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Ford breaking OPSEU contract with scheme to expand ‘agency stores’
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says Doug Ford is in for yet another…
OPSEU’s call for RCMP investigation into alcohol lobbying draws lawsuit threat from big corporation
Toronto – A large corporation called Alcanna, which could reap significant profits from the Ford…
Thomas calls for RCMP to investigate the lobbying behind Ford’s corner store booze scheme
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is calling for the RCMP to investigate Doug…
Act today to save the LCBO
The Ford government is pushing a privatization agenda that threatens the long-term survival of the…
OPSEU: With his “half-baked” privatized cannabis scheme, Ford is playing us for a bunch of April fools
TORONTO – Drug dealers and Ford Nation insiders are the only ones reaping the rewards…
Thomas: health care super-agency board is a clear sign privatization is on the horizon
Toronto – By loading the board of his new health care super-agency with bankers, corporate…
Hospital professionals tell MPPs: keep it public
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas led dozens of leaders and activists from the union’s Executive…
'Promise made, promise betrayed:' Ford ministers break pledges not to privatize services
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is calling out two Ford government cabinet ministers…
OPSEU & Unifor to Ford: ‘We’re ready to ramp up the fight’
Toronto – Workers represented by Ontario’s largest public and private sector unions have joined forces…
OPSEU President: Close ties to EY will be the Ford government’s version of the SNC-Lavalin scandal
Toronto– OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is warning Ontarians not to be taken in by…
OPSEU President: Employment services privatization and workfare will lead to more precarious work
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Ford government’s plans to privatize and…
Thomas to Ford: heed the lessons of Grey Gables
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas wrote to Premier Doug Ford following Ford’s visit to the…
Thomas thanks OPSEU activists and allies for winning ‘huge victory’ for public services in Grey County
Owen Sound – Hailing it as a “huge victory” for quality public services, OPSEU President…
Letter from OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas to Premier Ford and Minister Fedeli re: LCBO thefts
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas sent the following letter on Jan. 4 to Premier Doug…
OPSEU: Alcohol expansion and privatization is causing a drunk driving 'crisis’
Toronto – As police raise the alarm about the steadily increasing number of impaired drivers…
Thomas to Ford: Put brakes on expansion of alcohol sales
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is calling on the Ford government to start 2019…
Maybe you’ve notice there’s something wrong in our communities. Highways aren’t being plowed. Long waits at hospitals. Inadequate care for our most vulnerable. The problem is privatization. Our money isn’t being reinvested in our communities.
Communities across the province are realizing public = better. Because when it’s public, We Own It. We built. We paid for it. We Own It!