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TORONTO, March 26, 2024 – The Ford Government’s 2024 Budget, released this afternoon, fails to meet the moment and does nothing to help Ontarians struggling with the current cost of living crisis. OPSEU/SEFPO, the union representing Ontario’s public service workers, says the budget is just the latest in a series of bad choices made by...

Bargaining Bulletin #2: Your Part-Time College Support Staff Bargaining Team is heading back to thebargaining table with the College Employer Council (CEC) this week, with dates booked between March 25 – 28. We will be tabling key monetary proposals, including wages, paid sick days, and equal pay for equal work. Amidst generational underfunding, growing use of...

TORONTO, ON — Over 400 Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) cultural workers, members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535, are on strike as of 12:01 a.m., March 26th, 2024.  Yesterday evening, membership voted to reject the employer’s last offer, commencing a labour disruption. The union says that the offer fails to make meaningful improvements on key issues,...

Strike action at the Art Gallery is delayed by one day.  Members will be voting on the latest Employer offer tomorrow evening — Monday, March 25. The results of the vote will be communicated, along with an update on the status of the strike, at that time. Please stand by for more information!

Join the coalition-based campaign to push back against the recent ramp up in state repression by Ottawa Bylaw Enforcement and the Ottawa Police Service against community organizers. Bylaw, which enforces local ordinances related to noise at the municipal level, has begun aggressively suppressing free speech in Ottawa by abusing noise Bylaw 2017-255. They have handed...

The Stewards 1 course will be taught during a Sault St-Marie education session on Friday, May 3, 2024 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. It is an in-person event taking place at the Sault Ste. Marie Regional Office, 154 Great Northern Road. The application deadline is Friday, Apr 5 at 4:30pm. To apply, download and...

First declared in 1993, March 22nd marks the United Nations’ global day recognizing the inherent role of fresh water in shaping and making life – a role that needs to be revered and protected. Braiding forces compete for the future of water – whether we choose to protect, sell, or destabilize water supplies is inherently a...

Toronto, ON – Regent Park community health care workers who provide vital, life-saving services in Regent Park and surrounding communities were forced to hit the picket line at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, March 22 after their employer refused to offer workers a fair deal. The members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5115 provide overdose prevention programs, harm...

Toronto – As our communities brace for the imminent start of the 2024 wildfire season, Wildland fire workers are calling a one-time bonus announced today by the Ford government a drop in the bucket, BandAid response that won’t fix the dire and ongoing crisis. Last season – Canada’s most destructive on record – frontline Wildland...

College Support Part-Time staff are back in negotiations March 25-28 with the colleges. Our 15,000 members deserve more than the bare minimum from their employer. Colleges run on #PartTimePower –  our workers need to be treated fairly. Drop in at any college and learn about what’s at stake and what this bargaining round means for you!...

For Immediate Release March 21, 2024 KINGSTON, ON – The Ford government has dealt yet another devastating blow to children’s mental health and autism services in the Kingston-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington region, at a time when nearly two-thirds of youth have reported worse mental health since the beginning of the pandemic. 21 children’s mental health professionals...

On March 21st, we join workers across the world in observing the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Established by the United Nations in 1966, this day honours and commemorates the lives lost in the Sharpeville massacre sixty-four years ago. On March 21st, 1960, colonial police open fired on peaceful demonstrators protesting the racist...

Workers at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa, members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 454, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike with 85 per cent in support.   These workers do the crucial and irreplaceable work of ensuring that kids, families, and their communities are safe. The 330 members provide vital interventions, care, and protect...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2024 TORONTO – OPSEU/SEFPO filed an Unfair Labour Practice (ULP) complaint with the Labour Board yesterday over yet another egregious instance of interference by Premier Doug Ford into union bargaining rights and democracy. The incident happened the day after the March 12 LCBO Day of Action opposing the Ford government’s...

Toronto, ON — Ahead of an imminent strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. on Friday, March 22, Regent Park Community Health Centre (RPCHC) workers rallied Tuesday with a crowd of community members and allies to demand a fair deal for workers and the patients they support. These workers – members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5115 – provide...

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