Wednesday, June 27, 2007

HEU says KGH & VJH Expansion Bids Unconstitutional

Charmaine de Silva - Standard Radio News http://www.vernon.thesun.net/node/548495

The province may face a lawsuit if it continues with plans to contract out support staff at Kelowna General and Vernon Jubilee Hospitals. Hospital Employees' Union spokesperson Mike Old says laying off public employees and turning over their jobs to for-profit companies ignores a recent ruling by the Supreme Court. By ingorning the highest court, Old says the province is exposing taxpayers to future liability. The move to privatize support staff at K-G-H and Vernon Jubilee could result in the loss of over 3-hundred jobs.

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