Tag: Strike
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Owen Sound Family Health Organization must start behaving and bargaining responsibly: Thomas
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is flabbergasted by the mean-spirited and potentially unethical smear campaign that the doctors who own the Owen Sound Family Health Organization are mounting against their striking employees. Thomas expressed dismay that the doctors would release personal medical information to the media about a replacement worker. “The Ontario government…
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Almeida to lead rally for striking FHO workers
OPSEU First Vice-President / Treasurer Eduardo (Eddy) Almeida will lead noon-hour rally in Owen Sound on Wednesday, July 11, in support of the striking OPSEU members at the Owen Sound Family Health Organization. What: Rally to support the striking workers at the Owen Sound Family Health Organization Who: OPSEU First Vice-President / Treasurer Eduardo (Eddy)…
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FHO doctors ‘bullied, harassed’ striking workers: Bayshore Broadcasting reports
Bayshore Broadcasting in Owen Sound is reporting striking OPSEU members say that doctors at the Family Health Organization are bullying and harassing them. “I think everybody in this community would be shocked that these so-called professionals would use words like this,” said OPSEU Regional Vice President Lucy Morton. “There has been a history of feeling…
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Help end the FHO Strike: Send an email
Text version Send email To: ksmithturner@osfht.ca Cc: bill.walkerco@pc.ola.org Subject: End this strike now! Cut and paste the following message: Dear Karen Smith Turner, Debbie Dyke, Gurdeep Singh and Daniel Whittle: I am writing to demand that you and the doctors who own the Family Health Organization return to the bargaining table with a fair offer…
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OPSEU to ‘turn the heat up’ on Family Health owners
During a rally in support of the striking workers in Local 276, OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas pledged to “turn the heat up” on the doctors who own the Family Health Organization. “On behalf of the workers, we will turn the heat up on the owners,” Thomas told Blackburn News. Thomas was joined at the…
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Thomas attending Owen Sound strike rally
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas will be attending a noon-hour rally in Owen Sound on Wednesday, June 27, to urge the doctors who own the Family Health Organization to offer their workers the decent wages they deserve. What: Rally to support the striking workers at the Family Health Organization Who: Guests to include OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas, along with…
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OPSEU President To Support Strikers In Owen Sound
Bayshore Broadcasting in Owen Sound is promoting OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas’s attendance at the rally and barbecue on June 27 in support of striking Local 276 members at the Family Health Organization. Thomas says these OPSEU members are as skilled and dedicated as any health care workers in the community and is calling on the…
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How you can help
The nurses, clerical and custodial staff at the Family Health Organization (FHO) have been on strike since May 22 over low wages and unfair working conditions. The workers are asking for: 1) wage increases that keep up with inflation; a wage “grid” to ensure transparency and fairness in hiring practices; and 3) no clawbacks to…
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Public support growing for Owen Sound strikers
The Owen Sound Sun Times reports that many people are supportive of the 30 members of OPSEU Local 276 who are on strike from the Owen Sound Family Health Organization. “What hit me is some people aren’t making as much as other people,” the Sun Times quotes a person who attended the Local 276 rally…
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Help striking OPSEU members in Owen Sound
The approximately 30 nurses, receptionists, and custodians in OPSEU Local 276 at the Family Health Organization have been on strike since May 22 over the low wages and unfair working conditions that prevent them from providing quality service and care to thousands of people and families. The employer has been using family members as scabs…
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Owen Sound health workers strike over safety
The Owen Sound Hub is reporting on the strike by the rougly 30 members of OPSEU Local 276 working at the Family Health Organization in Owen Sound. “The nurses worry about patient confidentiality, saying that doctors are using family members and temporary workers to staff their practices,” the Hub writes. “With custodians on the line,…
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Family Health Organization nurses, office professionals on strike to improve care
Owen Sound – More than 30 nurses, receptionists, and custodians at the Family Health Organization (FHO) in Owen Sound are on the picket line this morning. Members of OPSEU Local 276 are striking over the low wages and unfair working conditions that prevent them from providing the health care and services that people in the community…
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Owen Sound health workers willing to strike to improve service to patients, families
Owen Sound – The approximately 30 nurses, receptionists, and custodians in OPSEU Local 276 at the Family Health Organization could be on strike as early as May 22 over the low wages and unfair working conditions that are preventing them from providing quality service and care to thousands of people and families. “Low wages mean…
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OPSEU faculty count down to strike deadline at Algoma University
Sault Ste. Marie – Faculty at Algoma University, represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) hope for success during mediation as they get closer to an April 13 strike deadline. Mediation is set for Tuesday, April 10, however faculty remain concerned that Algoma University will not come to the table intending to bargain.…
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Valoris workers deliver strong strike vote in support of quality services and fair pay
Prescott-Russell – The OPSEU members who work at Valoris, an agency that provides a variety of youth and adult services in Prescott-Russell, have said loud and clear that they’ll go on strike for fair pay and to protect the services they provide. “The health of our communities depends on us being able to deliver high quality…
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Simcoe County workers deliver strong strike vote
Barrie – The members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328, which represents 22 superintendents and housing clerks in the Social Housing Department of Simcoe County, have handed their bargaining team a massive strike mandate. The union members have been without a contract since December 31, 2016. Since then, negotiations have stalled on…
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Conciliation sought as Simcoe County rejects wage parity
Barrie – The bargaining team for Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328 has asked the Ministry of Labour to begin the conciliation process in the wake of Simcoe County’s refusal to implement internal wage parity for its workers. Local 328 represents 22 superintendents and housing clerks in the social housing division who maintain…
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Making a difference on the picket line
Dear friends: The recent strike by OPSEU college faculty was a major event in the history of this province. It was a big strike, and big strikes have big impacts. More than 12,000 professors, instructors, counsellors and librarians were off the job. More than 500,000 students were out of classes. Millions of Ontarians knew someone…
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College faculty in the news: return to work
Ontario college faculty set for return as province rolls out student aid (London Free Press) Ontario college strike ends as back-to-work legislation passed (CBC) Ontario students offered tuition refund as college strike ends (Global News)