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Bill 28 is an attack on all workers. OPSEU/SEFPO education workers will be walking off the job on Friday in solidarity with CUPE colleagues, and their union will have their back.
#39KisNotEnough
#EducationMatters
#onted
#onpoli
#onlab
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OPSEU/SEFPO President
@JPHornick
at Queen's Park: "Today, my friends, we are all
#educationworkers
! Doug Ford needs to know, when you punch down on a worker, you raise a movement!"
#39kIsNotEnough
#IStandWithCUPE
#onted
#onlab
#onpoli
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Trans kids and their families deserve to feel safe and be supported. On Wednesday, let’s stand up together in love and solidarity over fear and bigotry.
#WorkersUnitedAgainsthate
#onlab
#NoSpaceForHate
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Just a reminder: Ontario is down 50 fire crews this season because MNRF
@ONresources
can’t retain experienced fire rangers to lead them. That’s the real-world impact of short-term contracts and Ford government cuts to funding & wages
#Bill124
Toronto’s air quality is among the worst in the world — again — due to wildfire smoke
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Hate groups are organising anti-2SLGBTQ+ rallies on Sept 20 and we're are coming together to say: Enough is enough!
Stand up against hate — find a local counter-demo or organise your own.
#onlab
#WorkersUnitedAgainstHate
#NoSpaceForHate
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Ford’s appeal of the decision to strike down
#Bill124
is a slap in the face to public sector workers, and we’ve had enough. “We’re organizing to fight for our rights. We’ll do whatever it takes – nothing is off the table” says
@JPHornick
.
#onpoli
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Thé Science Centre is beloved by kids, the local community and the people who work there everyday to make it happen. Today the parking lot is full and the message is clear:
@fordnation
keep your hands off the Science Centre!
#SaveTheScienceCentre
#onpoli
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Our lives are not for profit.
That shouldn’t be radical to say, but it’s the message of our latest campaign—and the government of Ontario needs to hear it.
Pls share far and wide & take action at
#ONPoli
#ONLab
#SavePublicHealthcare
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The members have spoken –
@JPHornick
has been elected as OPSEU/SEFPO’s new President! Congratulations, JP!
#TowardsTomorrowTogether
#Convention2022
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OPSEU/SEFPO is demanding the immediate reversal of the decision to terminate 500 Peel education workers & calling on
@Fordnation
to step it up for students and the workers who support them.
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On March 2 at 12pm, stand in solidarity with
@OntarioNurses
! Let’s send a strong message to the Ontario Hospital Association &
@fordnation
– we’re ready to fight to protect public healthcare, starting with a fair contract for nurses & healthcare workers on the frontlines!
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Boards of education workers: EAs, DECEs, custodians, maintenance, clerical, child & youth workers, ABA, interpreters, communicative disorders assistants, Indigenous student advisors, ESL/LINC instructors, IT, lunchroom supervisors, travel assistants. Backbone of our schools!
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Every single one of us here are the right people in the right moment to take this back. What are we going to do on Friday?
#39KIsNotEnough
#WhoseRightsOurRights
#onpoli
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Education workers are the backbone of our schools. OPSEU/SEFPO joined with thousands today to stand with
@cupeontario
@osbcucscso
and our education workers for fair and free bargaining.
Workers are standing with workers against Ford’s attacks on basic rights.
#39kIsNotEnough
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President
@JPHornick
& 1st VP
@LNancekivell
encourage all OPSEU/SEFPO members to join actions in solidarity with CUPE
@osbcucscso
education workers!
#39KisNotEnough
#onted
#onpoli
#onlab
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The Science Centre belongs to all of us! Ontarians, workers & local communities should have a say in its future! This Saturday, for science and solidarity come out to tell
@fordnation
:
#SaveTheScienceCentre
! 10-11 AM at the Science Centre.
#onlab
#topoli
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Congrats to Harry Leslie Smith
@Harryslaststand
, posthumous recipient of OPSEU’s 2019 Stanley H. Knowles Humanitarian Award for his social justice activism & unwavering defiance of austerity & corporate greed. Known as the world’s oldest rebel, his lessons live on
#Indivisible
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Last year, down 23 crews; this year, down 50. Fewer crews mean less capacity to respond to fires on the ground and real danger for communities & residents in Northern Ont. The solution: better wages & longer contracts for Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services workers!
