Community Health Care Professionals
Sector 17 includes locals or units whose members are employed predominantly as health care professionals and paramedical employees in community-based health care. They are employed by the LHINs, public health, community addiction services, acquired brain injury services, community nursing, hospice, fertility clinics, community living, support services, respite and palliative care.
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Bargaining
Kingston to review housing impact of mental health agency changes
Kingston City Council is examining the impact of program cuts and layoffs at Addiction and…
AMHS clients, former frontline workers decry cuts
Global News reports that a group of clients and former frontline workers from Addiction and…
Victory in Owen Sound: Clinic workers win decent wages, working conditions
Owen Sound – OPSEU members at the Owen Sound Family Health Organization have ratified a…
OPSEU President calls on Owen Sound doctors to end strike with a decent offer
OWEN SOUND – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is pleased the owners of the Owen…
Owen Sound picketers hit by cars
Bayshore Broadcasting reports that no charges have been laid “yet” as police continue to investigate…
Thomas: OPSEU is stronger than ever this Labour Day and ready for storm clouds ahead
Toronto – In a Labour Day message to union members and the public, OPSEU President…
How strong are we? OPSEU Strong: A Labour Day message from the President and First Vice-President
We are all strong. But sometimes we don’t know how strong until we’re tested. For…
Police investigating violence at Owen Sound strike
CTV News reports that police are investigating picket line violence at the Owen Sound Family Health…
Striking workers deserve applause not attacks
The striking workers at the Owen Sound Family Health Organization deserve applause not attacks, writes…
Police investigating incidents on picket lines
The Owen Sound Sun Times reports that city police are investigating “several incidents” against picketers…
Doctors’ hostility to strikers is fuelling violence against women that has sent two to hospital
Owen Sound – At least a half dozen legal picketers have been struck by vehicles outside the…
OPSEU files unfair labour practice complaint against Owen Sound Family Health Organization owners
Toronto – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union filed an unfair labour practices complaint on Friday against…
Solidarity in Sisterhood
OPSEU Local 276 members working at the Owen Sound Family Health Organization as nurses, clerical,…
OPSEU in solidarity with striking Port Arthur workers
On August 8, OPSEU members joined workers on the picket lines in front of the…
Bad, nasty bosses in Owen Sound
There is nothing wrong with hard bargaining. But the bosses at the Owen Sound Family…
Fighting for the future of public health care
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas calls on the people of Owen Sound to stand with…
Low clinic wages hurt everybody in Owen Sound
The owners of the Owen Sound Family Health Organization aren’t just hurting workers with the…
Open letter from President Thomas re. Owen Sound Family Health Organization
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas sent the following open letter today to Dr. Steven Bodley,…
Patients, workers fight 'Wal-Mart' health care in Owen Sound
A delegation of striking health care workers and their patients has asked Owen Sound City Council to…
Front-line nurses, health workers in Owen Sound seeking city council’s support
Owen Sound – The striking Owen Sound Family Health Organization (OSFHO) workers and their supporters…
Thomas: Owen Sound workers won't be broken
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas tells The Owen Sound Sun Times that the owners of…
We Own It Weekly: Has grass "roots" activism saved the seed plant?
