Category: Events
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LCBO Information Picket, Guelph
We have a plan to deliver a stronger and better LCBO. Our plan will provide job security for workers, meaningful shifts for casuals, an end to staff working alone, time with family, and it will make sure that union workers are doing union jobs. Join us to help share this plan with the public. Together…
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Indigenous lobby makes case for June 21 stat holiday
“It was truly an amazing day,” said Linda Broer, vice-chair of OPSEU’s Indigenous Circle and chair of the June 21 Campaign Committee, about the lobby day at Queen’s Park this week. Broer, along with a number of other Indigenous activists, many of whom are OPSEU members, were at the legislature to talk to MPPs about…
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National Indigenous Day: ‘We must make reconciliation a priority,’ activists say
Toronto – A team of Indigenous activists, including Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) members, are at Queen’s Park today to call on all MPPs to make June 21, National Indigenous Day, a statutory holiday. "We must make reconciliation a high-level priority, and come together to continue moving forward in the healing,” said Linda Broer, vice-chair…
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OPSEU names North Bayite a Woman of the Year
Catherine Saulino wants to make her community a better place. She doesn’t expect official recognition for her work. But that’s exactly what she received recently at the annual Ontario Public Service Employees Union convention. Saulino was named the OPSEU Woman of the Year for Region 6, which encompasses North Bay, Sudbury, Timmins and Sault Ste.…
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Region 2 weekend educational
Region 2 is hosting a weekend educational in June. Courses include: Duty to accommodate Health and safety: Level 1 Reducing the gap: the importance of pay equity in union work Stewards 1: making a difference in the workplace Stewards 3: dealing with discipline Women in unions: strengthening leadership The application deadline is May 17, 2017.…
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A week to recognize mental health workers
Dear friends: On behalf of OPSEU’s Executive Board, it is my privilege to pay tribute to our 7,000 mental health workers in hospitals, community agencies, correctional services and crisis homes on the occasion of Mental Health Week in Canada, May 1-7. No Canadian has been untouched by the impact of mental illness, either on themselves…
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Mark Day of Mourning by restoring full WSIB benefits: OPSEU
On the day that Canadians mark a National Day of Mourning for workers killed and injured on the job, the Wynne government should demand that the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) restore full benefits to those who need support, the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) said today. “It’s scandalous that the…
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National Day of Mourning: A statement from OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas
Tomorrow, Friday April 28, is Canada’s National Day of Mourning for those killed or injured, or who have acquired work-related illness while on the job. In towns and cities across the country, working people and local leaders will gather for a moment of silence to commemorate our late sisters and brothers. It is the day…
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Administrative professionals: the backbone of our workplaces
On behalf of the OPSEU Executive Board, I would like to pay tribute today – Administrative Professionals Day – to the thousands of OPSEU members who keep offices humming in the Ontario Public Service, the Broader Public Service and in colleges across Ontario. You are, without doubt, the strength and backbone of our offices. Without…
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OPSEU radio campaign marks National Day of Mourning
TORONTO – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) will launch a province-wide radio ad campaign tomorrow to remember workers who have been killed or injured on the job and call for action on workplace health and safety. OPSEU’s 30-second ad, which will air for one week on 67 stations across the province, will mark…
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An evening with LaDonna Allard of Standing Rock
LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard, Lakota Historian and Activist founder of Sacred Stone Camp, Standing Rock North Dakota is coming to Toronto on Friday, May 5, 2017 6:00 — 9:00 pm OPSEU Membership Centre, 31 Wellesley St. Food will be provided at event. Event sponsored by OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team, Idle No More Toronto and Law Union…
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Rally to stop rural school closures
The Ontario Alliance Against School Closures (OASC) will be hosting a rally at Queen’s Park to demand a moratorium on rural school closures. Date: Wednesday, April 26 Time: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Place: Queen’s Park south lawn, Toronto "We need to strongly stand against discrimination against our students and our rural people,” said Judy Keeling…
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Lobbying Queen’s Park to make June 21 a statutory holiday
The OPSEU Indigenous Circle June 21 Campaign is hosting a legislative breakfast and lobby day at Queen’s Park on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. A team of community and OPSEU Indigenous activists are pressing for support of a private member’s bill sponsored by MPP Teresa Armstrong (London-Fanshawe) to make June 21 a statutory holiday in Ontario. Linda…