In the midst of a labor shortage, 117 positions for auxiliary nurses and beneficiary attendants will be eliminated at the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, we have learned The Press. The CIUSSS wishes to return to a “certain normality” after “extraordinary” expenses during the pandemic.
What there is to know
One hundred and seventeen positions for auxiliary nurses and beneficiary attendants will be eliminated in hospitals and CHSLDs of the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal.
The CIUSSS hopes that people affected by the abolitions will choose other vacant positions within the organization.
The union which represents beneficiary attendants considers the situation “absurd”.
“There is a labor shortage and on the other hand, they are making cuts. It’s nonsense,” says Michel*, an employee of Notre-Dame hospital affected by the job cuts. “I don’t find it normal for someone who has several years of seniority to be removed from their department, when they are constantly short of staff. »
The CIUSSS explains the abolitions by a return to “a certain normality” after the deployment of “extraordinary financial and human resources to be able to get through the pandemic”.
“I was upset. I was crying. I don’t understand. I had something regular, permanent. And it was taken away from me overnight,” mentions Jeanne*, also an employee of Notre-Dame hospital, who had a day shift. “Those who work from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. have waited years to get this job,” she laments.
Around a hundred positions eliminated
In total, 117 positions will be eliminated, including 5 auxiliary nursing positions and 6 beneficiary attendant positions in the emergency room at Notre-Dame hospital, as well as 5 beneficiary attendant positions in the medical units of the Notre-Dame hospital. Verdun. In addition, 15 auxiliary nurses and 86 attendants distributed in 17 CHSLDs will also lose their positions.
“It has been extremely difficult days and weeks for these employees. Our approach was very reassuring, but it is certain that we touch on the vulnerability of people who had perhaps just found a certain job security in a place that suited them,” admits Frédéric Boulay, deputy director of accommodation. of the CIUSSS.
The CIUSSS hopes that people affected by the abolitions will choose other vacant positions within the organization. “We have enough free positions to rehire, if they wish, each of the people affected by this reorganization,” indicates media relations advisor, Marianne Paquette.
Abolishing positions may seem paradoxical in the current context of the job market, but the fact remains that we need everyone.
Frédéric Boulay, deputy director of accommodation at the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
Mr. Boulay maintains that the level of services for the population will remain unchanged.
However, several vacant positions are found in the evening or at night, indicates Michel. A schedule that he cannot afford with his child. And the few daytime positions available are coveted by employees with more experience than him, he maintains. Without a day job, he is considering turning to a placement agency or leaving the health network.
“If people want to stay during the day, there are still enough options that can be offered to them currently. However, it will not necessarily be in the accommodation center or in the sector that they wanted to be,” specifies Mr. Boulay.
“We are aware that this news may generate anxiety, questions and worry. We have made psychological support resources available to these people,” said M.me Paquette.
QS spokesperson “worried”
The CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal workers’ union, which represents beneficiary attendants, considers the situation “absurd”. “The employer presents this to us as a reassignment of staff, but you understand that for any worker, receiving a notice of job abolition creates a little trauma and, in our opinion, it is quite unnecessary” , deplores the president of the union, Alain Croteau.
“At a time when we are trying to bring people back into the network and at a time when we are trying to get rid of the use of agencies, I can hardly imagine a worse message to send than abolishing the positions of people who have been there since years. It’s completely counterproductive,” laments Vincent Marissal, spokesperson for Québec solidaire in terms of health.
The situation reminds him of “very bad memories of rounds of cutbacks and rationalization”.
We know that there will be a shortage of money for health care. The minister (Dubé) himself said that Santé Québec was a good opportunity to clean up the programs.
Vincent Marissal, spokesperson for Québec solidaire in health matters
Vincent Marissal says he is “quite worried about what happens next. » “At this moment, we should rather guarantee the positions of people who are still with us in the public,” he believes.
The CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal is not the only one to have to make job cuts. The CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale has terminated the contracts of 11 kinesiologists who worked full-time at the 29 CHSLDs in the Quebec region, Radio-Canada reported Monday. It is now up to the beneficiary attendants to be responsible for getting residents moving.
* Names have been changed as employees fear retaliation.
reference: www.lapresse.ca