Tag: OPSEU in the News

• President Thomas on CFRB AM 1010 discussing Kathleen Wynne’s term in office

  OPSEU president Warren (Smokey) Thomas appeared on the Jerry Agar show on CFRB AM 1010 to discuss Kathleen Wynne's term thus far in office. President Thomas also talked about a new anti-privatization campaign that is still in the works called "We Own It Ontario"   Listen to the interview here:  Visit our Fighting Privatization Index Page Related: OPSEU…

  December 4, 2015

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  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News

• OPSEU Local 585 protests closure of employment training offices (Scarborough Mirror)

  Scarborough community development workers rallied outside Liberal MPP Brad Duguid’s constituency office last Friday where they protested a plan to close the community’s only employment and training service office.  OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas said the closure, announced in March 2015, makes no sense – it is the busiest ministry office in Ontario.  “It means…

  December 3, 2015

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• President Thomas on National Post XM radio

  President Thomas appeared on National Post XM radio, listen to the interview here: Visit our Fighting Privatization Index Page Related: OPSEU in the News

  December 2, 2015

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• Why Ontario employers can’t dodge pension obligations: Cohn

  Many employers are resisting the ORPP as a “job-killing payroll tax.” Now one company — CarePartners — wants to offload its share of the costs onto its workers. Read the full story in the Toronto Star. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  December 1, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Wynne’s legacy won’t be grassroots democracy (Toronto Sun)

  By Warren (Smokey) Thomas   Kathleen Wynne needs to slow right down if she’s hoping to leave a respectable legacy once turfed from office. So far, she’s on track to become the most anti-grassroots and undemocratic premier Ontario has ever seen. Just take a look at the Hydro One deal she’s ramming through with no…

  December 1, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Time to rally for North Bay

  North Bay is facing a crisis sparked by the provincial government, according to the organizer of a rally Monday to reverse cuts at the North Bay Regional Health Centre.  Read the full story in The Nugget. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  November 26, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Private operators squeeze nurses in public home care: Cohn

  It’s one thing for a premier to make airy promises at 30,000 feet. But at ground level, navigating through the political fog isn’t so easy for one group of poorly paid nurses caught in a bitter seven-month labour dispute.  Read the full story in the Toronto Star. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  November 26, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Toronto Star: LCBO should have pot monopoly, too: union boss

  If recreational marijuana is legalized then as a controlled substance the LCBO should be the sole source of legal marijuana in the province, as is the case with most alcohol. Read the full story in the Toronto Star. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  November 25, 2015

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• CKWS TV NEWS: OPSEU holds information picket outside Providence Care, Mental Health Services

  Frustration over work place safety at Providence Care hospital spilled onto the street today. Dozens of workers at the Mental Health Services site on King Street staged a day-long picket. See the full story on CKWS. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  November 5, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Workers raise safety concerns at Providence Care Mental Health Services site

  Tracey Newton has been a nurse for more than 25 years, but only recently has she been afraid to go to work.  Read the full story in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  November 5, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• OPSEU local 431 holds information picket at Kingston’s Providence Care

  There have been more than 300 incidents of workplace violence at the Providence Care, Mental Health Services site in the past year, mostly on the adult mental health units and the forensic unit. View the information picket on Station 14. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  November 4, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Who will foot the bill for Waypoint repairs?

  Earlier this week, I was stunned when three security guards threw me out of the annual Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships conference.  Read the full text of Smokey's op-ed in the Toronto Sun Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  November 3, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• The Dangers of Navel Gazing

  Voting stragteically is not a progressive choice. Read Warren (Smokey) Thomas' full Letter to the Editor at Toronto Sun. Related: OPSEU in the News

  November 2, 2015

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  Federal, OPSEU in the News

• New Contract at Participation Lodge

  Workers at Participation Lodge at Holland Centre have a new four year contract. Read the full story at Bayshore Broadcasting. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  October 26, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Union slams Brockville Mental Health Centre

  The union representing Ontario public servants has appealed a decision by the Ministry of Labour not to hold the Brockville Mental Health Centre (BMHC) responsible for an attack on a nurse. Read the full story in the Brockville Recorder and Times. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  October 26, 2015

  Health and Safety, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Strike Averted at Participation Lodge

  The threat of a strike by OPSEU workers at Participation Lodge is over, after a tentative agreement was reached with the employer.  Read and listen to the report on the Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  October 20, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Auto safety, not job action, explains under-capacity on Kingston-area ferries

  Concern for the safety of automobiles explains why Kingston-area ferries have been travelling at under capacity, says the president of OPSEU Local 428 which represents crew members. Read more in the Kingston Whig-Standard Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  October 19, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Violence at new psychiatric inmate facility draws ministry concerns

  Nurses who have faced homemade weapons blame design of Waypoint, a new hospital for men with a history of violence. Read the full story in the Toronto Star. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  October 15, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Who will foot bill for Waypoint design flaws?

  Taxpayers are on the hook for the cost of constructing the province’s $474-million maximum-security psychiatric hospital in Penetanguishene. Read the full story in the Toronto Sun. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  September 21, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News

• Province must protect workers at max-security Waypoint hospital: Union

  The province needs to step up and protect workers at its badly flawed maximum-security psychiatric hospital in Penetanguishene, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says.  Read the full story in the Toronto Sun. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  September 21, 2015

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  OPSEU in the News