Region 7

By Alexandrea Seggewiss, Local 715, InSolidarity Building community was a common theme throughout Region 7’s Leadership Conference on Jan 31 to Feb 2. Over 70 members from across OPSEU/SEFPO’s largest region gathered, where new and experienced members alike connected through activism. The annual conference aims to discuss constitution and resolutions with an emphasis on the...

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...

The OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle invites OPSEU/SEFPO members who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nation, Metis or Inuit) to apply for a position on the OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle to fill vacancies in Regions 1, 2, 4 and 7. The role of the regional representative on the Indigenous Circle is to create and maintain networks within the region, to...

Event dates: Oct. 21 – 25, 2024 Application deadline: Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 After the grievance procedure has been exhausted, an unresolved grievance can be referred to the last stage to be decided at Arbitration.  This Course is intended to inform Local Union activists regarding various elements of the process at an Arbitration Hearing in...

Printable version Event details Location: Courses take place at the Valhalla Hotel and Conference Centre 1 Valhalla Inn Road, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 6J1 Telephone: 1-844-765-1422 Ext. 5723 Email: [email protected] Dates: Saturday, Nov 9, 2024 – 9 am to 5 pm Sunday, Nov 10, 2024 – 9 am to 1 pm Application deadline: Friday, Sept...

The OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle invites OPSEU/SEFPO members who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nation, Metis or Inuit) to apply for a position on the OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle to fill vacancies in Regions 1, 2, 5 and 7. The role of the regional representative on the Indigenous Circle is to create and maintain networks within the region, to...

OPSEU/SEFPO members working in health care – including those from Locals 720 and 715 – rallied today at St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder Bay to oppose the Ford government’s plan to contract out hospital services to private, for-profit clinics. The event was part of joint union anti-privatization campaign organized by a coalition of Ontario’s...

Medical education faculty and professional staff at NOSM University in Thunder Bay and Sudbury are entering provincially-mediated conciliation with NOSM U administration today, with strong community support. NOSM U faculty, staff, students and supporters have sent more than 1,300 emails to NOSM U senior administrators, urging them to “negotiate a fair deal that upholds the...

The OPSEU/SEFPO local presidents from the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre and Thunder Bay Jail told CBC News that the Ministry of the Solicitor General needs to hire more staff, as a 50 bed expansion was completed at the correctional centre. Read the whole CBC News article: Expansion of Thunder Bay Correctional Centre complete From the...

The OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle invites OPSEU/SEFPO members who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nation, Metis or Inuit) to apply for a position on the OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle to fill vacancies in Regions 3, 5, and 7. The role of the regional representative on the Indigenous Circle is to create and maintain networks within the region, to develop and promote programs, to encourage...

A Sacred Fire was lit on June 1, 2021 in ceremony for the Children found buried in Kamloops Residential school, at the former site of St. Joseph’s Residential school. From this Fire, a group of volunteers took the embers on June 4, 2021 to Mount McKay on Fort William First Nation and continued the Sacred...

The OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle invites OPSEU/SEFPO members who self-identify as Indigenous to apply for a position on the OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle to fill a vacancy in Regions 4, 5 and 7. The role of the regional representative on the Indigenous Circle is to create and maintain networks within the region, to develop and promote programs, to encourage First Nation (Status or...