Meetings

LEC meetings are held at 5:30PM every 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Frid Str. Region 2 OPSEU office

New Health and Safety Rep. for Joseph Brant.

We are excited to welcome Debbie Harris as the new Health and Safety Rep. for Joseph Brant.

Convention 2008 Update

Click here for more details about the OPSEU Convention held April 17-19, 2008.

Download 2008 Convention Minutes

Gendered Violence in the Workplace

Women's Experiences & Our Emerging Understanding of the Problem Click here for more information.

Dear OPSEU member:

For years, it has been against the law for thousands of part-time college workers to join a union and bargain better jobs for themselves. Obviously, this is wrong. But the good news is, we are very close to getting the law changed.

You can help thousands of people simply by sending an e-mail to John Milloy, the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities. My goal is have 1,000 OPSEU members send him a message this week. Sixty seconds is all it will take -- and the best time to do it is now.

Please click here, fill in your name and mailing address, and send the message.

Thank you for helping college part-timers!

In solidarity,
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, president
Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Privatization and Poverty

The Social Planning and Research Council in Hamilton estimates that there are over 95,000 people in Hamilton living in poverty. For them, the privatization of the community labs will be a particular hardship.

The fees that the labs will charge for diagnostic tests are covered by no program that we are aware of. We have been in touch with various government Ministries and city officials to see what help is available. There is none. St. Joseph's Healthcare has no plan to assist these individuals.

They will be faced with the choice between paying rent, buying groceries or getting their lab work done. People are likely to defer the lab work even though the tests might help them to get well and stay well...[ more ]