Tag: Fighting Privatization
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Better, cheaper, fairer: the case for contracting in of public services in Ontario
These days, business groups and many politicians are calling for more and more contracting out of public service delivery. They say private companies can provide public services better and cheaper. That’s the theory. The facts say otherwise. Ontario has been gung ho about privatization for over 20 years now, so we have a pretty good…
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Labour Day – Not just another long weekend!
For many today, the origin of Labour Day seems to have been lost; a date on the calendar that marks the last long weekend of the summer season. That’s why it is instructive to recall the struggles and massive demonstrations on the streets of Toronto back in the 1870s. Canada at the time was changing…
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A Labour Day commitment to union and community
Fire up the barbeque, Labour Day has arrived. Celebrated across the country, the first Monday in September is often thought of as the last one before kids go back to school and the long, hot days of summer turn to autumn. Labour Day is more than just the unofficial end to summer. The holiday was…
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Fairness Express has fantastic final week in Region 7
Week 7 Recap On June 14, the Fairness Express arrived in Thunder Bay for eight eventful days in Region 7. From June 14 to June 21, the big green bus made stops in Thunder Bay, Kakabeka Falls, Fort Frances, Rainy River, Sioux Narrows, Dryden, Vermillion Bay, Sioux Lookout and Kenora. In Thunder Bay, the big…
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June 19 OPSEU News Conference on Privatization
What: OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas will hold a news conference to outline action needed to get privatization under control and hold Wynne Liberals to public services promise. Where: Queen’s Park Media Studio When: 10 a.m., Thursday, June 19, 2014 (Toronto) – Privatization runs counter to public interests and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union…
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Fairness Express has successful week in Region 6
Week 6 Recap On June 6, the Fairness Express arrived in North Bay for seven fun-filled days in Region 6. From June 6 to 12, the big green bus made stops in North Bay, Manitoulin Island, Sudbury, Iroquois Falls, Cochrane, Monteith, Kirkland Lake, Timmins, Elliot Lake, Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa. In North Bay, the…
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Fairness Express has three action-packed days in Region 5
On June 3, the Fairness Express arrived in Toronto for three busy days in Region 5. From June 3 to 5, the big green bus made stops at Downsview Park, Molson’s Brewery, George Brown College and Scarborough Hospital. On Tuesday morning, the big green bus stopped at Downsview Park to chat with members from Locals…
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Fairness Express visits Downsview Park and Molson’s Brewery
On June 3rd, the National Union of Public and General Employees’ (NUPGE) Fairness Express bus was in Toronto for stops at Downsview Park and Molson’s Brewery. On Tuesday morning, the big green bus stopped at Downsview Park to chat with members from Locals 534, 536, and 542 about the I’m Voting campaign and growing income…
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Fairness Express has memorable week in Region 3
Week 4 Recap On a humid Tuesday morning, the Fairness Express arrived in Peterborough for a fun-filled week in Region 3. From May 27 to June 1, the big green bus made stops in Peterborough, Orillia, Haliburton, Parry Sound and Clarington. In Peterborough, the bus was joined by OPSEU Executive Board Member for Region 3,…
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Fairness Express has action-packed week in Region 1
Fairness Express Tour – Week 3 The third week of the Fairness Express tour proved to be an action packed journey through Region 1. From May 20 to 26, the big green bus made stops in Stratford, London, Windsor, Grand Bend, Chatham and Goderich. The week’s first stop was in rainy Stratford where the bus…
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Fairness Express has successful second week in Region 2
The Fairness Express Tour – Week 2 It was another successful week aboard the Fairness Express. The second week of tour saw the big green bus visit Region 2, with stops in Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Walkerton, Owen Sound and Sauble Beach. On May 12, the bus was in Hamilton and made stops at…
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Fairness Express has fantastic first week in Region 4
The Fairness Express Tour – Week 1 The first week of the Fairness Express tour was a fantastic success. The tour kicked off on May 1 with the annual May Day march in Ottawa. OPSEU and NUPGE joined a thousand other activists and marched through the streets of downtown Ottawa ending at the doorsteps of…
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OPSEU participating in the Ontario leg of NUPGE’S All Together Now Fairness Express Tour
Beginning May 1, dozens of OPSEU activists and staff will be hitting the road as part of NUPGE's All Together Now Fairness Express Tour. The big green bus will be visiting a community near you to share the message that there are solutions to growing income inequality in Canada. NUPGE launched the Fairness Express National…
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‘SuperCorp is a SuperScam’ demonstrators tell McGuinty cabinet
Public sector workers demonstrated today against the government’s threat to create a so-called SuperCorp of Crown corporations, saying the plan does nothing more than put valuable public assets in to private sector pockets. “McGuinty’s ‘SuperCorp’ is a super scam,” said Nancy Pridham, Toronto regional vice president for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents…
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Come with me to the G-20 Summit
Dear sisters and brothers: Later this month, leaders of the world’s biggest countries will be in Toronto. They will rush downtown in motorcades. They will meet for two days. Top-ranking business leaders will also meet. These men – they call themselves the “B-20” – will sit down with the finance ministers of the G-20 countries.…