Click here to read the proclamation.
