The families of veterans at Burnaby’s George Derby care centre are ecstatic after the announcement that a moratorium is being placed on layoffs and the contracting out of some services at the centre.
Margi Blamey with the Hospital Employees’ Union says a board member at George Derby asked to speak at a rally in Burnaby this afternoon.
“He delivered the news that despite their best efforts over the last couple of years that they’ve been unable to find a way to comply with the mandate of the health authority without laying off, and he was saying that with this outcry, it’s given them the ability to go back and keep fighting, keep the staff and so they’ve declared a moratorium on the contracting out.”
More than 90 unionized employees were set to lose their jobs, with some services to be contracted out in the spring in an effort to save money and provide more care hours.
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