Seed Plant saved? Community convinces government to put privatization on hold In a victory for…
Opposition health critic demands action on Owen Sound
Official Opposition health critic France Gélinas has added her voice to the growing demands that the…
Overpaid bean-counters should go, not nurses: OPSEU President Thomas
Owen Sound – After talks between OPSEU local 276 and the owners of the Owen Sound…
President Thomas to Health Minister: You must intervene in Owen Sound
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas has sent this letter to Health Minister Christine Elliott urging…
Owen Sound nursing cuts will hurt patients, says RPNAO
The CEO of the Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario says patients will get lower…
Privatized health care a ‘dirty and dangerous gamble’: OPSEU President Thomas
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is sounding the alarm about the growing number of…
Doctors at Owen Sound clinic punch drunk with greed: Thomas
Owen Sound – The appalling greed of the doctors who own the strikebound Family Health…
Thomas calls on Ford to intervene in health care strikes
Global News reports that Warren (Smokey) Thomas has called on Premier Doug Ford to take…
Taking the fight against 'bad boss doctors' to Queen's Park
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas and Unifor National President Jerry Dias joined front-line community health…
Ford must stop ‘bad boss’ doctors, say Presidents of OPSEU and Unifor
Toronto – In what they’re calling a major test of Doug Ford’s true commitment to “the…
OPSEU demands Owen Sound doctors ‘stop playing games’
Owen Sound – After an embarrassing flop in court today, OPSEU is calling on a group…
Letter from RPN Occupational Division in support of Local 276 members
The OPSEU RPN Occupational Division sent the following letter of support to the members of…
Support Owen Sound strikers on social media
The members of OPSEU Local 276 are still on strike from the Owen Sound Family…
OPSEU, Unifor Presidents to demand that Ford deal with 'bad boss' doctors
Toronto – During a news conference on Monday, July 16, at 9:30 a.m., the Presidents…
Huge crowd at Family Health strike rally
Owen Sound – OPSEU First Vice-President / Treasurer Eduardo (Eddy) Almeida brought a message of gratitude…
Owen Sound doctors refuse to meet with OPSEU’s Almeida after rally
Owen Sound – Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) First Vice-President/Treasurer Eduardo (Eddy) Almeida led…
Thomas links Owen Sound, Thunder Bay health strikes
The website Thunder Bay News Watch reports that OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is bringing…
OPSEU rallies with striking Unifor community health workers
Dozens of OPSEU members took part in a large solidarity rally in Thunder Bay in…
Owen Sound Family Health Organization must start behaving and bargaining responsibly: Thomas
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is flabbergasted by the mean-spirited and potentially unethical…
FHO doctors 'bullied, harassed' striking workers: Bayshore Broadcasting reports
Bayshore Broadcasting in Owen Sound is reporting striking OPSEU members say that doctors at the…
OPSEU to 'turn the heat up' on Family Health owners
During a rally in support of the striking workers in Local 276, OPSEU President Warren…
Rehab Express/Closing the Gap closes the deal on new agreement
St. Thomas – Health care professionals working for Rehab Express/Closing the Gap Healthcare in St.…
OPSEU President To Support Strikers In Owen Sound
Bayshore Broadcasting in Owen Sound is promoting OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas’s attendance at the rally…
Pace Independent Living members ratify contract with wage increases, no concessions
Toronto – The roughly 60 OPSEU members who provide support services to adults with disabilities…
Public support growing for Owen Sound strikers
The Owen Sound Sun Times reports that many people are supportive of the 30 members…
Help striking OPSEU members in Owen Sound
The approximately 30 nurses, receptionists, and custodians in OPSEU Local 276 at the Family Health…
Owen Sound health workers strike over safety
The Owen Sound Hub is reporting on the strike by the rougly 30 members of…
Family Health Organization nurses, office professionals on strike to improve care
Owen Sound – More than 30 nurses, receptionists, and custodians at the Family Health Organization (FHO)…
St. Thomas health professionals seek public support to improve care, avoid strike
St. Thomas — Facing heavy workloads and high-stress conditions that threaten the quality of the…
Owen Sound health workers willing to strike to improve service to patients, families
Owen Sound – The approximately 30 nurses, receptionists, and custodians in OPSEU Local 276 at…
Privatized St. Thomas health care professionals are ‘overworked and underpaid’
St Thomas— The President of the Ontario Public Services Employees Union (OPSEU) is calling on…
Letter from RPN Occupational Division in support of College Faculty
The OPSEU RPN Occupational Division sent the following letter of support to the members of the…
