News – May 2018 to present Provincial Government
News
Health care super agency is Ford’s ‘ultimate betrayal’: OPSEU President Thomas
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says that the government’s highly-secretive health care super…
Thomas demands that Ford fire ‘Minister of Mean’ Lisa MacLeod over growing autism scandal
Toronto – As more shocking details surface about Children, Community, and Social Services Minister Lisa…
Ontario Corrections workers show they care – again: OPSEU
Toronto – Correctional workers gave back to their local communities this past week during their second…
'History has been made:' After a long fight, part-time college support staff represented by OPSEU ratify first deal
Toronto – Hailing it as a victory for working people everywhere – particularly those stuck…
OPSEU & Unifor to Ford: ‘We’re ready to ramp up the fight’
Toronto – Workers represented by Ontario’s largest public and private sector unions have joined forces…
Thomas: 'Minister of Mean' Lisa MacLeod has lost all credibility, can no longer serve in Cabinet
Toronto– OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services…
Local 518 members to picket over stagnant wages
Toronto– As Newcomer Women’s Services Toronto (NEW) holds its annual general meeting on Tuesday afternoon,…
MacLeod should resign for pressuring group to support autism announcement: OPSEU
Toronto – Children, Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod should resign immediately for trying…
OPSEU President: Close ties to EY will be the Ford government’s version of the SNC-Lavalin scandal
Toronto– OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is warning Ontarians not to be taken in by…
OPSEU President: Employment services privatization and workfare will lead to more precarious work
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Ford government’s plans to privatize and…
OPSEU: Is another Ford Cabinet shuffle in the works?
Toronto – The S.S. Ford has been taking on water since it has left the…
OPSEU President: autism cuts and privatization are a ‘new low’ for the Ford government
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Ford government is trying to score…
Leak reveals PC Party ‘imploding’ under Ford: OPSEU President Thomas
Toronto – After a second government document was leaked this week, OPSEU President Warren (Smokey)…
OPSEU President says workers at risk due to Ford changes to safety training
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is raising red flags over the Ford government’s…
Ford government ‘rotting from the inside’: OPSEU President Thomas
Toronto – A leaked health care privatization bill gives a glimpse into a Progressive Conservative…
Big victory for OPSEU’s part-time college support staff: Tentative agreement reached
Toronto – OPSEU has hammered out a first ever tentative agreement for some 20,000 part-time…
News - May 2018 to present Provincial Government
OPSEU: With his “half-baked” privatized cannabis scheme, Ford is playing us for a bunch of April fools
TORONTO – Drug dealers and Ford Nation insiders are the only ones reaping the rewards…
Spend tax dollars on children with autism not beer store penalties: OPSEU’s President says
Toronto — OPSEU’s president says the spectre of an additional exorbitant price tag for expanding…
The Faculty Voice: Ford’s disastrous agenda for education
The Faculty Voice is the official publication of the OPSEU College Faculty Division, which includes…
Thomas scolds corrections minister at Queen’s Park
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas and First Vice-President/Treasurer Eduardo (Eddy) Almeida, corrections division leaders and…
OPSEU RVP demands commitment that Lake Erie conservation officers won't be moved
OPSEU Region 1 Regional Vice President Len Elliott was on CBC Radio on March 27…
Thomas slams PC handsitting on corrections as ‘reckless and irresponsible’
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says he will expect the Ford government’s first…
OPSEU launches new solidarity campaign
Enthusiasm was bubbling as OPSEU members gathered this week to launch the union’s new campaign…
OPSEU, OFL to pressure Conservative backbenchers
OPSEU has joined with Ontario’s other democratic unions in a bid to stop the provincial…
OPSEU: follow Manitoba's lead on alcohol theft
CBC Toronto is reporting on OPSEU’s demand that Ontario look to Manitoba in a bid to…
‘Think big! There is strength in numbers’ OPSEU’s president tells parents at rally about autism cuts
Ottawa – A strong message was delivered Friday to the doorstep of Children, Community and…
Ford’s alcohol overhaul would put profits before people: OPSEU
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is warning that a disastrous privatization of alcohol…
Minister of Mean autism program ‘enhancements’ still leave parents adrift: OPSEU’s Thomas
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says Minister of Children, Community and Social Services…
Thomas to Conservative MPPs: Are you for the people, or the ‘Friends of Ford’?
Toronto – In the wake of allegations that Doug Ford and his senior advisors are…
Thomas: police must investigate allegations of the Ford government’s unlawful actions
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is calling on the Ontario Provincial Police to…
Support the provincewide student walkout
On March 18, 2019, OPSEU sent the following email to all members in the College…
Thomas: Is expelling and disrespecting rural MPPs the ‘Hillier’ that Ford will die on?
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the expulsion of Randy Hillier from the…