Doug Ford cut 67% ($142.2 million) from the Ontario Emergency Forest Firefighting budget
*source: 2019 Ontario budget
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The
@fordnation
govt's solution to the healthcare crisis: privatize & make the rich, richer.
The REAL solution: fund the public system properly, pay workers decent wages & remove profit from patient care.
We won't stop the fight to
#SavePublicHealthcare
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Today at Queen's Park, OPSEU/SEFPO President
@JPHornick
stood with health care unions & workers across Ontario to tell
@fordnation
: stop the appeal of the Bill 124. Solve the health care crisis with investments and cooperation - not more costly court fights.
#Bill124NoMore
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Doug Ford’s denial of LCBO privatization was contradicted at bargaining table yesterday: management wants ability to close LCBO stores, lay off employees, remove caps on alcohol in grocery stores. Privatization is already happening:
#LCBOWorkersFightBack
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Over 10,000 workers out today across Ontario saying
#EnoughIsEnoughOn
— and we’re just getting started.
#onpoli
#onlab
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Ont’s staffing crisis is putting workers & public services at risk. In budget hearings today, President
@JPHornick
urged the govt to reverse years of funding cuts & understaffing, drop the Bill 124 appeal, end privatization & take action to rebuild public services.
#onpoli
#onlab
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The
@osbcucscso
bargaining team & education workers have put it all on the line to improve our public schools. As
@CUPEOntario
members go to vote on today’s tentative deal, we will remain committed to standing with them and fighting for the services students need
#ONLab
#ONPoli
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Today, labour stood UNITED to support
@ontarionurses
& all healthcare workers!
@fordnation
the way to solve the healthcare crisis is PEOPLE; not profits.
#BetterStaffing
#BetterWages
#BetterCare
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Historic victory as
#Bill124
declared “void and of no effect” by
@SCJOntario_en
! Labour stood united & won for workers. Solidarity works!
@fordnation
: we won't back down. Accept this decision & commit to fair collective bargaining.
#onlab
Link to decision:
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TODAY, we're taking to the streets to demand the Ford govt implement real solutions to the health care crisis.
#EnoughisEnough
!
Decades of public health care underfunding caused this crisis and it's time to properly fund and staff our health care system.
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The skies are full of toxic wildfire smoke. Doug Ford's Conservatives cut 67% from the Ontario Emergency Forest Firefighting budget and Ontario fire rangers are paid less than municipal firefighters. It’s time to fix this crisis now with better pay and longer contracts!
#onpoli
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Workers are taking to the streets June 3 to say “Enough is Enough!” Enough of the rich getting richer while everyone else struggles to pay for basics. Enough of
@fordnation
dismantling public health care and education. Spread the word:
#EnoughisEnoughON
!
#onpoli
#onlab
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OPSEU/SEFPO
#educationworkers
and supporters rallied with CUPE
@osbcucscso
members at Queen's Park and across the province yesterday. This is what democracy looks like!
#39KisNotEnough
#IStandWithCUPE
#onpoli
#onted
#onlab
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CBC News: Unions, supporters take to Ontario Science Centre in protest of plans to move building
#SaveTheScienceCentre
#ONpoli
#TOpoli
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Peel region OPSEU/SEFPO and CUPE
#educationworkers
and supporters marching together in solidarity in Mississauga!
#39kIsNotEnough
#onpoli
#onted
#onlab
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LCBO workers held a peaceful rally inside a TO store today to demand fair wages, full-time jobs and an end to the Ford govt’s privatization of alcohol sales. We say
#EnoughisEnoughON
– LCBO workers are worth more!
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We all came together to force Doug Ford to repeal Bill 28. But the fight isn’t over yet. Join a Solidarity Saturday rally near you to demand a fair deal for CUPE education workers.
#standingby
#onted
#onlab
#onpoli
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OPSEU/SEFPO standing with trans kids, educators, parents, community allies, 2SLGBTQIA+ and labour groups from across Canada to support trans children and say
#NoSpaceForHate
.
#WorkersUnitedAgainstHate
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The LCBO Day of Action has started! LCBO workers are fighting to stop the Ford government’s sell-off of the LCBO. They're delivering their message to 11 MPP offices across the province. Pictured here, workers rally outside
@fordnation
's constituency office.
