Tag: OPSEU in the News

• 7,500 LCBO workers across province hold strike vote

  A province-wide strike vote for thousands of LCBO staff workers has begun and the union representing the workers says the province's "ill-advised plan" to sell alcohol in grocery stores is a key concern. OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says losing the LCBO would cost the province revenue that pays for public services such as schools,…

  Andy Pedersen

  April 24, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Anti-privatization sentiments loom heavy over LCBO strike vote

  LCBO workers will be holding a strike vote Monday and Tuesday. OPSEU says the contract proposals they’re being presented with “look like they’ve been ripped out of the past.” They’re bringing strong anti-privatisation language to the bargaining table, in an effort to stop “what happened at Hydro One” from happening to the LCBO. Read the full…

  Andy Pedersen

  April 24, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• How a tweet led to unlocking Adam Capay’s stint in solitary

  If not for a mundane tweet, two forthcoming investigations into solitary confinement would likely never have been launched – and a young Indigenous man named Adam Capay might still be languishing in a prison cell surrounded by acrylic glass. Read the full story here.

  Andy Pedersen

  April 21, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Crisis in Corrections, OPSEU in the News

• OPSEU President to attend weekend picket in Campbellford

  OPSEU President Thomas will be in Campbellford this Saturday for another rally on the picket line at Community Living Campbellford/Brighton. Read the full story here. 

  April 20, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News, Strike

• OPSEU protests managers crossing picket lines

  On Wednesday, OPSEU members from across the province came together to picket in front of Pathways to Independence and Quinte West Community Living, two agencies that have been sending managers to cross the picket line at Community Living Campbellford/Brighton. Read the full story here, here, and here. 

  April 20, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News, Strike

• Barrick must resign from NPCA, OPSEU President says

  The head of Ontario Public Service Employees Union is demanding the resignation of David Barrick, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s Director of Corporate Services. Read the full article from the St. Catharines Standard Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  April 11, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• LCBO workers threaten strike action over negotiations with management

  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says a strike is looming over the province’s liquor retailer if a new contract deal isn’t reached with LCBO management by April 24th. OPSEU represents more than 7,500 LCBO workers. Hundreds of them rallied outside LCBO headquarters on Lake Shore Blvd. in Toronto on Friday, protesting what they say…

  Andy Pedersen

  April 7, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• LCBO union uses government’s rhetoric against it in labour battle

  Creeping privatization at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario is behind a tough round of labour talks that’s headed for a strike vote later this month, says the president of the union representing workers there. Read the full article from the Ottawa Citizen

  Andy Pedersen

  April 6, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• LCBO staff to vote on whether to strike over ‘creeping privatization’

  LCBO workers represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will hold a strike vote on April 24 and 25. The union continues to oppose the government's move to sell beer, wine and cider in grocery stores, calling it "creeping privatization." Read the full CBC story. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  April 5, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Members picket outside LCBO in North Bay

  OPSEU members working at the LCBO continued their antiprivatization campaign with an information picket in North Bay last Saturday. For full coverage, click here and here. Related: OPSEU in the News

  April 3, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News

• NYC: OPSEU women join “Hate speech is not free speech” rally

  A delegation of OPSEU women was in New York City this month for the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women. They were among a group of trade unionists who joined an impromptu protest against an anti-Trans bus that pulled up outside United Nations headquarters and Trump Tower. For the full story from OPSEU…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 30, 2017

  Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Port Colborne calls a moratorium on privatization

  Port Colborne City Council has called a moratorium on the privatization of public services. As reported in Niagara this Week, the councillors passed a motion crafted for the We Own It campaign which says the city won't privatize any services without first putting the privatization through a rigorous and open review. The councillors also committed…

  March 28, 2017

  Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News, We Own It

• Union promotes LCBO beer buying

  Warren (Smokey) Thomas, president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, blasted failed Liberal and Conservative policies in a move to convince beer, cider, and wine buyers to stop buying their beverages at supermarkets. Thomas cited the sale of Highway 407 and Hydro One as costing Ontarians billions of dollars in lost annual revenue, the…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 24, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News

• Local 316 strikers garnering massive support

  Striking workers at Community Living Campbellford/Brighton (Local 316) continue garnering public support, and are gearing up for a rally Monday where OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas will be delivering remarks. For full coverage, click here.

  March 24, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News, Strike

• Citizens push back against privatization, cuts in Grey County

  Citizens opposed to the selloff of Grey Gables, a long-term care home in Markdale, near Owen Sound, packed a county council meeting on March 23 to show their support for publicly run long-term care facilities across Grey County. County councillors opted to postpone their decision on a staff plan that recommends privatization and cuts, the Owen Sound Sun Times reports.

  March 24, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News, We Own It

• Workers at Community Living Campbellford/Brighton are ‘revved up’

  OPSEU members at Community Living Campbellford/Brighton are “revved up” and showing a united front on the picket line in Campbellford, Ontario. For full coverage, click here and here. 

  March 23, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Fort Frances councillor: We Own It is ‘a good movement’

  The Fort Frances Times covered the We Own It presentation made to Fort Frances town council on March 15 by OPSEU Local 735 President Melissa Pearson. The article is reproduced below courtesy of the Times. Council urged to support 'We Own It' Wednesday, Mar 15, 2017 By Duane Hicks OPSEU Local 735 is among the…

  March 20, 2017

  Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News, We Own It

• Union accuses La Cité college of anti-unionism

  A union denounces the intimidation at La Cité The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) denounced Friday the eviction by security of a young woman who was talking about unionizing part-time faculty. Read the full article on Le Droit’s website The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) is denouncing what it calls "intimidation attempts" by…

  March 17, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Certifications, OPSEU in the News

• Tillsonburg: OPSEU claims a victory in pay equity fight

  After being threatened by OPSEU with legal action, Community Living Tillsonburg will finally comply with the Pay Equity Act, and staff wages will jump by $1.60 an hour for 2017 as a result. Read the full story here. Related: OPSEU in the News

  March 9, 2017

  Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News, Pay equity

• Hydro ‘smoothing’ just another shell game

  Ange Thompson is with the OPSEU-supported Hydro Not For Sale campaign. She tells radio host Craig Needles that the Wynne's government's latest scheme to quell criticism is just another shell game. She says that if Wynne were serious about helping Ontarians, she'd stop and reverse the sale of Hydro One. Click here to listen to…

  March 2, 2017

  Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, Hydro One Not For Sale, OPSEU in the News, We Own It