Health Care Divisional Council (HCDC)
Public Healthcare is Not for Sale: OPSEU/SEFPO joins Ontario Health Coalition Mass Protests
Ontario can’t afford a healthcare system where the quality of care is determined by the depth of our pockets. On May 30th, thousands of trade
Important updates on Bill-135, wage reopener negotiations and your next round of bargaining
I wanted to reach out to provide an update on your current and upcoming bargaining negotiations and the future of Home and Community Care Support
Immediate solutions to hospital crisis lie in public system, not private: OPSEU/SEFPO Hospital Professionals
TORONTO – Hospital professionals represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) are calling for the Ford government to take immediate action on the
OPSEU/SEFPO will not allow the Ford government to destroy public health care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 18, 2022 TORONTO – OPSEU/SEFPO leaders have vowed that the tens of thousands of health care workers in their membership will fight
Ontario Health Coalition news conference livestream on health care privatization: August 16
Update: The date has been changed to August 16th. The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) is inviting media to a news conference sounding the alarm on
OPSEU/SEFPO calls on government to address staffing problems across health care sector
Toronto – OPSEU/SEFPO is calling on the government to create a long-term plan for addressing recruitment and retention problems across Ontario’s health care sector, in
OPSEU/SEFPO demands meeting with Premier to discuss retention bonuses promised to nurses
Toronto – OPSEU/SEFPO wants to meet with Premier Doug Ford to discuss a late Friday announcement that the province has reportedly agreed to pay a
OPSEU/SEFPO joins Ontario Health Coalition call to fix health care staffing crisis
This morning, OPSEU/SEFPO called on the Ford government to take immediate steps to fix the health care staffing crisis at a press conference held by
Thomas: Message to the OHA — recovery will take action, not just talk
The following Op Ed by OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas was published in the Toronto Sun on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Thomas: Message to the
OPSEU/SEFPO lauds college funding for new PSWs as a ‘good first step’
Toronto – OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says Ontario’s plan to invest millions for PSW training at Ontario colleges is a good first step in
The Saturday Debate: Should private long-term care be abolished? Yes.
The following Op-Ed by OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas was published today in the Toronto Star. The Saturday Debate: Should private long-term care be abolished?
Exhausted PSWs need help. Regulation is the first step
By Laura Bulmer Imagine for a moment that personal support workers were to walk off their jobs for one hour and stand with a placard
OPSEU joins protest again Bill 195
Union workers in Sault Saint Marie, including OPSEU members made the pages of the Sault Star today. They were protesting the Ontario Government’s illegal Bill
Overdose deaths on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic
Monday, August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day, is a chance to raise awareness of the overdose crisis and reduce the stigma around drug abuse.
Dear OPSEU member and healthcare worker: we continue to fight for pandemic pay
June 11 marked the three-month anniversary of the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization. It’s been a challenging time and OPSEU
Thunder Bay healthcare workers demand pandemic pay
OPSEU Local 715 holds rally and makes video calling for equity.
The OPSEU/SEFPO Health Care Divisional Council (HCDC) is made up of members in the following sectors:
- Ambulance (BPS Sector 1)
- Chair: Joel Usher
- Long-Term Care (BPS Sector 8)
- Chair: Jessica Zitman
- Hospital Professionals (BPS Sector 10)
- Chair: Sara Labelle
- Hospital Support (BPS Sector 11)
- Chair: Jill McIllwraith
- Community Health Care Professionals (BPS Sector 17)
- Chair:
- Mental Health and Addictions (BPS Sector 18)
- Chair: Ed Arvelin
- Blood Services and Diagnostics (BPS Sector 19)
- Chair
Their mandate is to work on issues that are common to their individual sectors, including:
- Coordinating activities of member divisions
- Developing policies that affect members across divisions
- Monitoring trends and issues across divisions
- Developing proposals for the OPSEU/SEFPO Executive Board
- Communicating on a wider scale.