Tag: OPSEU in the News
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Hearing the youth
A new campaign was launched yesterday in hopes of enticing more youth to cast their votes in the federal election. Read more here. Related: OPSEU in the News
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Region 6 activists demonstrate solidarity on occasion of World Breastfeeding Week
OPSEU member activists show their support for World Breastfeeding Week at an event in Sault Ste Marie. OPSEU Local 607 President Shauna Weston, right, with daughter Eden, and Local 602 President Carole Gregoric, centre, with son, Alexsandre, with friend Tova Arbus and son, Dov, celebrate World Breastfeeding Week in Sault Ste. Marie. The movement calls…
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OPSEU warns against introduction of 12-pack beer to LCBO outlets
With the LCBO about to introduce sales of 12-pack beer to selected retail locations, OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas repeated the union's position that private beer and wine sales should be kept out of supermarkets. Critics say 12-packs in LCBO stores a step toward booze in grocery stores 680 News Alanna Kelly – Posted Aug…
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Mental health workers in Leeds-Grenville vote to join OPSEU
Workers at the Canadian Mental Health Association in Leeds-Grenville voted unanimously to join OPSEU. Read more in the Brockville Recorder Related: OPSEU in the News
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Working Together Towards Equality
Ottawa Life Magazine is running a series on wage inequality and other forms of discrimination against women in the workplace. The magazine has interviewed two OPSEU members regarding workplace inequality. Susan McKenna, is the Quality and Safety Pharmacist Clinical Lead at Kingston General Hospital. Read Susan’s interview here. Chrisy Tremblay works for a social services…
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OPSEU protests government privatization plans outside Liberal golf fundraiser
A few hundred OPSEU protesters demonstrated outside the Liberal party's annual golf fundraiser with calls to end privatization of public services and sale of public assets. Read more in the Stouffvile Sun-Tribune Related: OPSEU in the News
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OPSEU plans protests outside Pan Am venues
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas told a Queen's Park news conference that his union plans information pickets outside Pan Am sporting venues to drive home the message that while Ontario will spend hundreds of millions on the Games, when it comes to collective bargaining in the OPS, Premier Kathleen Wynne pleads poverty. Read more Related:…
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Executive Board Member gets unwelcome visit by OPP
It began as a quiet Friday morning for Executive Board member Len Elliott, until he opened the door of his home to see two members of the Ontario Provincial Police. “They absolutely came to try and intimidate me,” he said. The plainclothes officers are part of the fleet responsible for Premier Kathleen Wynne. Elliott said…
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OPSEU joins thousands in protest march for jobs, justice and the climate
OPSEU activists joined thousands on July 5 in a protest march through downtown Toronto where they demanded action on job creation, climate change and social justice. Unionists, environmentalis, anti-poverty groups, faith organizations, health care workers and First Nation peoples gathered at Queen's Park and then marched south on University Avenue, along Dundas Street West, before…
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OPSEU members protest stalled bargaining talks at Hoskin news conference
Liberal minister Eric Hoskins faced OPSEU protesters at a news conference Tuesday. As CTV News reported, the protesters were upset with the slow pace of OPS contract talks. Related: OPSEU in the News
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Expanding privatized alcohol sales carries heavy risks
OPSEU president Smokey Thomas says the health care and social impact risks of expanded alcohol sales outweigh the convenience of allowing supermarkets to sell beer and wine, Canadian Grocer magazine reports. Read more Related: OPSEU in the News