Brockville Mental Health Centre - O&C

Brockville Mental Health Centre workers held a rally on September 6 to fight for better wages as they await interest arbitration with their employer, following the wage cap Bill 124 being declared “void and of no effect” by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 439 began bargaining in January 2023 but...

More than a week after the We Own It town hall meeting in Brockville on October 10, local media outlets are still reporting on it. The St. Lawrence Times writes that "privatization … affects all aspects of life," and goes on to report that OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas said privatization leads to higher costs and...

The union representing over 7,000 mental health care workers is calling on the province to help end “an epidemic of violence” that has caused workplace stress to skyrocket and is sending injured workers to hospital on a regular basis. “Mental health facilities and community agencies are not doing nearly enough to protect their employees from...