Epic Fail
- January 4, 2019
The recent spike in thefts at various LCBO locations has Warren ‘Smokey’ Thomas — president of OPSEU — calling for the government to meet and implement further security measures at store locations. “The LCBO is making some progress, but in my mind, not enough,” Thomas said. Click here to read the full article on the...
- January 4, 2019
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas appeared on CP24’s Live at Noon on January 3 to discuss recent police reports that there are increasing numbers of impaired drivers on Ontario’s roads. Thomas said that making alcohol even more accessible – through expanded sales in grocery stores and possibly even grocery stores – would just drive impaired-driving...
- January 4, 2019
The sobering numbers look like this: more than 9,000 thefts at LCBO outlets in Toronto in the past four-and-a-half years (Jan. 1, 2014 to June 26, 2018), according to a crunching of Toronto Police Service data obtained by the Star. That makes the Liquor Control Board of Ontario far and away the most targeted retail...
- June 29, 2015
Ontario public employees plan pickets to pressure Queen's Park during next month's Pan Am Games. Read more here. Related: OPSEU in the News
- December 10, 2014
TORONTO – Warren (Smokey) Thomas, president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, is calling for a public inquiry into the relationship between the Kathleen Wynne government and the privatization industry in Ontario. “When the Auditor General says the Liberals have wasted $8 billion on ‘public-private partnerships,’ I can’t help but wonder who is peddling...
- August 26, 2014
OTTAWA – Professional and support staff from ParaMed Home Health Care will be picketing outside the company’s Ottawa office Wednesday in anticipation of a post-Labour day strike. ParaMed’s Renfrew County employees are upset at the company’s lack of willingness to seek a deal before the September 2nd strike deadline. ParaMed has told the workers it...
- June 18, 2014
What: OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas will hold a news conference to outline action needed to get privatization under control and hold Wynne Liberals to public services promise. Where: Queen’s Park Media Studio When: 10 a.m., Thursday, June 19, 2014 (Toronto) – Privatization runs counter to public interests and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union...
- June 2, 2014
(TORONTO) – Hiring private companies to deliver public services and finance infrastructure projects is costing Ontarians more and delivering less, a new short film from the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. “When it comes to value for money, privatization has been an epic failure in Ontario, yet both Conservatives and Liberals continue to aggressively...