OPSEU LHINs staff deliver 94 per cent strike vote
Toronto – After hitting a major roadblock in bargaining last month, workers at four of the…
Building Solidarity: Looking back on the CarePartners strike
Local 294 is marking a significant anniversary today. Six months ago, a strike launched by…
Parry Sound home care workers fight cuts to patient care
Parry Sound – Home care patients in Parry Sound and area face cuts to care…
OPSEU Local 294 strike against CarePartners has ended
ST. CATHARINES — The OPSEU Local 294 strike against CarePartners Niagara is over. The local…
Striking nurses shut CarePartners out of St. Catharines job fair
Striking nurses and administrative staff successfully prevented CarePartners from hiring replacement workers at a job…
Wynne government must admit responsibility for home care strikebreakers
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas today released the following statement: When the Wynne government wants…
CarePartners unwilling to negotiate with nurses and administrative staff
After four months on the picket line with fellow nurses and administrative staff, OPSEU Local…
ONA President supports members of CarePartners Local 294
Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN President, Ontario Nurses Association, published a letter in the Simcoe Reformer in…
Local 627 ratifies three-year agreement with Manitoulin Family Resources
On July 27, the 30 members of Local 627 voted 75 per cent in favour…
Waypoint Center for Mental Health Care refuses to negotiate Health and Safety concerns
The bargaining team representing 1,200 employees at Waypoint made the decision to suspend talks after…
Video: CarePartners Local 294: Patients before Profits
Many employers in the health care system may call it an industry standard: Sick days…
OPSEU members search for Linda Knight on CarePartners provincial day of action
CEO Linda Knight was nowhere to be found yesterday, as OPSEU members held information pickets…
CCAC sides with employer using replacement workers, puts patients at risk
(HAMILTON) – Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Community Care Access Centre (HNHB CCAC) has come down…
Local 152 at Rehab Express to hold ratification vote June 30, 2015
Workers in Local 152 with Rehab Express Inc., a subsidiary of Closing the Gap Healthcare…
Bringing patient care to the forefront
Workers from Local 294 CarePartners have been on strike since April 10. They remain determined…
Lots of support for Local 294's Let's Make a Deal rally
A Let’s Make a Deal rally was held on May 28, outside the CarePartners corporate…
CarePartners spends on new technology while crying poor to front line staff
NIAGARA — CarePartners may be crying poor to their striking staff in Niagara and Norfolk…
CCACs making patients choose between care and support for their caregiver
NIAGARA – Striking staff at a Niagara-area home nursing agency say they are alarmed that…
CarePartners nursing and administrative staff set to walk out at midnight
ST. CATHARINES – Some patients receiving publicly-funded home nursing care in Niagara and Norfolk County…
Niagara home care nurses begin countdown to legal strike
NIAGARA – Professional staff who deliver home nursing services in Niagara and Norfolk counties will…
CarePartners staff vote 94 per cent in favour of strike action
Nursing care workers and office staff at CarePartners in Niagara and Norfolk counties voted 94…
Strike vote set for CarePartners nursing staff in Niagara and Norfolk Counties
NIAGARA –CarePartners may be facing its second labour disruption in slightly more than a year…
Paramed workers ratify tentative contract; return to work starts by week’s end
More than 110 workers at Paramed Home Health Care in the Ottawa Valley have ratified…
Peterborough health unit workers ratify new collective agreement
Workers at the Peterborough County-City Health Unit (PCCHU) have ratified a new collective agreement with…
Renfrew strikers to picket Extendicare's Markham headquarters September 16
Toronto – Striking home care staff from Renfrew County are moving their picket line to…
Extendicare's US woes may be stoking Renfrew County home care strike
Ottawa – ParaMed Home Health Care’s reluctance to achieve a deal with front line staff…
ParaMed Home Health Care staff strike today in Renfrew County
OTTAWA – Professional and support staff that provide home care to more than 1200 frail…
Peterborough health unit workers reject management’s final offer
Workers at the Peterborough County-City Health Unit (PCCHU), represented by Local 327 of the Ontario…
ParaMed workers to picket Ottawa office Wednesday
OTTAWA – Professional and support staff from ParaMed Home Health Care will be picketing outside…
Strike countdown begins for 140 Renfrew County home care workers
RENFREW – A no board issued Monday begins the countdown towards a possible September strike…
Home care workers say Paramed is pushing them towards a strike
RENFREW – Front line professional and support staff at Canada’s largest private sector provider of…
Events
Information
Help fight back against Ford’s super agency – Email your MPP today!
