Monthly Archive: September 2012

Sep 27

Members making a difference in pension battle. Spread the word. Keep it up!

An astounding 18,000 members took part in our Tele Town Halls this week and last. And most of you made the commitment to take further action to stop the government takeover of pension plans. Congratulations! You are making a difference. We are having some success, but the battle is far from over. We have slowed …

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Sep 21

McGuinty pension attack “pre-meditated profiteering,” thousands of members hear

Posted on September 20, 2012 by OPSEU OPSEU called. And thousands of members picked up. Across northern and eastern Ontario on Sept. 20, members wanted to get in on the conversation about pensions – how to safeguard their retirement savings and secure pensions for those who don’t have them. In OPSEU’s first-ever Telephone Town Halls, …

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Sep 08

NDP ‘union muscle’ blamed for PC byelection loss

The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 7, 2012 11:20 AM ET Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak blamed “union muscle” Friday for his party’s loss of the Kitchener-Waterloo seat it held for 22 years, and predicted Premier Dalton McGuinty would quickly try to “kiss and make up” with Ontario’s public sector labour leaders. The Tories lost both …

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Sep 08

TRUTH and CONSEQUENCES

Finding the path ahead in 2012 It has been a hot summer. The provincial government that had proclaimed itself to be a peace-maker, attacked working people and the middle class. It seemed that Right Wing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker had moved to Ontario. In past months I set out the reasons for Ontario’s downward economic …

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