Tag: Solidarity
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CBS info picket to stop plasma privatization – Dec 1, Ottawa
Together with representatives from NUPGE, Bloodwatch.org, CUPE, and the Canadian Health Coalition, the Sector 19 (Canadian Blood Services and Diagnostics) Divisional Executive will hold an information picket outside the CBS head office in Ottawa on December 1. The picket will protest an agreement that CBS has signed with a for-profit, multinational pharmaceutical company (Grifols) to…
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OPSEU/SEFPO in the News: Ontario’s five largest healthcare unions call for immediate action on hospital staffing crisis
OPSEU/SEFPO joined OCHU-CUPE, ONA, SEIU Healthcare and Unifor at Queen’s Park on November 24 for a news conference speaking out against the Ford government’s failing health care “plan.” The unions have joined forces to fight for immediate action to resolve the staffing crisis in Ontario’s public hospitals, and provide solutions to stabilize Ontario’s crashing health…
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UN expert on SOGI renewed as FIFA rejects One Love Campaign: OPSEU/SEFPO
TORONTO – Members of OPSEU/SEFPO are celebrating a significant step in the fight against violence and discrimination against TBLGIAPQQ2S (Trans, bisexual, lesbian, gay, intersex, asexual, pansexual, queer, questioning, two-spirited) populations as the mandate of the UN Independent Expert on violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI) was renewed…
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Solidarity for McMaster University Teaching Assistants’ on strike in Hamilton!
CUPE 3906 McMaster University Teaching Assistants in Hamilton are on strike as of today. After years of not receiving any meaningful wage increases, they’re fighting for financial security, tuition reimbursements, and to close the wage gap between undergraduate TAs and graduate TAs. Picket lines will be up at all major entrances of the McMaster University…
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UPDATED: Solidarity works! GO Transit workers reach tentative agreement
Update: ATU 1587 GO Transit workers have reached a tentative agreement with Metrolinx. Once again, the strength of workers on the picket line builds power to win at the bargaining table! On Monday, Nov. 7, 2,200 members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1587 headed to the picket lines to fight for safe transit and…
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Youth lead the way at Queen’s Park Global Climate Strike rally
OPSEU/SEFPO members joined the Global Climate Strike rally today at Queen’s Park, organized and led by student activists of Fridays for Future Toronto. Labour allies gathered beforehand at the nearby Steelworkers Hall and marched to Queen’s Park together to join the larger rally of students, social justice, environmental, community and faith groups, to demand climate…
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Global Climate Strike rally and march at Queen’s Park: September 23
Join Fridays for Future Toronto, OPSEU/SEFPO, the Ontario Federation of Labour and many other student, labour and community allies at the Global Climate Strike rally and march at Queen’s Park on Friday, September 23! Meet up with other workers, unions and allies to show that labour stands for a just transition to a zero-carbon economy…
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Call for participants — Ad Hoc Child Care Committee
OPSEU/SEFPO is seeking member participants for a new Ad Hoc Child Care Committee tasked with formulating a comprehensive policy on child care, per a motion put forward during the 2022 convention. Currently, we are seeking a minimum of four members who use OPSEU/SEFPO child care, and two members who have children but don’t use our…
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The Regional Hardship Fund
OPSEU/SEFPO provides emergency financial assistance for members in good standing who find themselves in dire circumstances. Decisions are made by the Regional Hardship Committees, guided by established criteria, and based on need and available budget. A retired member that has satisfied OPSEU/SEFPO Constitution Article 6.11 as a member in good standing, and has paid dues…
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Take action: Tell Premier Ford we need 10 paid sick days now!
We encourage all OPSEU/SEFPO members to join the Justice for Workers phone zap on Tuesday, July 12 at 5:30 p.m. to demand 10 permanent, employer-paid sick days for all workers now. On July 31, the wholly inadequate Workers Income Protection Benefit (WIPD), which provided three temporary sick days to workers during the pandemic, paid through…