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CTV News
9 hours ago
- Health
- CTV News
Canadian Hearing Service workers have been on the picket line for eight weeks
It's been eight weeks since 200 Canadian Hearing Service workers walked off the job, workers across the province who support people in the deaf community. It's been eight weeks since Canadian Hearing Service workers walked off the job. Roughly 200 employees represented by CUPE 2073 across the province who support people in the deaf community have been on the picket lines since the end of April. That includes counsellors, audiologists and interpreters. Hearing strike Roughly 200 employees represented by CUPE 2073 across the province who support people in the deaf community have been on the picket lines since the end of April. That includes counsellors, audiologists and interpreters. (Lyndsay Aelick/CTV News) 'It's heartbreaking. We don't want to be out here. But here we are,' said Tammy Dubreuil, general support counsellor with Canadian Hearing Services. 'We thought we would be back to work by now -- and most of us are really looking forward to getting back to work. It's had a huge impact on staff. It's had an impact financially. It's had its ups and downs and, and we want to get back to serving our clients who, who I feel are going without service right now.' 'It's heartbreaking. We don't want to be out here. But here we are.' — Tammy Dubreuil, general support counsellor with Canadian Hearing Services Travis Morgan has been without an interpreter and therapy since the strike began in Sudbury. He said Canadian Hearing Services told him to reschedule a recent doctor's appointment, but he needed a refill of a medication right away. 'I had to go ahead without an interpreter,' Morgan said. 'The thing is you can hear me. I'm talking. I can read lips so I can manage it for a short period of time. I have that ability. Most people do not. So this strike is … seriously endangering the well-being of the deaf community.' He said the chances of finding an interpreter in the daytime are almost non-existent. 'We are isolated' 'We actually have to book with them directly and at $50-$60 an hour plus travel expense we can't afford it,' Morgan said. 'We are isolated completely.' However, Canadian Hearing Services said priority clients in all programs and services are being supported during the labour dispute. The company said CUPE 2073 hasn't shared a list of demands and they do not fully understand why they are on strike. The two sides last met May 21 at a bargaining session facilitated by a mediator appointed by the Ministry of Labour. The company said they were fully prepared to present a three-year agreement that included a 5 per cent compensation increase. But they said CUPE has demanded a 30 per cent increase — a figure that would severely impact their ability to deliver core services. In response, the union said the company has insisted that four 'unreasonable' demands be met -- including a media blackout -- before negotiations resumed. Since then, CHS has ignored repeated requests to get back to bargaining. For her part, Dubreuil said she has been with CHS for more than two decades and remembers a strike in 2017 when members were on the picket lines for 10 weeks. This time around, she said they have been supported not only by clients but by other local unions. 'It's really hard as a support person who has dedicated their lives,' Dubreuil said. 'All of my coworkers, if I could speak for them, when a person shows up asking for help and we're on a picket line and we can't provide that support -- we really just want to get back to work.' There are no current offers on the table and no bargaining dates have been set.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Hundreds of children take part in annual egg hunt at Sioux City Musketeers game
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Easter came a little early for people that attended the Sioux City Musketeers game at the Tyson Events Center on Friday. Almost 200 children participated in the annual Charlie Battle's Big Egg Hunt, which took place during the first intermission of the Musketeers game against the Dubuque Fighting Saints. Children ages 12 and under went through pools of eggs to hunt for prizes. There was a total of 3,000 eggs with a piece of candy inside of each egg. There were also the following prizes in some eggs: 100 free youth tickets good for a potential Sioux City Musketeers playoff game 10 signed pucks 5 signed hockey sticks 5 team signed posters from the 2023-2024 team 'It's a great involvement, anybody can win and awesome that they got limitations so everybody gets a chance to win and then we never know what we're going to get. I mean a locker tour because we found an egg, that's awesome. It makes their day, you know it makes their year. They get an autograph stick from the Musketeers,' said The Kruse Family from Sioux City. 'It's a great event. We started this is like our fourth or fifth year doing it and it just kind of gets bigger and better every year and we love doing it for the kids,' said Travis Morgan, CEO of the Sioux City Musketeers. A locker tour was a part of the pre-game golden egg hunt for children over the age of 12, where 10 golden eggs were hidden throughout the Tyson Events Center for them to find. Musketeers officials said there was a prize inside of each golden egg that included a team signed stick or get the chance to drop the puck at a game next season. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
