Provincial

Ontario’s Public Colleges at a Crossroads: Navigating the Crisis and Building a brighter Future Ontario’s public college system is facing an unprecedented crisis – and at the root is the province walking away from its responsibility to fund education. It doesn’t have to be this way. OPSEU/SEFPO has been working diligently for months to map...

OPSEU/SEFPO members from across the province joined virtual election town halls this week to talk about what’s at stake for workers in the upcoming provincial election on February 27, 2025. Throughout the event, there was an open and lively Zoom chat, where OPSEU/SEFPO members asked questions, shared stories and talked about how they planned to...

Finding the information you need during an election can sometimes feel daunting – and a snap election makes it all the more important to get informed quickly! Doug Ford is sending one-time $200 cheques to every Ontario-even billionaires. Life under Ford has only become harder and more expensive. Ontarian’s won’t be fooled by one-time cheques....

In October 2024, the OPSEU/SEFPO Executive Board passed its action plan for the provincial election expected in the spring of 2025. Spring came early, election-wise, and Ontarians go to the polls on February 27. Under OPSEU/SEFPO policy, the union is not affiliated with any political party but “supports the NDP both provincially and federally” (Article...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford may be leading in the polls—at least for the moment—but that doesn’t mean he’s the best choice for Ontarians and their families. Here are seven reasons why he’s not: 1. Doug Ford refuses to adequately fund public services. Many Ontarians don’t know this, but it’s a fact: Compared to other provinces,...

OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick was in Thunder Bay last weekend for the Region 7 Leadership Conference, just a few days after the snap provincial election was called. Reporters from TBnewswatch.com and Global TV’s TBT Newshour caught up with Hornick and several other OPSEU/SEFPO leaders at Confederation College, where they were meeting with OPSEU/SEFPO’s College Part-Time...

On February 27, Ontario will have a provincial election. It is important, now more than ever, that workers use our collective voice to make change in our province. Ontarians cannot, and should not, give Doug Ford a blank cheque because they think he will somehow be the best Premier to handle Trump. There is no...

By Lorinda Seward, Local 351, Editor, inSolidarity With the rallying cry “Workers Together,” the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) hosted its first Political Action Conference on January 20-21, 2025, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The conference brought union members, activists, and leaders from across the country together to strategize, share, and inspire action for a...

On Thursday, November 21, we invite you to join members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 549 for a funeral procession and memorial service at Queen’s Park to mourn the untimely and unnecessary closing of the Ontario Science Centre at its location on Don Mills Road by the Ford government. The fight for the Ontario Science Centre isn’t...

Health care whenever we need it. Wages that pay the bills. Housing we can afford. A clean environment. What else? Together, we know what would fix our communities. But we need to unite to win it. That’s why the Ontario Federation of Labour is hosting a province-wide online town hall meeting on October 16. Hundreds...

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has launched a campaign to combat heat stress in the workplace. We are calling on all interested workers to join the campaign. Extreme heat that injures, sickens, and even kills workers is caused by work and climate conditions. The heat is on in Ontario, and our governments must put...

Ontario can’t afford a healthcare system where the quality of care is determined by the depth of our pockets. On May 30th, thousands of trade unionists across the province gathered to send a powerful message that healthcare is not for-profit, with mass protests organized by the Ontario Health Coalition in Toronto, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder...