OTTAWA, Ont. – On Wednesday, May 28, representatives of Ottawa’s frontline mental health workers will hold a rally and information picket in defence of the services they provide to vulnerable Ottawa residents.
As the city’s mental health workers make ever greater efforts to maintain high-quality services, they struggle with:
- Issues of understaffing
- Two-year waitlists for mental health services in Ottawa
- Increasing workloads dealt with by the same number of staff
- More admin that reduces time available for clients
- Higher turnover and growing incidence of stress leaves
Workers will gather at the Ottawa headquarters of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), calling on its directors to negotiate a fair contract that addresses the issues and ensures that there will be no disruption to the mental health services for vulnerable people.
Who: Mental health workers and their supporters
What: A rally to protect mental health services in Ottawa from service disruptions caused by
- Waitlists
- Underfunding
- Understaffing
When: Wednesday, May 28, 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Where: Ottawa branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, 1355 Bank Street, Ottawa