With Bill 74, the People’s Health Care Act, 2019, the Ford government has signaled its intention to create a new…
Help end the FHO Strike: Send an email
Text version Send email To: ksmithturner@osfht.ca Cc: bill.walkerco@pc.ola.org Subject: End this strike now! Cut and paste the following message: Dear…
How you can help
The nurses, clerical and custodial staff at the Family Health Organization (FHO) have been on strike since May 22 over…
Submission: Patients matter. Public health matters.
OPSEU response to the proposed amendment to Regulation 566 under the Health Protection and Promotion Act Click here to download…
Post-transition: FAQ from OPSEU members in LHIN bargaining units
On December 7, 2016, the government passed Bill 41, the Patients First Act – an Act to overhaul Ontario’s health…
HOOPP seeks OPSEU trustee
The OPSEU Pension Liaison Committee invites you or someone you know to get involved with the Healthcare of Ontario Pension…
Update on the implementation of the Patients First Act
To: Members, OPSEU Sector 17, Community Health Care Professionals From: Lucy Morton, sector chair On February 22, 2017, I and other…
OPSEU EBM defends public health care before budget committee
Good afternoon. My name is Len Elliott, Regional Vice-President for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union for Region 1, which…
RPN Occupational Division Committee Members
Lucy Morton, Chair Sector 17 – Community Health Care Professionals lucyamorton@rogers.com Christine Marshall, Vice Chair Sector 11 – Hospital Support…
Have you seen Linda Knight?
Imagine caring for the sick and having no sick leave yourself. Imagine being paid by the visit and caring for…
Proponents for an OPSEU RPN committee seeking help
Hello Sisters & Brothers: Some time ago, several of our healthcare sectors were approached about re-establishing the RPN (Registered Practical…
Community Health Care Professionals Newsletter
Class Action Spring 2012 Community Health Care Professionals Newsletter Fall 2011 – Class Action. Download PDF Introducing your new executive…
Update for CCAC members regarding the Pension Class Action Lawsuit
NOTICE OF HEARING TO EXPAND THE CLASS AND APPROVE A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS PROCEEDINGS REGARDING THE PENSION PLAN OF…
BPS Conference 2013 Call
OPSEU’s Broader Public Service Conference is a gathering of members from across the province who belong to bargaining units in…
OPSEU Healthcare Submissions
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 seem to be using his…
Rallies to save the services that save us
The Ontario Health Coalition is planning a series of rallies to show opposition to the Ford government’s underfunding of health…
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 to join OPSEU. “This is…
Health Care Divisional Council
Contacts
Kate Anderson
Secretary
Email: kateanderson@yahoo.ca
Elaine Giles
Treasurer
Email: elainegiles@hotmail.com
Karen Gventer
Newsletter / Communications
Email: kgventerg@gmail.com
Morgen Veres
Division/Sector Executive
Member Representative
Email: morgen.veres@gmail.com
Campbell Manson
Division/Sector Executive
Vice Chair
Email: presidentopseu4101@gmail.com
Anne-Marie Roy
Division/Sector Executive
Education Representative
Email: aleeshatyanna@hotmail.com
Lucy Morton
Division/Sector Executive
Chair
Email: lucyamorton@rogers.com
Marcus Andrew
Division/Sector Executive
Bargaining Representative
Email: andrewmarcus0715@gmail.com
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