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Pains of Privatization:Contracting Out Hurts Health Support Workers, Their Families, and Health Care
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News Release
Wage cuts and contracting out of health support jobs harming workers and
health care system: reports

(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, and other hidden costs to the health care
system... SNIP

http://www.policyalternatives.ca/index.cfm?act=news&do=Article&call=1088&pA=BB736455&type=5

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