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A Newsletter from OPSEU Local 500June 2021 In March of 2020, the world was engulfed in by the Covid-19 Pandemic on a scale not seen since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. From the day the Pandemic was declared all members … Continue reading →

DATES: Option #1 will run two consecutive 3 hour evenings Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 and Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021 6:00 pm – 9:15 pm Option #2 will run one day Saturday September 18, 2021 9:30 am – 4:30 pm ANY … Continue reading →

Conference Call Out Dear Young Workers: The Provincial Young Workers Committee (PYC) invites you to submit your application for the 2021 Young Workers Conference! It will take place virtually on August 14, 2021. In addition to welcoming previous conference participants, … Continue reading →

Reminder: deadline to register is July 9, 2021 Conference Call Out Dear Young Workers: The Provincial Young Workers Committee (PYC) invites you to submit your application for the 2021 Young Workers Conference! It will take place virtually on August 14, … Continue reading →

Sign up for the Indigenous & Workers of Colour Conference 2021, hosted by the Toronto & York Region Labour Council, Saturday, June 12, 2021 9:45 am to 12:40 pm. This year’s conference will be held virtually over Zoom and will … Continue reading →

We will be extending the changes made to our payment and coding for COVID-19 in alignment with, and to enhance, the Ontario COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit, which covers three paid days for casual and part-time workers who are ill, … Continue reading →

Dear OPSEU/SEFPO RPNs and Healthcare workers, As part of OPSEU/SEFPO’s RPN Divisional Council’s commemoration of Nurses Week 2021, we would like to invite all health care members to two special presentations being offered during the week. On Tuesday, May 11th … Continue reading →

OPSEU/SEFPO applauds the recent guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. We acknowledge that the verdict was newsworthy because it disrupts a continuous pattern of white supremacy persistent in North American criminal justice systems. We agree … Continue reading →

OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas sent the following letter to Premier Doug Ford today.   April 19, 2021   Hon. Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario  Room 281  Legislative Building, Queen’s Park  Toronto, ON M7A 1A1    Re OPSEU/SEFPO calling on … Continue reading →

OPSEU/SEFPO has launched an ad campaign to support Ontario’s vaccine rollout and encourage Ontarians to get vaccinated against COVID-19. “It’s undeniable that the COVID pandemic has hurt us all,” said OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. “It has taken a toll … Continue reading →