Tag: Job cuts
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OPSEU hosts Town Hall in a bid to save BMHC
Brockville Mental Health Centre: Town Hall Meeting In a Town Hall meeting at the Royal Canadian Legion in Brockville last night, more than 300 people heard that OPSEU has no intention of dropping its fight to keep the Brockville Mental Health Centre open beyond its scheduled closing In March, 2011. The Town Hall meeting in…
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Cuts Hurt Us All!
Starting this summer, Premier Dalton McGuinty will eliminate 1,900 vital public service jobs. At the same time, he is giving away Find out more about the destructive McGuinty / Hudak agendas. Public services are delivered by people. Whether a job is eliminated by attrition — not replacing a retired employee — or by a layoff,…
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Cuts Hurt Us All News: Listing of Stewards’ Assemblies across Ontario
OPS stewards will gather in assemblies starting December 6, to talk about the cuts and the union"s plan to fight them. Region 1 December 7 6:00 p.m. London Regional Office 1092 Dearness Drive, London December 12 6:00 p.m. Windsor Regional Office 3005 Marentette Ave. Suite 130, Windsor Region 2 December 13 5:30 p.m. OPSEU Regional…
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Cuts Hurt Us All : McGuinty / Hudak agenda
On October 6: vote NO to more cuts More than 400 OPSEU members have received surplus notices this year. See the chart of OPS job cuts by provincial riding below. Entire programs have been eliminated or reduced, including Special Services At Home for adults with developmental disabilities, program review of social assistance, drinking water inspectors…
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Cuts Hurt Us All : How the Cuts will hurt
Potential impacts of cuts to jobs and services: Higher user fees. Less enforcement of laws and regulations; more reliance on industry self-regulation. Programs and services delivered less frequently or not at all. Contracting-out or privatizing services that result in companies cutting corners on quality to maximize profits. Delays and increased wait times for processing government…
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Ontario Public Service: OPSEU Members Protest Changes to Ontario Disability Support Program
Sault Ste. Marie – Members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local 601 held a Sidewalk Bake Sale and Rally to protest changes to the Ontario Disability Support Program June 21. “We’re donating the proceeds to the local Habitat for Humanity Non-Profit Housing Program,” said Local Vice-President Jenny Craig. “We chose this organization because our…
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Cuts Hurt Us All : Corporate Tax Stash
Public service cuts pay for corporate tax cuts All the money the government will save from cuts to public services will pay for corporate tax cuts, monster bonuses and sky-high wages of corporate CEOs. Dalton McGuinty is giving away $2.4 billion a year in tax cuts to profitable corporations. Conservative Leader Tim Hudak will do …
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Ontario Public Service: ODSP Lobby at Queen’s Park to improve disability benefits attracts 30 MPPs including five cabinet ministers
Cabinet Ministers and MPPs who attended the OPSEU and ODSP Action Coalition Lobby April 10, 2013 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Committee Room 230 Queen’s Park Liberals Laura Albanese, LIB, York South-Weston Bas Balkisoon, LIB, Scarborough-Rouge River Jim Bradley, LIB, St. Catharines, Minister of Environment Donna Cansfield, LIB, Etobicoke-Centre Joe Dickson, LIB, Ajax-Pickering Eric Hoskins,…
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Cuts Hurt Us All : Actions
OPSEU members to Premier: Create jobs, don't cut them! Two days in advance of further layoffs in the OPS, members and supporters rallied in front of a downtown hotel where Premier Dalton McGuinty was talking to business leaders about his plan for deep spending cuts download the leaflet Widening income gap hurts us all Toronto…
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Ontario Public Service: ODSP Community Engagement Week
Congratulations to all OPSEU Locals that took part in Community Engagement Week June 11 through June 17. Events supporting community based initiatives such as food banks, youth sports and family shelters took place across the province including Sarnia, Brantford, Hamilton, Toronto, Newmarket, Belleville, Smiths Falls, Hawkesbury and Sault Ste. Marie. Roxanne Barnes, CERC Co-Chair OPS and…
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Video: Rally to save the Thunder Bay CBS Plasma Donation Centre
April 12, 2012 THUNDER BAY — Politicians, donors, staff and union officials rallied outside Canadian Blood Services’ Thunder Bay Plasma Donation Centre on April 11, 2012. CBS is plans on closing the centre April 12, placing 28 staff out of work. While it claims it does not need the 10,800 annual units of plasma from…
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Ontario Public Service: Cuts Hurt Us All – Campaign Resources
Choose Public Day, Thursday, March 29 March 14, 2012 It"s time to make our voices heard. Spending cuts and privatization won't make Ontario stronger. On March 29 wear a sticker to show you oppose more cuts to our public services. Wear a Choose Public sticker. English Bilingual Poster, 8.5 x11 French