Tag: Job cuts
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Smiths Falls Public service workers take message to public: people with disabilities need suppport, not cuts
(SMITHS FALLS) – Staff with the Ontario Disability Support Program are speaking out against downloading ODSP from the province to municipalities. They are members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and are holding public events before work or during their lunch hours. What: Distribution of flyers When: Wednesday, May 23 What time: noon to…
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ODSP members believe downloading will lead to inconsistent delivery of program
About 1,000 letters have been sent to Community and Social Services Minister John Milloy, calling on his government to not combine the Ontario Disability Support Program with Ontario Works and download the new program to municipalities Lobby Flyer, March 2012 Memo to all ODSP Members, January 12, 2012 Calendar of colour days, December 21,…
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McGuinty begins biggest wave of layoffs since the Mike Harris era: OPSEU
(TORONTO) – The Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty today issued the first layoff notices in what will become the biggest wave of job losses in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) since the Mike Harris era. “The lesson of the Mike Harris era is that cuts to public services hurt us all,” said OPSEU President…
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Downloading disability support to municipalities “a disaster” for vulnerable Ontarians
Today's recommendations by the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance to download the Ontario Disability Support Plan (ODSP) and integrate it into Ontario Works will leave thousands of vulnerable Ontarians without long-term income support and force people with disabilities into precarious, low-wage jobs says the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. OPSEU President Warren (Smokey)…
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March 3, 2011 Tom Juravich Re-Releases Song in Support of U.S. Public Workers under Attack
Ottawa-based singer-songwriter Tom Juravich is re-releasing his song “When Did I Become the Problem” in support of workers and unions fighting back against the attacks on public sector workers across the U. S. It is available as a download. Juravich is one half of Healy & Juravich, who recently produced a music video with…
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OPSEU files application with Labour Board to save mental health jobs
BROCKVILLE – The union representing over 200 skilled professionals at the Brockville Mental Health Centre (BMHC) has filed an application with the Ontario Relations Labour Board (OLRB) in order to keep trained professionals working in the mental health care field. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) has filed an application under the Public Sector…
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ODSP Campaign: ODSP Choose Public
"No downloading of ODSP" message wins support OPSEU members who work for the Ontario Disability Support Program spoke out against the downloading of the provincial program to municipalities in seven communities. Members handed out flyers to the public before work or during their lunch hour in Sarnia, Hamilton, Brantford, Peterborough, Belleville, Smiths Falls and Sault…
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Mayors, OPSEU President to speak at April 11 rally to save Thunder Bay plasma center
THUNDER BAY – Two mayors and the President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will be among speakers at a rally next week intended to save the Thunder Bay Plasma Collection Centre. Thunder Bay Mayor Keith Hobbs and former Mayor Ken Boshcoff will be joined by OPSEU’s Warren (Smokey) Thomas and other speakers at…
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Demonstrations planned to protest CAS crisis in northeast Ontario
(KAPUSKASING) – Demonstrations by Children’s Aid Society workers are being organized this week and next across northeastern Ontario to protest the crisis in child protection services. “We have reached the stage where we have no alternative but to take to the streets so that the public can learn directly from front-line workers how bad the…
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CBS warns of coming job losses in national meeting with labour
Canadian Blood Services says the organization of the future is going to require fewer people. Caught in a funding squeeze by their provincial funders, CBS says they have to compete with other health priorities and money is getting tighter and tighter. “The focus is not on cost cutting, but on process improvement,” says Andrew Pateman,…