The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1792, representing staff at the Glen Stor Dun Lodge, held a job action on Montreal Road Friday, to bring attention to what the union says is an ongoing hiring freeze.

CUPE claimed recent budget cuts have dissolved 21 full-time and eight part-time positions at the lodge, which is the long-term care facility owned and operated by the City of Cornwall, and whose costs are shared with the United Counties of SDG.

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“A cut in direct care is a change to nursing schedules,” said CUPE Local 1792 vice-president Adam Bergeron, explaining the union’s position. “That means residents will be waiting longer to be fed, for their baths, for someone to hold their hand for spiritual care.”

Bergeron went on to add continuity of care is

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