Brockville Mental Health Centre - O&C

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...

Brockville – An Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) order made on May 30 that helps protect staff and patients at Brockville Mental Health Centre should be applied provincewide, according to the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). “For the first time in Ontario history, a quasi-judicial body has confirmed that security personnel...