Strike

OPSEU joined the Educational Resource Facilitators of Peel (ERFP) on the picket line today to show solidarity with striking education partners. The show of support – outside the Peel District School Board offices in Mississauga – was part of a province-wide one-day strike by teachers and educational support staff who are protesting cuts to education……

I am deeply troubled that the president of a national labour union, Jerry Dias was arrested on Monday while exercising his constitutional right of freedom of association on a legal picket line at Regina’s Co-op Refinery. This is a very sad day, not only for the labour movement, but also for democracy in Canada. Labour……

Dear friends, Seventy years ago today, the world’s leaders adopted the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, committing to the principle that “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”  It was a pivotal moment that we all deserve to celebrate.  Many politicians didn’t recognize human rights simply out of……