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OPSEU – inSol wants to hear from you!
The OPSEU inSolidarity Committee would love to showcase your work. We are currently accepting any written work from OPSEU members! You can submit an
COVID-19 and Mentoring a Practical Nursing Student
Who would have thought a practical nursing student would have picked a long-term care home during a pandemic to complete nursing hours required for her
Strength from the Past: Continuing Activism in a 2020 World
Over the past few months, we have seen mass protests in Canada and the US against racism, Doug Ford, and against pipelines being built in
Labour Reads: ‘The Tragedy of Social Democracy’ by Sirvan Karimi
Howard A. Doughty, Local 560 The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how ill-prepared the world has been to handle this outbreak. It demonstrated how unwilling
I’m What Privilege Looks Like
Christina Chrysler (Local 417, CAAT-A), inSolidarity I’m a smart woman who knows nothing. This is a realization I have been living with very consciously since
North Bay OPSEU Quilt Sparks Region 6 Memories
Quilt Designed and Created by Diane Gallupe, Past President of Locals 669 & 633 Submission Written by Arlene Phillips, Current President of Local 669. Within
Using ElectionBuddy for the First Time
Darryl Bedford, President Local 110 This year was an election year for our Local and we thought we had it all worked out. We completed
Systemic racism: trying to make sense of it all
When you hear the words “systemic racism,” what comes to your mind? For many, it’s been an afterthought, because they have never had to experience
An Open letter to correctional workers
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. – Henry Ford By the above definition, corrections can be a
Working Should Be Worth It!!
The Canadian Emergency Response Benefit that was created to help the many people out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic has turned out to
On being Black and another senseless death
Joe Grogan, OPSEU retiree Introductory comments As I write these comments, America is once again in turmoil. George Floyd, a middle-aged Black American, was killed
How the Pandemic increases social control for corporations and governments in 2020
By Joe Grogan/Retired Member As we all try to deal with the terrible results of the COVID-19 pandemic, we should not let a troubling trend
A Socialist New World Order – My Manifesto
By Joe Grogan/Retired OPSEU Member Instead of accepting what the politicians and their corporate backers are promoting, let us dedicate ourselves to a more humanistic
The death of an era
By Joe Grogan/retired OPSEU Member-Region 5 Decades of cuts to the Ontario public health care system In my own lifetime but especially beginning in the
COVID-19 – A Time to reflect
Joe Grogan, retired OPSEU member The current COVID-19 crisis gives us a chance to reflect on some very important realities. Most importantly it shows the need
A Celebration of black history in OPSEU: Fred Upshaw
Michael Hamilton, inSolidarity February has always been known as Black History Month. Every year we celebrate leaders within the black community who strive to inspire