Keenan, Sheila

It’s time for workers in the Broader Public Service (BPS) to fight back! For decades, provincial governments have chronically underfunded community based social and health services and universities. In many cases this has been exacerbated by contracting the work out to private agencies. Because of this, the workers providing these critical services have had lower...

After a long final day of negotiation, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 214’s bargaining team for children’s mental health workers at Pathstone Mental Health has reached a tentative agreement with the employer, just before the lockout deadline that was set for 12:01 am, February 22. Details about the tentative agreement will be shared first with Local 214 members...

Dozens of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 241 children’s mental health workers facing a possible lockout as early as February 22 held an info picket earlier this week outside two Pathstone Mental Health locations to demand a fair contract for workers who provide mental health services for kids and families across Niagara region. Their message to Pathstone management...