Tag: Together To Win
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Secret tax cuts will send Ontario even further into last place, say OPSEU leaders
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas and First Vice-President/Treasurer Eduardo (Eddy) Almeida are demanding that the Ford government abandon the secret tax cuts discovered by the province’s Financial Accountability Officer (FAO). “These secret tax cuts will hurt each and every person in the province,” said Thomas. “If you need health care, you’ll be hurt. If you…
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Thomas: Ending privatization would be a truly ‘smart initiative’ for the Ford government
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says there’s nothing smart about Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy’s “Smart Initiative” to privatize more public services. “If the Tories are looking for a truly smart initiative, I’ve got one for them: dump Ford and find a leader who actually cares about something other than boosting his backers…
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OPSEU raises awareness and funds for peer-to-peer support services on World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day was a day of action for OPSEU members who toured northern Ontario to raise funds and awareness of the peer support groups Boots on the Ground and Badge of Life Canada. Last week, OPSEU members in Region 6 embarked on the second leg of the “Peers Need Peers” fundraising barbecue tour…
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OPSEU supports and promotes awareness for critical peer-to-peer support services
OPSEU member Mike Lundy was the featured guest on local Sault Ste. Marie television program “ONN Point with Andy Martens” on ONNtv Tuesday. Lundy was on the half-hour current affairs program to promote the next leg of the “Peers Need Peers” fundraising barbecue tour in support of the non-profit groups Boots on the Ground and…
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OPSEU members ask public to ‘Shop LCBO’
“At LCBOs across Toronto Saturday, booze buyers were asked to put down the paper bag – and protest the privatization of alcohol sales,” CTV News is reporting. “When shoppers buy at the LCBO, the revenue generated comes back to the government of Ontario for healthcare, education, and transit,” Kingsley Kwok, OPSEU executive board member, told…
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Peers Need Peers: Sudbury BBQ
Join OPSEU members in Sudbury for a lunch BBQ and raffle! All proceeds raised will go to Boots on the Ground peer-to-peer support program, which is working toward establishing a presence throughout northern Ontario to offer in-person peer support 24/7. Please click here to RSVP and share on Facebook! Date: Friday, October 11, 2019Time: 11…
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Peers Need Peers: North Bay BBQ
Join OPSEU members in North Bay for a lunch BBQ and raffle! All proceeds raised will go to Boots on the Ground peer-to-peer support program, which is working toward establishing a presence throughout northern Ontario to offer in-person peer support 24/7. Please click here to RSVP and share on Facebook! Date: Monday, October 7, 2019Time:…
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Peers Need Peers: Timmins BBQ
Join OPSEU members in Timmins for a lunch BBQ and raffle! All proceeds raised will go to Boots on the Ground peer-to-peer support program, which is working toward establishing a presence throughout northern Ontario to offer in-person peer support 24/7. Please click here to RSVP and share on Facebook! Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2019Time: 11…
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Peers Need Peers: Sault Ste. Marie BBQ
Join OPSEU members in Sault Ste. Marie for a lunch BBQ and raffle! All proceeds raised will go to Boots on the Ground peer-to-peer support program, which is working toward establishing a presence throughout northern Ontario to offer in-person peer support 24/7. Please click here to RSVP and share on Facebook! Date: Thursday, October 10,…
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OPSEU member leads court challenge against social assistance cut
The Toronto Star is reporting on the court challenge being launched by the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) against one of the Ford government’s many cuts to social assistance “The cut to social assistance for children will mean no money for their necessities such as food, clothing or diapers and will have a devastating impact…
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Starter Kit: How to lobby your MPP
Lobbying a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is something anyone can do! Lobbying simply means sharing your concerns with the politicians who represent you, and holding them accountable to do something about them. Lobbying also reminds politicians that they work for us, and that their actions on the issues we care about will directly affect…
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OPSEU LCBO members to hold ‘Shop LCBO’ information picket in St. Thomas
St. Thomas – LCBO workers will be holding an information picket outside the constituency office of MPP Jeff Yurek Friday from 2 pm to 4 pm to remind the government and the public of the dangers involved with privatizing alcohol sales. “We all lose when the government allows grocery stores, convenience stores, and ‘LCBO Convenience…
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Thomas in the Sun: Unions here for workers, not corporate elite
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas has written an op-ed for The Toronto Sun about the vitally important role unions continue to play in a world dominated by big corporations and the politicians they finance. You can read it online and add your comments here. And this is the text in full: Unions here for workers, not…
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Owen Sound Labour Rally and Region 2 BBQ
Please join us in Owen Sound on Tuesday, August 13, 2019! First we’re going to the Grey Bruce Labour Council rally outside MPP Bill Walker’s office. Then we’re going to the OPSEU Owen Sound office for our summer BBQ afterwards! 4:00 p.m. – Labour Council rally at MPP Bill Walker’s office, 920 1st Avenue West,…
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Ottawa Rally: Kids can’t wait for autism services!
Join community members and autism therapy providers from OPSEU Local 474 in Ottawa to tell the Ford government: Kids with autism can’t wait any longer for autism therapy. Kids need publicly-delivered autism services now! Date: Thursday, August 15, 2019 Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Place: Outside the Ontario Government building, 347 Preston Street, Ottawa…
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Do booze and bucks grease the wheels in Ford Nation? OPSEU asks
Toronto – OPSEU is calling on the province’s Integrity Commissioner to take a look at the beer and wine industry’s influence on the Ford government’s policies involving alcoholic beverages. OPSEU has found nearly two dozen cases in which groups or individuals connected to the beer and wine industry have made contributions to the Conservatives this…
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OPSEU President urges Ford government to enact all of Wettlaufer inquiry’s recommendations
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Ford government must swiftly implement the 91 recommendations made by the inquiry into the murder of eight long-term care (LTC) home residents by Elizabeth Wettlaufer between 2007 and 2016. “These murders are among the most tragic and shameful chapters in the province’s history,” said Thomas. “On…
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‘It’s like the mob has taken over Queen’s Park,’ Thomas tells media about ONN
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is quoted in a number of media reports about the fact that businesses owned by Conservative Party donors are being featured in a number of the Ford government’s “Ontario News Now” (ONN) promotional videos. “It really is just political propoganda paid for by our tax dollars,” Thomas told 570 News…