Tag: OPSEU in the News
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OPSEU supports and promotes awareness for critical peer-to-peer support services
OPSEU member Mike Lundy was the featured guest on local Sault Ste. Marie television program “ONN Point with Andy Martens” on ONNtv Tuesday. Lundy was on the half-hour current affairs program to promote the next leg of the “Peers Need Peers” fundraising barbecue tour in support of the non-profit groups Boots on the Ground and…
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Doug Ford staying quiet but wants to fire back at Justin Trudeau
The Toronto Star has reported that Doug Ford is “itching to fire back” at Justin Trudeau for his ongoing jabs at Ford’s provincial government, despite his silence so far during the federal election campaign. Ontario Public Service Employees Union president Warren (Smokey) Thomas said Monday that “Ford’s buried himself, in hopes that voters won’t bury…
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LCBO workers picket against privatization
The Kingston Whig-Standard and Global TV News both reported on the information picket staged on Friday, Sept. 27, by OPSEU members encouraging the public to “Shop LCBO.” “We want to let the public know that the LCBO is publicly owned,” OPSEU Local 497 President Teresa Graham said in the Whig-Standard. “Our money goes to protect…
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OPSEU members ask public to ‘Shop LCBO’
“At LCBOs across Toronto Saturday, booze buyers were asked to put down the paper bag – and protest the privatization of alcohol sales,” CTV News is reporting. “When shoppers buy at the LCBO, the revenue generated comes back to the government of Ontario for healthcare, education, and transit,” Kingsley Kwok, OPSEU executive board member, told…
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Union’s ‘told you so’ response follows Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp. posting $42 million loss
Legal cannabis sales in Ontario totalled $121 million this past fiscal year—the first in which cannabis was federally legal. But the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation posted a hefty $42 million loss, and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), which has opposed Premier Doug Ford government’s retail plans from their inception, is saying the numbers…
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OPSEU member leads court challenge against social assistance cut
The Toronto Star is reporting on the court challenge being launched by the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) against one of the Ford government’s many cuts to social assistance “The cut to social assistance for children will mean no money for their necessities such as food, clothing or diapers and will have a devastating impact…
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Sault-area mental health workers unanimous, join OPSEU
Sootoday.com is reporting on the unanimous decision by mental health workers at Algoma Public Health to join OPSEU. “The premier has set his sights on public health, and it’s going to take a strong union to stop him. Every month we have workers joining our family and our newest members at Algoma Public Health are about…
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Thomas in the Sun: Unions here for workers, not corporate elite
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas has written an op-ed for The Toronto Sun about the vitally important role unions continue to play in a world dominated by big corporations and the politicians they finance. You can read it online and add your comments here. And this is the text in full: Unions here for workers, not…
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‘It’s like the mob has taken over Queen’s Park,’ Thomas tells media about ONN
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is quoted in a number of media reports about the fact that businesses owned by Conservative Party donors are being featured in a number of the Ford government’s “Ontario News Now” (ONN) promotional videos. “It really is just political propoganda paid for by our tax dollars,” Thomas told 570 News…
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Public, workers join in province-wide Legal Aid, legal clinic rallies
When Legal Aid and legal clinic workers, lawyers, and even managers staged rallies and protests in communities across the province yesterday, the media was there. The actions were covered by a variety of outlets, including CityTV, CBC, Global News, the Law Times, the Windsor Star, the Cornwall Seaway News, the Sarnia Observer, and the Huffington Post.…
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OPSEU members raising awareness and funds for peer-to-peer support services
Two media outlets reported on OPSEU members who toured communities in northwestern Ontario to raise funds and recruit volunteers for the non-profit group Boots on the Ground, which provides peer-to-peer support to frontline workers. The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal and the Kenora Daily Miner and News reported on the “Peers Need Peers” campaign, which was spearheaded…
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OPSEU unites with other unions in Trenton ‘State of the Province’ rally
Global News reported on a rally with members of OPSEU and CUPE and other unions to protest the Ford government’s deep and widespread cuts. Dozens of protesters rallied at the appearance of Ontario Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy and Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith at a Quinte West Chamber of Commerce event in Trenton…
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OPSEU offers to pay ‘ridiculous’ chalk message fine
CTV News is reporting on OPSEU’s offer to pay the “ridiculous” $1,400 bill sent to a 15-year-old activist who wrote a protest message in chalk on the Queen’s Park parking lot. “What knucklehead came up with a bill of $1,444.51 for a cleanup? Come on, a couple of buckets of water or a half decent…
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OPSEU leader suggests Ontario cabinet shuffle targeted women
Blackburn News is reporting on OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas’s charge that Thursday was a bad day for women after Doug Ford demoted almost every one of his female Cabinet ministers. “He moved Lisa Thompson, he moved Lisa McLeod, he moved Caroline Mulroney, they’re three of his stars,” Thomas told the Western Ontario radio network.…
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OPSEU scoffs at MPP Romano’s sit-in ban
SooToday.com writes: MPP Ross Romano found himself on the receiving end of a sound ‘scoffing’ today courtesy the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) over a sign posted in the door of his constituency office that bans sit-ins. “We didn’t need more proof that this government is a joke, but Ross Romano has gone ahead and given us some anyway,” said…