Municipal

The Renfrew Mercury is reporting on the rally held May 26 to protest the proposed layoffs of some 14 child protection workers at Family and Children’s Services of Renfrew County. Members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 459, the union which represents workers at the agency, were stationed at offices in Renfrew and Pembroke. “The loss of these...

Pembroke – A crowd of worried and concerned Renfrew County residents and advocates joined OPSEU/SEFPO and local labour council representatives on May 26 in calling out Family and Children’s Services of Renfrew County for issuing layoffs to 14 frontline child protection workers. The action was immediately condemned by the union as reckless and a threat...

The CBC, the Toronto Sun and Newstalk 1010 are reporting on a Queen’s Park news conference April 21 at which advocates called out the Ministry of the Attorney General for amalgamating a number of Toronto courthouses into one location in downtown. JP Hornick, President of OPSEU/SEFPO, Tony Loparco, president of the Ontario Crown Attorneys Association,...