Yesterday afternoon, workers in OPSEU Local 509 at Fred Victor picketed outside their workplace. Currently in new collective agreement negotiations, the local is demanding the elimination of subcontracting work out to temp agencies, as well as the same access to benefits and pay for all workers.
The workers at Fred Victor and their bargaining team thank all of the activists who came out to the picket from other unions, community groups, and other locals:
Thank you to those who came from:
OPSEU provincial committees
OPSEU Provincial Young Workers Committee
OPSEU Provincial Francophone Committee
OPSEU Provincial Human Rights Committee
OPSEU Provincial Rainbow Alliance
OPSEU Provincial Women’s Committee
OPSEU Provincial Indigenous Circle
Broader Public Sector All Chairs members
OPSEU Region 5
Executive Board Members Myles Magner and Edie Strachan
Greater Toronto Area Council
We Own It! organizers
Local 561 – Colleges AAT-S Seneca
Local 548 – Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) Comprehensive Rehab and Mental Health Services
Local 540 – Homes First
Local 511 – Surrey Place
Local 503, 586 – Ontario Public Service (OPS)
Other unions
Toronto York Region Labour Council President John Cartwright
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 79 and 416
The Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO)
Workers' Action Centre
Fight for $15 & Fairness Campaign
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
See below for pictures from the picket.
