Tag: Solidarity
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Register for the Stephen Lewis Foundation Presentation!
Promoting Health and Human Rights in Partnership with the Stephen Lewis Foundation Join us Wednesday, April 3rd from 7:00-8:00 PM for a special presentation by the Stephen Lewis Foundation for OPSEU/SEFPO members! They will showcase our impactful partnership and how you can get involved and directly contribute to their mission. Register for the free event…
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Solidarity with striking workers at CUPE 3903
OPSEU/SEFPO stands in solidarity with the striking workers at CUPE 3903 and all workers exercising their legal right to picket. Flexing police power on picket lines and detaining unionists is not a new strategy for employers or those allied against the working class, but it’s a tired one. We’ve seen a marked increase in police…
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Join the Migrants Rights Network to launch Migrant Spring at Christie Pits Park!
The rich and powerful are scapegoating migrants for the skyrocketing cost-of-living. All the things they’re blaming migrants for are the direct result of privatization, austerity politics and the hoarding of wealth by the richest few. They’re trying to divide us so that we’re too busy fighting each other, while they enrich themselves further at the…
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PYC Zoom Room: Feb 17
OPSEU/SEFPO’s Provincial Young Workers Committee (PYC) is hosting a free Educational Zoom Room on February 6, 2024 from 7pm to 9pm, and February 17, 2024 from 1pm to 3pm. In partnership with Labour for Palestine, it will be a presentation and conversation about the Labour Against Apartheid Campaign; discussing the history of Palestine and meaningful…
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PYC Zoom Room: Feb 6
OPSEU/SEFPO’s Provincial Young Workers Committee (PYC) is hosting a free Educational Zoom Room on February 6, 2024 from 7pm to 9pm, and February 17, 2024 from 1pm to 3pm. In partnership with Labour for Palestine, it will be a presentation and conversation about the Labour Against Apartheid Campaign; discussing the history of Palestine and meaningful…
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Justice for Workers Organizing Meeting
Justice for Workers is holding a decent work organizing meeting on Tuesday, January 16 from 7-9 pm. Attend to hear updates from campaigns across the province and strategize about the next steps in the Decent Work Movement. One of our very own LBED leaders will be speaking about the fight to save the LCBO and…
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December 17: Make the ceasefire real
On Tuesday this week, Canada supported a ceasefire resolution at the United Nations General Assembly. Canada’s vote was the result of mass demonstrations calling for a ceasefire, which took place all across Canada in the last nine weeks. But it’s not a ceasefire till the bombs stop. We need to make the ceasefire real. Join…
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Join us for a pan-Canadian day of action for peace
Dear Members, In response to the ongoing tragedy in the Middle East, many of you have been writing to us to ask OPSEU/SEFPO to take a stronger position – to call for a ceasefire and to join the millions of people who have been on the streets, marching in support of an immediate ceasefire in…
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Support public sector workers in Quebec – come out to the Solidarity rally!
On Monday, November 6th, over 420,000 public sector workers in Quebec will stage a partial one-day strike. This significant action might be a precursor to an unlimited General Strike in the province. These workers, spanning sectors like healthcare, education, municipalities, and more, are fighting for fair wages that keep up with inflation, improved working conditions…
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Labour Joins Call for Immediate Ceasefire
OPSEU/SEFPO condemns all acts of violence against civilians, and the alarming rise of Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism in Canada and around the world. As members of the labour movement, our national union National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), we’re sharing the following statements, which call for a…
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OPSEU/SEFPO Stands in Solidarity with the Sikh Community
OPSEU/SEFPO stands in solidarity with the Sikh community in the wake of the death of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside the Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C. – a Sikh temple. We echo the federal NDP’s calls for a public inquiry on the circumstances surrounding the death. We hope that a public inquiry will…
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Stop the attack on Charter Rights: Solidarity with Trans Kids in Saskatchewan
Friends, we are in a critical fight to protect our Charter rights. Many of you know about the tide of anti-trans protests, disguised in the divisive rhetoric of “parents’ rights”, organized by the far-right a couple of weeks ago. We organized counter protests and showed up in numbers with our love and solidarity. Now, following…
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No Space for Hate in Ontario! Province-wide action on Wednesday Sept 20
On Wednesday, September 20th, groups from the far right are planning events in Ontario and across Canada opposing the teaching of 2SLGBTQIA+ content in schools. They’re framing it as “protecting children.” But this has nothing to do with protecting children. Quite the opposite – this is about fostering hate, encouraging anti-2SLGBTQIA+ discrimination and causing harm…
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OPSEU/SEFPO is Joining the Global Fight To End Fossil Fuels
The climate crisis is here. Ontario is burning. This summer, all across Ontario the skies were orange and the air was thick with smoke from fires throughout the province and in other parts of the country. We are living through a climate emergency and working people are bearing the brunt of climate change – many…
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Words matter and Minister Lecce’s words will harm vulnerable trans and non-binary students
As a parent and an Ontarian, I believe all kids should feel safe and protected at school and in their homes. But the outing of trans and non-binary students – a policy move favoured by Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce – will do just the opposite. It will seriously harm vulnerable trans and non-binary…
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Solidarity with MGEU members at Teranet Manitoba as they increase strike activity
Public services aren’t just under attack here in Ontario – they’re under attack across the country, and Teranet Manitoba workers, members of our sibling union, the Manitoba General Employees Union (MGEU), are fighting back! OPSEU/SEFPO stands with MGEU Locals 397 and 399, who are ramping up their strike activities on July 31 to pressure Teranet…
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On National Indigenous Peoples Day, celebrate Indigenous culture and daily acts of reconciliation
In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day 2023, Krista Maracle, Chair of the OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle, shared this message: @opseusefpo On June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day, let’s recommit ourselves to writing a different narrative, by celebrating Indigenous culture, and daily acts of reconciliation. #NIPD2023 ♬ original sound – OPSEU/SEFPO “On June 21, Canadians everywhere…
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Celebrate International Day of Pink with a Pink t-shirt on Wednesday and share your photo!
International Day of Pink is on April 12, 2023, and we’re asking members to share photos of you and your friends, families and colleagues in pink on Wednesday with the hashtags #DayofPink and #OPSEU #SEFPO! With the recent passage of transphobic laws in the US, and the rise in transphobia here in Canada, this is…
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Protest in Toronto Against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law
Stand up for human rights as we come together to support the Ugandan diaspora in Toronto! This weekend, queer people and allies are rallying in support of Uganda and LGBTQ2S+ rights, as the country faces severe anti-homosexuality laws. When: April 2nd, 2023, at 3pm Where: Dundas Square, Toronto