Tag: OPSEU in the News
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OPSEU President speaks about the gender wage gap on AM 900 CHML
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas speaks about the gender wage gap on AM 900 CHML in Hamilton. Click below to listen to the full interview with Scott Thompson. Related: OPSEU In the News
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Wynne’s cap-and-trade scheme to benefit Liberals, OPSEU’s Thomas writes
This cap-and-trade scheme in Ontario is a foggy deal if you ever saw one, writes OPSEU president Warren (Smokey) Thomas in a guest column for the Toronto Sun. Click here to read the column. Related: OPSEU In the News
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Unionized paramedics take over island station (Kingston Whig-Standard)
The last remaining paramedic station staffed completely by volunteers in Ontario shifts to unionized staff. Starting Monday, the Frontenac Paramedic Service's station on Wolfe Island officially transitioned from a volunteer operation to a unionized one. Click here to read the full article on the Kington Whig-Standard. Related: OPSEU In the News
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Following Toronto officer’s death, attention turns to better PTSD assessment
Seven first responders in Ontario have committed suicide this year, according to a PTSD advocacy group, and there have been four more deaths across the country. Click here to read the full article. Related: OPSEU in the News
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First-line emergency responders deserve better
Toronto NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo has been fighting to have emergency responders suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) recognized as a workplace illness ever since a distressed paramedic walked into her office. Seven years and five private members' bills later, she’s still fighting for the thousands of frontline workers to see that their mental health…
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Janice Martell, President of OPSEU Local 604, is featured in “A Miner’s Daughter” on the CBC’s The Fifth Estate
Janice Martell, President of OPSEU Local 604, is featured in "A Miner's Daughter" on the CBC's The Fifth Estate as she searches for answers about a dangerous powder. Click here to watch the full episode on the CBC media player. The story starts approximately at the 1 min 25 sec. mark and ends around 19 min. 57 sec. mark. …
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Nurses stabbed, beaten up and punched: OPSEU
The alarming issue of workplace violence at the hands of patients at some Ontario mental health hospitals was central to talks at a conference hosted by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions. Read the full story in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Related: OPSEU in the News
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McIntyre Powder and OPSEU member Janice Martell on CBC’s Fifth Estate
Janice Martell, President of Local 604 in Elliot Lake, has been doing remarkable work on behalf of miners who were poisoned because their employer told them to inhale McIntyre Powder. Many families impacted are OPSEU families. This is a life and death struggle for justice. WSIB refuses to provide for these victims, and Janice aims to correct that…
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Sara Labelle discussing the Public Is Better campaign on ‘Loonie Politics With Robert Wood’
Sara Labelle, Chair of the Hospital Professionals Division of OPSEU, joins the 'Loonie Politics with Robert Wood' podcast to discuss how funding and the privatization of vital services are resulting in cutbacks and closing at hospitals all over Ontario. Click here to listen to the interview. Please note the interview starts at the 10 min. 15 sec. mark of…