Tag: PSW
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OPSEU/SEFPO urges new long-term care minister to act
In a letter to the new Minister of Long-Term Care, Rod Phillips, OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas urges a fresh approach towards fixing long-term care — an approach that focusses on giving PSWs the security and working conditions they need to provide top-quality care. “As the new minister, now is the time for a fresh…
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Personal Support Worker Day 2021: Thank you to all PSWs for your bravery and dedication
May 19 is Personal Support Worker Day; an opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the vital contributions of Personal Support Workers (PSWs) to Ontario’s most vulnerable residents. These brave, dedicated essential workers have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving their all to support Ontarians. PSWs comfort palliative patients in the middle of the…
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Inquiry report underscores the need to eliminate for-profit Long-Term Care: OPSEU/SEFPO
Toronto – The key final recommendations from the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission have been long demanded by OPSEU/SEFPO. President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the findings add up to one obvious conclusion: for-profit Long-Term Care must go. “Anyone can see that facilities where profits come before people is an obstacle to having a sector where our…
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Laura Bulmer named PSW Researcher/Advocate at OPSEU Head Office
OPSEU/SEFPO is bringing in a subject matter expert on Personal Support Workers to help advise the union on what recommendations to make to the government about the future of the profession, President Warren (Smokey) Thomas announced Wednesday. Laura Bulmer is a full-time professor in George Brown College’s School of Nursing and a PSW Subject Matter…
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OPSEU/SEFPO statement on PSW funding for Willis College
We are disappointed by the government’s proposal to give $2.4 million to a private career college, Willis College in Ottawa, to train 300 personal support workers (PSWs) for Ottawa-area long-term care homes. Both OPSEU/SEFPO and the government know there is a desperate need for more PSWs. Thousands of new PSWs must be trained quickly and…
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No dues collected on PSW and DSW pay increase
On October 1, 2020, the Ontario government announced a temporary wage increase for all Personal Support Workers (PSWs) and Direct Support Workers (DSWs). In recognition of the vital work our PSWs and DSWs are doing to support Ontarians through this pandemic, OPSEU/SEFPO’s leadership has decided that the union will not collect dues on this pay…