CarePartners, one of only two providers contracted to provide services across all 14 regional Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), has reached a tentative new deal with the union representing personal care and other health workers.
CarePartners, a for-profit home care company, was imposing a new contract on nearly 3,000 workers in Ontario that has been rejected by the bargaining committee during negotiations.
Bargaining between Service International Employees Union (SEIU) Healthcare and CarePartners began in January 2019 but resulted in a deadlock after nearly 11 months of negotiations.
However, the LHINS ordered a new round of bargaining and SEIU Healthcare president, Sharleen Stewart says they were able to reach a new tentative three-year deal on Saturday.
She says the membership will vote on the new deal over the next week or so, but no details are being released publicly at this time.
She adds reaching the new deal has also effectively cancels the remaining job action vote meetings.
