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HAMILTON, ON — Health care professionals employed by Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) held concurrent information rallies today at all three hospital sites to draw attention to their demand for pay parity. The members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 273 also hand-delivered a petition to hospital management at Hamilton General to demand action on the staff recruitment and retention crisis that stems...

Purpose The goal is to foster an inclusive, positive, and respectful workplace and environment for all staff and members where they can be free of racial discrimination and racial harassment. This includes raising awareness surrounding the complexities of race-related impacts, trauma, and triggers. Increasing our understanding of the context of racism, how it can surface...

Are you planning to attend Convention this year as a delegate, alternate, observer or a guest? Are you looking for a general orientation to the event? Be sure to attend the Convention Orientation. Convention Orientation (previously known as the New Delegates Seminar) Wednesday, April 24 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Room...

The Workers Health and Safety Centre (WHSC) has compiled a list of Day of Mourning events happening across the province between Thursday, April 25 and Sunday, April 28. You can see and download the list of events here. And here are the WHSC’s recent accident and fatality statistics      

TORONTO, April 17, 2024 – OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick and members working at Public Health Ontario (PHO) Labs were at Queen’s Park today to sound the alarm about the potential closure of six (6) out of 11 PHO labs in Ontario, and the risk it poses for all Ontarians – especially rural families and communities....

Seeking transparency and a voice in the workplace, health care professionals at the North Wellington Health Care Corporation voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining OPSEU/SEFPO. They work out of two hospital sites located in Palmerston & Mount Forest, serving Waterloo, Wellington and surrounding communities. “Thank you for putting your trust in each other and in...

We’re thrilled to welcome lawyers at Don Valley Community Legal Services, Community Advocacy and Legal Centre, South Etobicoke Community Legal Services, and the Human Rights Legal Support Centre to OPSEU/SEFPO. These lawyers voted in favor of joining OPSEU/SEFPO, despite the obstacles put in their way by their employer.  They join a growing contingent of community...

Almost 300 Paramedical Laboratory employees are joining OPSEU/SEFPO as the newest addition to the Hospital Professionals Division. The workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining OPSEU/SEFPO so they can have a voice in the workplace, address scheduling concerns, staffing issues, and a lack of respect in the workplace. Paramedical laboratory workers are a critical part...

Pharmacy professionals at The Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre have voted unanimously to join OPSEU/SEFPO. The workers are Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, and Pharmacy Assistants, working out of two hospital locations in the city of Toronto. Pharmacy professionals provide pharmacy services to the various departments across the hospitals. Facing a lack of transparency from their...

Youth mental health workers at the Maryvale Adolescent and Family Services voted overwhelmingly to join OPSEU/SEFPO. These workers serve the Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent area. They form a multi-disciplinary treatment team of psychologists, social workers, child and youth workers, nurses, and therapists. “We’re thrilled to welcome new youth mental health workers to OPSEU/SEFPO!” said OPSEU/SEFPO President...

New Sector 8 Long-Term Care Divisional Executive elected at 2023 BPS Conference At the Broader Public Service (BPS) Conference in November 2023, elections were held and Sector 8 now has a new Divisional Executive (DivEx) team. Read more about the members of your new OPSEU/SEFPO Sector 8 DivEx below. We have a full committee, including...

Next Wednesday, OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick and members working at Public Health Ontario (PHO) Labs will join NDP MPPs Jamie West and Monique Taylor for a news conference at Queen’s Park to sound the alarm about the potential closure of six (6) out of 11 PHO labs in Ontario, and the risk it poses for...

Take action now! – FundOurColleges.ca Ontario’s public colleges are meant to prepare students for good jobs and provide the economy with a skilled workforce – but for years, they have been starved of funding. Ontario is dead last among the provinces for per-student funding of postsecondary education. Chronic underfunding, the root of the current crisis, is hurting...

Bargaining Bulletin #3: Your Part-Time College Support Staff Bargaining Team returned to the bargaining table last week. We continued conversations regarding our non-monetary proposal presented to the College Employer Council in late January, as well as presented our monetary demands. After a week of #PartTimePower drop-in events hosted across colleges in Ontario, we felt supported...