Health and Safety Join over 10 unions and Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) in person (in Sudbury) or online from anywhere as we launch a resource kit to help workers take action on workplace stress.Twelve labour groups have been working with Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers and researchers since 2009 to develop …
Monthly Archive: July 2012
Jul 05
D’Amato: Labour unions might be some workers’ sole protection
By Luisa D’Amato With their latest set of proposals on “flexible labour markets,” the Ontario Progressive Conservatives want to cut the heart out of labour unions. Why they are even bothering to take their knives out, when unions in the private sector are dying a slow death anyway, I don’t know. The Conservatives have produced …
Jul 04
Solidarity Funds: Solidarity Tours
Solidarity Not Charity Dear Members, In September of this year, OPSEU will be sending a delegation to Southern Africa to experience firsthand what international solidarity really means. As their President, I am extremely proud of these members and I know that they will be great ambassadors for their union and their communities across this province. …
Jul 04
Ontario PC white paper plans to take labour legislation back to the 19th century
Shared from Dia[b]logue June 29, 2012 The Ontario PCs have staked out a far-right position on labour with the release Wednesday of their white paper “Paths to Prosperity: Flexible Labour Markets.” For Ontario’s heavily organized health care sector, this is a ‘sit up and pay attention moment,’ even if the Tories chose to do it in …