Tag: Fighting Privatization
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LCBO Information Picket, Toronto
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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LCBO Information Picket, Brampton
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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Media highlights worker concerns as LCBO pickets spread across Ontario
As OPSEU members at the LCBO continued with a third week of information pickets, coverage from media focused on concerns about casual work and scheduling, worker safety, job security, and the threat of the loss of revenue from privatization. LCBO workers educating customers before talks resume next week Local OPSEU members at the LCBO are…
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LCBO Information Picket, Toronto
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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LCBO Information Picket, London
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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LCBO Information Picket, London
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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OPSEU not giving up on long-term care
The debate over the future of Grey Gables and Rockwood Terrace long term care homes isn't over yet. Jeremy Thibodeau of OPSEU's "We Own It" campaign tells Bayshore News that privatization doesn't work and that Grey County Council's vote on May 25 to privatize long-term care does not reflect the will of the people. There…
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LCBO Information Picket, Perry Sound
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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LCBO Information Picket, Haliburton
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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LCBO Information Picket, North Bay
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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Fight to save Grey Gables is far from over, OPSEU says
Markdale – Despite fierce public opposition, 10 members of Grey County Council voted last week in favour of a complicated privatization plan that would sell off the Grey Gables long-term care home in Markdale and transfer all long-term care beds out of the community. But the fight to save Grey Gables is far from over,…
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LCBO Information Picket, Oshawa
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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LCBO Information Picket, Georgetown
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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LCBO Information Picket, Simcoe
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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LCBO Information Picket, Caledonia
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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Privatization ‘hurts us badly’
“Privatization hurts us. It hurts us badly,” Hydro One Not For Sale chairperson Rosario Marchese is quoted as saying in The North Bay Nugget's coverage of the We Own It town hall on Monday, May 29. OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is also quoted in the article, saying We Own It “isn’t just a campaign for…
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Union wants Grey Gables decision reversed
A vote by Grey County council to overhaul long-term care and sell the Grey Gables long-term care facility is facing a strong challenge from union and community activists. Read the full story in the Owen Sound Sun Times here.
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‘We Own It’ rally takes place in Kingston
It’s known as “We Own It” — a grassroots movement that is trying to create awareness about the privatization of provincial assets and how to save public services. A rally in Kingston on Friday, May 26 caught the attention of CKWS-TV reporter Mike Postovit. To view the full story, click here.
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LCBO Information Picket, Kingston
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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LCBO Information Picket, Belleville
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…