Tag: Solidarity
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New Boards elected for Social Justice and Live and Let Live Funds
The OPSEU Social Justice Fund was set up to support international solidarity projects. As public sector workers we want to strengthen the global movement against privatization and exploitation of workers and build linkages with workers and vulnerable communities in developing countries. We have supported community and union projects in Malawi, South Africa, the Democratic Republic…
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OPSEU condemns state violence against Cambodian striking garment workers
OPSEU along with human rights, trade union, student, international development and community organizations from Canada and Québec signed on to a letter of protest to the Cambodian Ambassador in the US, condemning the violence perpetrated by members of the police and armed forces against striking garment workers. To read letter to the Cambodian Ambassador, Excellency…
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Amnesty International event with indigenous leaders from Colombia, Feb. 8
Amnesty International event with indigenous leaders from Colombia, February 8 February 3, 2014 Download PDF On their last night in Canada, join us for a special event to make visible our concern and call for action. Come hear the moving words of respected Indigenous leaders Juvenal Arrieta Gonzalez and Patricia Tobon Yagari. Be treated to…
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World AIDS Day, December 1
It"s not often recognized, but music, dance, theatre, poetry, drumming, song – they"re all part of the response to the AIDS pandemic. At the grassroots, in village after village where the virus haunts life, the use of the arts as a therapeutic tool is valued, cherished and employed. There"s nothing more moving than the way…
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Support OPSEU’s Live and Let Live Fund on World AIDS Day
President Warren (Smokey) Thomas, urges members to make a charitable donation to OPSEU's Live and Let Live Fund to mark upcoming World AIDS day. OPSEU is a proud supporter of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, an organization that funds grassroots organizations working with those affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. On World AIDS Day, December 1,…
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Solidarity with the families of the ‘Cuban Five’
The ‘Cuban Five’ are political prisoners being unjustly held in U.S. jails. The wives of the Cuban Five will visit Toronto on August 8 as part of an international campaign to win their release after years of imprisonment. Meet the family members: Sunday, August 8, 2010 7:00 p.m. Steelworkers Hall 25 Cecil Street Toronto, ON…
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Solidarity Funds: Golf Grand Prize Winner 2009
Congratulations to Jacques Senechal, Local 556, grand prize winner at OPSEU’s 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament. Jacques won a 7-Day All-Inclusive Caribbean Vacation courtesy of Vision 2000. Because the event was such an overwhelming success, plans are underway for the 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament. It is tentatively scheduled for Monday, June 7, 2010 at…