Tag: PSW
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Join the Living Wage Rally at Aspira Kingsmere Retirement Living in Alliston!
Join retirement home workers from OPSEU/SEFPO Local 332 in Alliston, Ontario as they demand a living wage from Aspira Kingsmere Retirement Living – owned by for-profit giant Sienna Senior Living, which charges residents thousands per month and raked in more than three quarters of a billion dollars in revenue in 2023. Date: Wednesday, October 23,…
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Show your solidarity with Personal Support Workers on PSW Day
Since 2010, May 19th has been provincially recognized as Personal Support Worker (PSW) day in Ontario. It is a day to recognize the PSW profession and honour the vital role PSWs play on the health care delivery team. OPSEU/SEFPO is proud to represent thousands of PSWs in our long-term care homes, retirement homes, developmental services,…
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Meet JP Hornick and Laurie Nancekivell at PSW Coffee Chat – June 29
Are you an OPSEU/SEFPO PSW or working as one? Do you teach PSWs? Are you interested in learning about OPSEU/SEFPO’s PSW Community? Then you are invited! Virtual Coffee Chat – Wednesday, June 29 11:00 a.m.: https://opseu-org.zoom.us/j/86463078934 6:00 p.m.: https://opseu-org.zoom.us/j/82907489173 *Choose the time that works best for you! OPSEU/SEFPO’s new President JP Hornick and First Vice-President/Treasurer Laurie…
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Newspaper urges support for PSW Champions
In an article in The North Dundas Times, PSW and OPSEU/SEFPO member Tina Ouellette says PSWs deserve more recognition and support. “We all know what nurses do, DSWs, Social Workers,” said Ouellette. “We know they have forces behind them fighting for fair compensation for their time, skill, experience, and dedication. The PSW workers in our…
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Training up organizers in our PSW Community
Several members of OPSEU/SEFPO’s PSW Community have recently completed an eight-week Building Skills for Change training from the Institute for Change Leaders. PSW members learned the basics of strategizing, organizing, telling your own story and taking effective action in your community. By the third week, the OPSEU/SEFPO participants in the course met virtually outside of…
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Radio interview on PSW staffing crisis with OPSEU/SEFPO advocate
On May 27, 2022, Laura Bulmer, PSW Advocate/Researcher at OPSEU/SEFPO, was invited onto the Hamilton Today show on AM900 CHML. Bulmer shared her expert opinion with host Scott Radley about the evolving PSW staffing crisis and how to move the profession forward. Listen to the clip.
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PSWs: An indispensable pillar in our health care system
Thursday, May 19 is Personal Support Worker Day and we want to take this opportunity to stress how vital support workers are to the health care system. We deeply appreciate the extraordinary efforts they have made to care for people in need. OPSEU/SEFPO is proud to represent thousands of PSWs in long term care homes,…
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PSW booth at OPSEU/SEFPO Convention a first!
Members who work as PSWs across our many sectors dropped by the Convention marketplace to visit our booth, and were invited to sign up to join the PSW Community, and collect PSW pens, stickers and flyers for distribution to their colleagues. The PSW Community within OPSEU/SEFPO strives to connect with members who work as PSWs…
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Are you a PSW? Want to fight for a better, fairer and more just world?
If you answered yes don’t miss out on this advocacy training opportunity with the Institute of Change Leaders (ICL). OPSEU/SEFPO will sponsor 12 PSW members to take the Building Skills for Change training and earn a certificate in Organizing for Social Change from ICL. Founded in 2016 by Olivia Chow, the Institute for Change Leaders…
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Raising voices at second PSW Virtual Gathering
Members of OPSEU/SEFPO’s PSW Community were inspired by guest speaker Olivia Chow to “flex your political muscles” at the second PSW Virtual Gathering last week. As the founder of the Institute for Change Leaders and former MP for Trinity-Spadina, Chow has a wealth of experience advocating for workers, and teaching them how to advocate for…
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PSW Community members keep on winning!
Three more OPSEU/SEFPO PSW members won gift cards this week, as our PSW Community continues to grow. Our December PSW Community membership drive was extended to February 14, and everyone who signed up, plus every current PSW Community member who referred a new member, were eligible for door prizes: two $100 VISA gift cards. Two…
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PSW Network event: Share your stories and get your voice heard!
Are you an OPSEU/SEPFO PSW or working as one? Then you’re invited! Join us at our second PSW Network virtual gathering on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. The Zoom link is at the bottom of this post. Divex members who have PSWs in their sectors are welcome to join us as well! Here’s…
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Poll results are in for standardized PSW title
The OPSEU/SEFPO PSW Network has selected “Professional Support Provider (PSP)” as their preferred standardized title for the profession. In a survey sent out to the PSW Network, members were asked to select the professional title they prefer from a list of six possible titles. 42% of respondents chose “Professional Support Provider (PSP)”. The five other…
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PSWs: Apply for U Waterloo research study – chance to earn $50
OPSEU/SEFPO is happy to share an exciting opportunity with our PSW members. Researchers at the University of Waterloo are working on a project that examines the experiences of PSWs and the impact that working through the COVID-19 pandemic has had on them. Participation takes place virtually (online). There are a limited number of spaces left…
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Video: Presentation to PSW Virtual Gathering
On November 4, 2021, OPSEU/SEFPO PSWs gathered online to share their experiences, discuss issues of concern, and network with fellow PSWs. In case you missed the PSW Virtual Gathering, here is a recorded video presentation by Laura Bulmer, PSW Advocate and Researcher at OPSEU/SEFPO. If you are an OPSEU/SEFPO PSW and would like to stay…
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We have PSW contest winners!
Eight PSW members won gift cards recently, worth a total value of $400, as OPSEU/SEFPO has continued expanding the union’s PSW Network. Everyone who signed up for OPSEU/SEFPO’s PSW Network between October 21 and November 1 was entered into a draw for two $100 VISA gift cards. Two names were randomly drawn on November 3,…
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Good conversations and networking at PSW Virtual Gathering
Personal Support Workers (PSWs) from various sectors of OPSEU/SEFPO gathered online yesterday to discuss issues of concern, share their experiences, and network with fellow PSWs. Two one-hour virtual gatherings took place in the afternoon and evening, offering PSWs and support workers the opportunity to learn more about OPSEU/SEFPO’s PSW advocacy initiatives, including: The creation of…
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Virtual Gathering for OPSEU PSWs
Calling all OPSEU/SEFPO PSWs! Are you an OPSEU/SEFPO member and a PSW (Personal Support Worker)? Do you do the work of a PSW but with a different title? If the answer is yes, join us at a virtual gathering of PSWs on Thursday, November 4th! Choose the time that works best for you – scroll…
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OPSEU/SEFPO pleased government has listened on beefing up Long-Term Care resources
Toronto — The Ontario government’s commitment to hire more than four-thousand additional staff this year for Long-Term Care shows front-line workers are being listened to, said OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. For years OPSEU/SEFPO has called for more investment in long-term care and during the COVID-19 pandemic stepped up its demands for an immediate and…