Lakeridge Health Corporation - Paramedical

Nearly 200 new members have joined OPSEU/SEFPO in the wake of the amalgamation of Durham Mental Health Services (DMHS) and Lakeridge Health. “Speaking for our Executive Board and all 170,000 of our members, I’d like to say: welcome to our great union,” said OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. “The work you do and the care...

Toronto – More than a thousand allied health professionals at Lakeridge Health have chosen the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) as their union. “25,000 hospital professionals across Ontario, and at Lakeridge, recognize OPSEU as their union of choice,” said Sara Labelle, Chair of OPSEU’s Hospital Professionals Division. “They know that OPSEU has a long and...

OPSEU Region 3 Regional Vice-President Sara Labelle commented this week on the severe hospital bed shortage in the Durham region. "It's very concerning what is happening," Labelle said in Oshawa This Week. "It's troubling for people who are working in the system. We need to deal with the critical bed shortage. No hospital wants to cut...