Health Care Divisional Council
Divisional Council News and Info
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…
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…
Exhausted PSWs need help. Regulation is the first step
By Laura Bulmer Imagine for a moment that personal support workers were to walk off…
OPSEU joins protest again Bill 195
Union workers in Sault Saint Marie, including OPSEU members made the pages of the Sault…
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…
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…
Thunder Bay healthcare workers demand pandemic pay
OPSEU Local 715 holds rally and makes video calling for equity.
Letter to Premier Ford: Expand pandemic pay
Dear Premier Ford, Since first announcing pandemic pay for frontline healthcare professionals in late April,…
It’s National Nurses Week: A Voice to Lead — Nursing the World to Health
COVID-19 has put the nursing profession on the front line of defence in the battle…
Canadian Blood Services members picket to highlight staffing cuts
On March 10, approximately 25 OPSEU members from Canadian Blood Services (CBS) locals across the…
Health consultations a political ploy, not a listening exercise: OPSEU President Thomas
Toronto – While Premier Doug Ford sits in exile during the federal election, his ministers…
Rallies to save the services that save us
The Ontario Health Coalition is planning a series of rallies to show opposition to the…
OPSEU recognizes October as Autism Awareness Month
October is Autism Awareness Month in Canada – an important time to recognize the unique…
Mount Sinai pharmacy techs vote unanimously to join OPSEU
Seeking job security and a real voice in the workplace, all the pharmacy technicians at…
Community health care workers at St. Joseph’s Hospice in Sarnia join OPSEU
The frontline community health professionals working at St. Joseph’s Hospice Sarnia Lambton have voted overwhelmingly…
OPSEU to Ford government: Leave Paramedic services and Ambulance Communications Centres alone
OPSEU is greatly concerned about reports that the Ford government is eyeing paramedic services and…
Meet the 2015-2017 OPSEU Health Care Divisional Council Executive Committee
Lucy A Morton lucyamorton@rogers.com A/CHAIR
Sector 17- Community Health Care Professionals
Jamie Ramage ramagerider@sympatico.ca
Sector 1- Ambulance
Joan Corradetti twins92@gmail.com
Sector 8- Long Term Care
Sara Labelle sassa26_ca2003@yahoo.ca
Sector 10- Hospital Professionals
Jill McIllwraith georgiajill@hotmail.com
Sector 11- Hospital Support
Ed Arvelin eddyarvelin720@gmail.com
Sector 18- Mental Health
Sean Allen local477president@rogers.com
Sector 19- CBS & Diagnostics
