(Vancouver) On the first anniversary of BC’s health care strike, two new studies show that wage cuts and contracting out in BC’s health support services are having negative impacts on workers, workplace morale, and the quality of patient care. The studies also suggest that the hoped-for savings from these policies are offset, if not erased altogether, by lower productivity, higher turnover,...
Issue(s): Health, Health care system, Pharmacare
April 26, 2005
Printed copies of this article can be purchased from the BC Office for: $10
Download Now
368 KB PDF | 35 pages
368 KB PDF | 35 pages
About this Publication
A companion piece to this paper, The Pains of Privatization: How Contracting Out Hurts Health Support Workers, Their Families and Health Care by Jane Stinson, Nancy Pollak and Marcy Cohen, looks at the impact of contracting out on BC health care workers.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has been, and continues to be, profoundly important to Canadian democracy…. It is virtually unique in its breadth of ideas and its depth of research.