Political action

OPSEU/SEFPO’s 180,000+ members stand up for public services every day. And during this provincial election, our union is proud to offer its strongest support to the OPSEU/SEFPO members standing as NDP candidates! Please join us in supporting our fellow front-line workers — and all of the Ontario NDP candidates — as they campaign to bring...

Toronto – On the eve of World Water Day, OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas and the OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle are challenging Ontario’s political leaders to pass MPP Sol Mamakwa’s Bill 286, the Inherent Right to Safe Drinking Water Act. Many First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Ontario have been without clean water for years....

News sites from around Ontario are reporting on the efforts of OPSEU/SEFPO and health care advocates to challenge the Ontario government over privatizing health care. Sara Labelle, the chair of OPSEU/SEFPO’s Hospital Professionals Division was widely quoted this month in a number of media reports. “We deliver services in hospitals based on your need, not on...