Worth Fighting For

It’s time for workers in the Broader Public Service (BPS) to fight back! For decades, provincial governments have chronically underfunded community based social and health services and universities. In many cases this has been exacerbated by contracting the work out to private agencies. Because of this, the workers providing these critical services have had lower...

OPSEU/SEFPO and CUPE members working at Community Living South Muskoka are in bargaining right now.  Beyond just a fair contract, these workers are standing up to protect the services they provide in their communities because they know they’re worth fighting for. These workers support adults and youth in the community who have intellectual and physical...

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...

Introduction The Ontario Public Service Employes Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) represents 180,000 public sector workers in Ontario. OPSEU/SEFPO members work in the Ontario Public Service; in Ontario’s colleges, universities, and public schools; in Ontario’s hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulance services and public health units; in developmental services, child treatment centres, mental health agencies; in laboratories and blood...