Tag: Retired Members
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Autumn View Edition 3, 2018
A Message from the Chair The actions of our new Premier and his threat to use the “notwithstanding” clause has made me very frustrated and angry. It goes far beyond my worst fears of what can happen when, in my opinion, someone with no moral compass and an oversized ego is elected. Mr. Ford has…
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Autumn View Edition 2, 2018
A message from the Chair The other day I was having a conversation with a friend I had run into whose wife had recently been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing extensive chemo. This involves a visit to the hospital at least once a week and sometimes twice, and often visits with the oncologist in…
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Autumn View Edition 1, 2018
A Message from the Chair I’m hoping that by the time this edition of Autumn View reaches you, that fairness will have won out over greed and common decency will have prevailed over the disgraceful conduct of some of corporate Canada. This statement is in reference to the fact that as of today, the millionaire…
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Autumn View Edition 4, 2017
A message from the chair Kathleen Wynne’s long overdue announcement of her $155 million “Aging with Confidence: Ontario’s Action Plan for Seniors” was certainly a step in the right direction. The fact that it seems a touch politically motivated shouldn’t take away from the fact of the need for both the money and the beds…
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Autumn View Edition 3, 2017
A message from the Chair Recently I marched in the annual Hamilton Labour Day Parade. Its theme here and right across the country was Universal Pharmacare for all. Truly, its time has come. A 2015 Angus Reid poll found 91% of Canadians believed our public healthcare system should include a universal prescription plan. Yet here…
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Autumn View Edition 2, 2017
A message from the chair Many people in Canada are unaware that the Bank of Canada was created during the Great Depression to fund a wide range of public infrastructures without our government incurring debt to private lenders. These interest- free or nearly interest-free loans, helped build the Trans Canada Highway, the St. Lawrence Seaway…
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Autumn View Edition 1, 2017
A message from the chair On March 1, 2017, we lost a Brother. A Brother who was so significant to OPSEU and the union movement that his loss cannot be measured in the time he dedicated to OPSEU or his many accomplishments, but is measured in the strength he gave us and the direction he…
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Autumn View Edition 4, 2016
A Message from the Chair In early 2013 our illustrious provincial government made a promise to reduce the cost of auto insurance by 15 per cent. This was to happen by August of that year. They made the promise in an attempt to get the NDP to support their budget and thus avoid an election. …
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Autumn View Edition 3, 2016
A Message from the Chair A recent pre-Labour Day editorial by Chris Buckley, President of the Ontario Federation of Labour, prompted some thought on the proposed labour reform the Ontario government is considering. Surely, after some 20 years since the last revisions and the increase and ever- growing use of contract employees, with no benefits…
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Autumn View Edition 2, 2015
A Message from the Chair Last week the Federal Minister of Finance, Joe Oliver, brought down his budget and as to be expected there was no help for the average taxpayer whatsoever. The team of Oliver and Harper once again have set out to help the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. The increasing…
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Bylaws of the Retired Members Division of OPSEU
By-Laws of the Retired Members Division of OPSEU/SEFPO As approved by President JP Hornick ARTICLE 1 This OPSEU/SEFPO Division shall be known as the Retired Members Division of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union/ Syndicat des employés de la fonction publique de l’Ontario (OPSEU/SEFPO). ARTICLE 2 The purpose of this division is to: 2.1…
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Autumn View Edition 2, 2016
A message from the Chair The “Panama Papers” hit the news in a big way. Whether the impact will have subsided by the time this edition reaches you remains to be seen. Already it has had a large effect on the thinking about tax fairness and the burden of tax that is born by Joe taxpayer…
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Phil Cunnington passes
It is with sadness that I inform you of the passing of Phil Cunnington a few days ago at his home in Coquitlam, B.C. Phil joined Sault College in August 1980 as a member of the business department. He taught various courses, including economics, business, and labour relations. He was universally well liked and respected…
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Autumn View Edition 1, 2015
A message from the Chair According to two recent newspaper articles hospitals are grossly over crowded with next to no beds available and there is a tremendous shortage of both long term care facilities and or available home care for those that need it and in both cases the villains or the cause of this…
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Autumn View Edition 1, 2016
A message from the Chair In a recently released report by the Canadian Cancer Society, it was stated that critically ill patients are falling through the cracks because of our piecemeal system of senior care. It is imperative that governments act now to put palliative care at the top of the list for immediate attention.…
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Autumn View Edition 4, 2015
A message from the Chair The election is over and finally no more Harper and the Conservatives. I personally would have preferred a minority government, but a new look non-right wing government as promised, should be a dramatic improvement for all of us. Now the question is, will Trudeau and his Liberals stay to the…
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Petition to restore health benefits for future OPTrust retirees
Post and circulate this petition, started by OPS members at Convention 2014 last week. The petition calls on the next government, to be elected June 12, to rescind the previous government's decision to require members of OPSEU Pension Trust retiring on or after January 1, 2017 to pay half the cost of post-retirement health care…
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Fighting Back Liberal Attack on Retiree Benefits
Responding to the Liberal attack on retiree benefits in the Ontario Public Service On February 18, 2014, the Liberal government led by Premier Kathleen Wynne announced changes that will increase the cost of extended health benefits for retired public service employees, LCBO employees, and others in the OPSEU Pension Trust or the Public Service Pension…