Retired Members
- December 13, 2024
Term of Office: May 5, 2025 – close of following Final Demand Set Meeting (TBD) Nominations: Please download, print out and complete this nomination form. Please email completed forms to [email protected] Deadline for Nominations: January 31, 2025, 5 pm Duties and Responsibilities The OPSEU/SEFPO CAAT Retiree Group Insurance Advisory Committee consists of one representative, each,...
- November 21, 2024
Printable version Retired Members Division Executive Committee List for 2024-2026 Region Chair Vice-Chair Secretary Treasurer 1 Philip Shearer (519) 494-7301 [email protected] Mickey Riccardi (519) 981-7748 [email protected] Debbie Riopelle (519) 978-3055 [email protected] Paul Opper (519) 666-2060 2 Ed Faulknor (905) 385-2142 [email protected] Elaine Young (519) 327-1914 [email protected] Randy Sloat (905) 549-1198 [email protected] Keith Bates (905) 928-6396...
- July 16, 2024
Complete, downloadable version of the newsletter Retired Members Division Executive Committee List for 2022 – 2024 Region 1 Chair Philip Shearer (519) 494-7301 [email protected] Vice-Chair Mickey Riccardi (519) 981-7748 [email protected] Secretary Debbie Riopelle (519) 978-3055 [email protected] Region 2 Chair Ed Faulknor (905) 385-2142 [email protected] Vice-Chair Elaine Young (519) 327-1914 [email protected] Secretary Randy Sloat (905) 549-1198...
- February 21, 2024
Complete, downloadable version of the newsletter Retired Members Division Executive Committee List for 2022 – 2024 Region 1 Chair Gino Franche (519)437-1900 [email protected] Vice-Chair Heather McMichael (519) 661-9376 [email protected] Secretary Debbie Riopelle (519) 978-3055 [email protected] Region 2 Chair Ed Faulknor – Div. Chair (905) 385-2142 [email protected] Vice-Chair Judy Devries (905) 646-0047 [email protected] Secretary Elaine Young...
- August 23, 2023
PDF version of Autumn View – Summer 2023 A Message from the Chair Food banks were always thought of the very last resort for the very poorest members of our society, but currently circumstances have changed to such a degree that in 2022 skyrocketing food bank use increased by 64% for first time visitors. About...
- October 24, 2022
Seniors for Social Action Ontario (SSAO) sent this Open Letter to the Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission. It has two “asks” – that the Commission comment publicly on the human rights implications of Bill 7, and that it undertake a public inquiry into the unjustifiable mass institutionalization of older adults and people...
- April 28, 2022
Wednesday, May 11 at 11 a.m. at the new OPSEU/SEFPO office, 155 Lesmill Road, Toronto, across the street from OPSEU/SEFPO head office. Please contact one of the following for more information: Yasmin Damani 647-234-3555; Sam Chopra 647-234-3555; Rob Field 416 527-1373; Perminder Grewal 416-560-8055; Zamiruddin Bashiruddin (647-405-1066); or Fannie Lee. Please confirm your attendance. Lunch...
- April 13, 2022
Region6retiredmembersfallmtg (1) (002) April 11th 2022 To: All Retired Members, Retired Members Division RE: Executive Committee ELECTION CALL Listed below are the dates, times and locations of the 2022 Retired Members Division meeting and Executive Committee elections for each region. Please make an effort to attend the meeting in your region. Region 1 Wednesday, May...
- April 18, 2020
By Joe Grogan/retired OPSEU Member-Region 5 Decades of cuts to the Ontario public health care system In my own lifetime but especially beginning in the mid-1990s, Ontario Provincial Conservative and Liberal Governments have had the responsibility for restructuring the health care system. They have tried to turn the Universal Public Health Care System more and...
- April 13, 2017
Registration is now open for OPSEU members who are enrolled in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) pension plan and who wish to learn more about planning for their retirement. Two seminars are being offered: post retirement, for members who have already retired; and pre-retirement, for members who plan to retire between June and...
- August 19, 2016
It is with sadness that I inform you of the passing of Phil Cunnington a few days ago at his home in Coquitlam, B.C. Phil joined Sault College in August 1980 as a member of the business department. He taught various courses, including economics, business, and labour relations. He was universally well liked and respected...
- October 2, 2015
On October 1, retired OPSEU members from Region 5 (Toronto) met to hear an update on OPS bargaining and the Liberal government’s demand to slash prescription drug coverage for some 100,000 active and retired OPSEU-represented OPS employees. After the meeting, an energized group of retirees took up arms and marched to the office of Deb...