Tag: Media release
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“Our worst fears have come true, CEO Patricia Kyle and the Ford Government have blood on their hands”: Workers mourn loss of life at Central West Specialized Developmental Services
Today, workers at Central West Specialized Developmental Services are mourning the tragic loss of life of a beloved client. For weeks, workers have been raising alarms over unsafe and unsanitary conditions inside of facilities at 53 Bond Street. In September, management forcibly relocated residents with developmental disabilities from their group homes to crowded central facilities, which created high stress and dangerous conditions for clients and workers. “We…
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Fighting tariffs a political performance as Ford pays off developers and Americanizes Ontario’s economy: OPSEU/SEFPO responds to FES
(Toronto, ON) – The Ford government presented its fall economic statement today, after rolling out the largest spending budget in Ontario’s history earlier this year. “The Ford government’s financial planning is for an imaginary Ontario – not the one we live in,” said JP Hornick, President of OPSEU/SEFPO. “A job-focused plan does not pour billions…
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Amidst Skills Development Fund controversy, OPSEU/SEFPO takes aim at multi-million dollar corporate handouts: “Where did all the money go?”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Amidst Skills Development Fund controversy, OPSEU/SEFPO takes aim at multi-million dollar corporate handouts: “Where did all the money go?” TORONTO, ON – As the Ford government’s Skills Development Fund (SDF) under investigation by the Auditor General faces public scrutiny, OPSEU/SEFPO is raising concerns about millions in taxpayer dollars going to private corporations…
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OPSEU/SEFPO calls for immediate resignation of Canadian Blood Services Board as CBS partner Grifols airs plans to profit from Canadian-donated blood
OPSEU/SEFPO is calling for the immediate resignation of the Canadian Blood Services (CBS) CEO and its Board of Directors. This call comes in the wake of news that CBS is allowing Canadian blood plasma to be profited from and sold internationally by Spanish pharmaceutical company Grifols. In a recent news article by the Globe and…
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OPSEU/SEFPO calls on provincial government to consult with workers, halt the arbitrary cutting of hybrid work
Today, the Ontario government announced it will require thousands of Ontario Public Service (OPS) workers to return to working in the office full-time starting January 5, 2026. The decision was made without meaningful consultation with workers and without consideration for the realities frontline public service workers face. “Ontario’s public services are strong because of the…
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PRESS RELEASE: “Our community college system has been sabotaged”: Ontario college workers vow to fight back amidst 10,000 job losses
College workers represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) are blowing the whistle on the crisis in Ontario’s community college system that has led to one of the largest mass layoffs in Ontario’s history. After years of deliberate government underfunding and administrative mismanagement, OPSEU/SEFPO has learned that roughly 10,000 faculty and college staff…
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OPSEU/SEFPO calls on Ombudsman to hold Maplehurst’s senior decision-makers to account in upcoming investigation
OPSEU/SEFPO is calling on Ontario’s Ombudsman to hold Maplehurst Correctional Complex’s highest decision-makers to account in their upcoming third-party investigation. The Ombudsman announced earlier this week that they will be launching a new investigation into the Ministry of the Solicitor General’s response to an incident at the jail in December 2023, citing concerns over “transparency,…
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Bill 33 attacks local democracy, public education and Ontario’s most vulnerable kids
Toronto, ON — Last week, the Ontario government introduced Bill 33, a sweeping piece of legislation that hands more control over education to the premier’s office at the direct expense of school boards, post-secondary institutions, and the communities that depend on them. “Bill 33 is a power grab, and a dangerous one,” said OPSEU/SEFPO President…
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Labour, student, and post-secondary advocacy leaders jointly call for funding public education as a buffer to U.S. tariff fallout: “Our college system can be the lifeboat.”
A joint release between OPSEU/SEFPO, Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), and Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL). Toronto, ON – As Canada braces for the economic fallout of dramatic tariffs announced by Donald Trump, labour, student, and post-secondary advocacy leaders gathered at Queen’s Park on the first day…
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After 20 year battle, part-time and sessional college faculty across Ontario join OPSEU/SEFPO in one of largest organizing drives in Canadian history
Toronto, ON – College faculty union leaders had much to celebrate around the historic table at the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) today. After a long day sorting through thousands of ballots, with 88% of ballot-casters voting in favour the union won the vote count: part-time and sessional faculty at all 24 of Ontario’s public…
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Ontario’s Physician Coroners join OPSEU/SEFPO in historic vote
In a historic move, Ontario’s Physician Coroners have voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) making them the first doctors in Ontario to unionize. “This is a pivotal moment for Ontario’s Coroners,” said Dr. Jeannie Walton, President of the Ontario Coroners Association. “For years, Ontario’s death investigation system has…