Worth Fighting For

Stop the cuts!

Children, Community and Social Services funding cut by $200 million since 2018.

In 2019, Legal Aid Ontario funding was cut by $133 million – or 30% — without warning.

In 2024, FAO estimated our programs were underfunded by $3.7 billion. 

Who we are

We are a coalition of workers from OPSEU/SEFPO. We work in:

• Developmental Services
• Child Welfare
• Community Agencies
• Youth Justice
• Children’s Treatment Centres
• Community Healthcare
• Mental Health and Addictions

What’s at stake

Our workplaces have been chronically underfunded and our wages have been suppressed by the Ford government.

The government has repeatedly failed to provide meaningful funding improvements, leaving us to navigate the increasing challenges our communities face without adequate support.

After Bill 124, the Ford government’s wage suppression bill, got overturned, our counterparts in numerous other public sectors who were affected received retroactive wage increases. We did not.

We are paid significantly less than our counterparts, making it hard to attract new workers or keep experienced ones. This staffing crisis limits our ability to provide high quality, effective and safe public services.

We are campaigning for better funding NOW. Without this, we face the risk of program closures, labour disruptions, and reduction in the quality of services that our communities heavily rely on.

The time to act is NOW. 

Workers, our services, and the people of Ontario are worth fighting for!

How much can you gain?

Just enter your annual salary in the final year of Ford’s wage cuts:

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Your annual salary in the final year of Bill 124

$F183

Ford's Bill 124 robbed you of roughly:

$F181 – concat ( ‘$’ , round ( ( ($F44 – $F37) + ( $F45 – $F34) + ( $F46 – $F183 ) ) / 10 , 0 ) * 10 )

Show me the math

• Show me the math

This estimate presumes your increases were capped at just 1 per cent each year of the three years of Ford’s wage cuts. Adjust these percentages if any of your annual increases were less than 1 per cent:

Your Year 1 increase *

$F184

Your Year 2 increase *

$F185

Your Year 3 increase *

$F186

How much you lost in each year of the three years of Ford’s wage cuts.

What you should have made

What you actually made

Amount you’re owed

Year 3 In the third year of Ford’s cuts, you got a raise of just 1% or less. You should have gotten a raise of at least 3.5%.

In the third year of Ford’s cuts, you should have received a raise of at least 3.5% and made …

Year 3 WFF wage

show $F46

But because of the wage cap, you only made …

Year 3 wage cap

show $F33

In the third year, you lost …

Amount you lost in Year 3

$F46 – $F33

Year 2 In the second year of Ford’s cuts, you got a raise of just 1% or less. You should have gotten a raise of at least 3%.

In the second year of Ford’s cuts, you should have received a raise of at least 3% and made …

Year 2 WFF wage

show $F45

But because of the wage cap, you only made …

Year 2 wage cap

show $F34

In the second year, you lost …

Amount you lost in Year 2

$F45 – $F34

Year 1 In the first year of Ford’s cuts, you got a raise of just 1% or less. You should have gotten a raise of at least 3%.

In the first year of Ford’s cuts, you should have received a raise of at least 3% and made …

Year 1 WFF wage

show $F44

But because of the wage cap, you only made …

Year 1 wage cap

show $F37

In the first year, you lost …

Amount you lost in Year 1

$F44 – $F37

In the year before Ford cut your wages with Bill 124, you earned roughly

Show $F47

increase than Year

Total

Total

showing $F181

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