Choose OPSEU/SEFPO!
The Mental Health and Addictions Division of OPSEU/SEFPO has been operating for over 20 years to promote awareness and treatment of mental health and addictions. The division is over 8,000 members strong and represents frontline workers in 13 CMHA agencies across the province, as well as in public hospitals.
OPSEU/SEFPO Mental Health and Addictions Division has had the ear of governments of all stripes and have led to concrete improvements in government policies and funding. The talent and expertise and advice of this sector is recognized and respected by all political parties.
The Mental Health and Addictions Division is very active and is driven by frontline workers in the field who have the experience and expertise to know what is working and what isn’t.
The Division holds yearly bargaining conferences, where every Local across the province is represented. At the bargaining conference the Division discusses and puts forward suggestions of language to negotiate into your Local’s collective agreement.
The division also puts out a twice-yearly newsletter to all members, that explains the accomplishments and challenges faced across the province in mental health and addictions.
OPSEU/SEFPO admires and respects Mental Health and Addictions workers and the very important work you do.
In fact, at the most recent convention of OPSEU in the spring, OPSEU’s highest award for activism and mobilization, the Leah Casselman Award, went to Tischa Forster, of the former Oxford CMHA, for her tremendous advocacy work around Mental Health and Addictions in Oxford County and Province-wide.
In Canada, you have the Constitutional right to join and participate in a union. But becoming full union members with your co-workers doesn’t happen overnight.
Here’s a roadmap of what lies ahead:
Kiera Chion
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416-526-0330
Patti Markland
416-522-7826
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Daniel Peters
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416- 805-1796
Patti Markland
OPSEU/SEFPO Organizing Representative
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416-802-8121
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Jeremy Thibodeau
OPSEU/SEFPO Organizing Representative
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647-528-0271
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Lorri Foley
Staff Rep – London Regional Office
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519-281-1935
Jeremy Thibdeau
647-528-0271
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Alyssa Walker
416-200-0947
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Kathy Whipple
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416-427-8705
When you join 180,000 other OPSEU/SEFPO members, you join with 8,000+ other mental health care professionals and workers across Ontario.