The President of the Ontario Nurses Association says patients are suffering as the strike by Community Care Access Centre workers needlessly drags on.
Linda Haslam-Stroud joined a group of about 30 placard-carrying members outside Sarnia City Hall Tuesday afternoon.
She's calling for the employer to return to the bargaining table and agree to their 1.4 per cent wage increase so they can get back to work.
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Some 3,000 CCAC workers across the province, 260 in the Erie-St. Clair region that includes Sarnia, have been on strike since January 30.
Money is the main issue.