Providence Continuing Care Centre - Mental Health

More than 100 Providence Care Hospital workers in Kingston, Ontario, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO Local 4104, held an information picket on January 27th, demanding that their employer address the workplace violence they experience on the job every day due to short-staffing. Kingstonist.com reported on the info picket here: ‘Afraid to come to work’: Providence Care workers...

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...

The pension plan for current and former OPSEU members in the Ontario Public Service, the LCBO, and other agencies is fully funded and has been so for eight years in a row. That’s the main takeaway from the 2016 Funded Status Report of OPTrust, released today. “OPTrust is fully funded,” says OPTrust President and CEO...