Worker Safety Unit

  • Supporting and enforcing our members’ health and safety rights in the workplace
  • Building health and safety activists
  • Influencing the health and safety system
  • Leveraging strength in the workplace so joint health and safety committees and health and safety representatives are focused on health and safety prevention
  • Working with other unions in health and safety

(416) 443-8888 or 1-800-268-7376

workersafety@opseu.org

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Sign up for worker safety email updates

Including instructions for getting printed copies of our updated booklets, flowcharts, and how-tos.

Workers Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - Group of workers holding various safe-work signs

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Updated: A Workers Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act

Violence and Harassment at Work - Group of workers holding various safe-work signs

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Updated: Violence and Harassment at Work

From Knowledge to Action - Group of workers holding various safe-work signs

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Updated: From Knowledge to Action

Health and Safety Links

H&S tip sheets and flyers

  • (416) 443-8888 or 1-800-268-7376
  • workersafety@opseu.org
    • Joscelyn Ross, Health and Safety Officer
    • Frank Inglis, Health and Safety Officer
    • Dave Lundy, Health and Safety Officer

News

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April 28 Day of Mourning events across Ontario

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Ford’s Toronto Courthouse Chaos: $956 million-dollar building falling apart, workers getting injured & cases thrown out

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Fighting the WSIB’s Alarming Record of Denying Chronic Mental Stress Claims

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OPSEU/SEFPO commemorates the National Day of Mourning – April 28

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Terminated CLASS employees returning to work

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Mandatory OPS Rapid Antigen Tests ruled “work” by Grievance Settlement Board (GSB)

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OPSEU/SEFPO’s Coalition of Racialized Workers to host a symposium on Black Mental Health

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Solidarity rally March 7 to support fired workers at Community Living Association for South Simcoe

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