#LCBOWorkersFightBack
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The decision by the Ontario Superior Court declaring Doug Ford government’s wage-stifling Bill 124 “void and of no effect" is a historic victory for workers and public services: OPSEU/SEFPO
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Pres.
@JPHornick
is standing in love & solidarity with hundreds of trans rights activists, parents, community & labour allies in Scarborough in the face of hate and fear being stoked by the likes of Maxime Bernier & the PPC. Love always wins.
#NoSpaceForHate
#ProtectTransYouth
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Tomorrow we are standing up to hate, transphobia and misinformation with love, justice and solidarity.
Our priority is the safety and well being of queer and trans kids, and their parents. Hope — not fear!
#NoSpaceForHate
#Onlab
#onpoli
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College faculty reject contract, call on employer to get back to the table
#StandWithFaculty
#collegestrike
#onpoli
#onpse
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LCBO workers rally outside
@DavidPiccini
's office in Port Hope with family members and fur friends! LCBO’s revenues go directly to public services. If Ford has his way, those billions will line the pockets of grocery CEOs instead of funding public services.
#LCBOWorkersFightBack
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JP Hornick has been re-elected President of OPSEU/SEFPO by the members at Convention 2024!
#WorkersFightBack
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Our lives are not for profit!
@FordNation
’s private, for-profit scheme will worsen healthcare and increase costs. At
#Bill60
hearings,
@JPHornick
calls for investments in public healthcare & staffing to improve wait times and address the recruitment & retention crisis.
#onlab
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"We are determined to win. We'll do whatever it takes and nothing is off the table. Our message to Doug Ford today is [to] withdraw the appeal, stop underfunding, understaffing and creating chaos in our public services." -
@JPHornick
#Bill124
#ONPoli
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OPSEU/SEFPO President
@JPHornick
yesterday morning: “We are not standing down, we are standing by. We will make sure that promise is made to stick.” We’re in this fight with
@CUPEOntario
workers, with all workers, until a fair deal is reached.
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Canadians support PSAC strike for key demands: survey | CTV News
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Over a dozen
@OPSEU
&
@ontarionurses
nurses working at
@StevensonHosp
have been given layoff notices b/c of a lack of govt. funding, while every dept in the hospital is chronically short-staffed.
#onthealth
#onpoli
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College faculty have voted to reject the Council's forced contract offer by 86% in a historic vote
#StandWithFaculty
#onpoli
#onpse
#collegestrike
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OPSEU/SEFPO members are showing up to send a clear message to
@fordnation
: hands off our public health care system!
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Frontline hospital workers at St. Mary’s Hospital in Kitchener are calling on their President to join them & say NO to Ford’s plan to privatize hospitals services and care.
@OPSEU
@OCHU_Healthcare
@Ontarionurses
@SEIUHealthCan
&
@UniforTheUnion
#ONLab
#ONPoli
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.
@jphornick
asks
@stevendelduca
@andreahorwath
@fordnation
&
@mikeschreiner
a question: "I'm an educator so let's make this multiple-choice. Which piece of anti-worker legislation will you repeal first after your election?
• Bill 124
• Bill 195
• Bill 106
• All of the above?"
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Ont’s healthcare is in crisis b/c of understaffing & underfunding.
@fordnation
's plan to increase private clinics won’t make things better; it will make wait times even longer! Hospital Professionals sent a strong message on Feb13: We have the
#RightToFight
for public healthcare!
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Breaking: Ontario College Faculty secure salary and benefit increases in
#Bill124
wage reopener negotiations. Congratulations to the
@CAATfaculty
bargaining team and membership. For more information visit
#onpoli
#onlab
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We want a government that builds, not breaks, our public services. On June 2nd, vote to stop privatization.
#BuildON2022
#onpoli
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At Queen’s Park today, OPSEU/SEFPO President
@JPHornick
said that the only thing
@fordnation
has achieved with
#Bill124
is a united labour movement. Workers are fighting back, and we’re winning.
#onpoli
#onlab
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Despite low wages and minimal resources - thanks to Ford's funding cuts - forest fire workers are putting their lives on the line to keep us and our communities safe. It's well past time for
@fordnation
to pay them what they deserve!
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60,000 Education Workers in Los Angeles walked off the job and won. This massive job action represents a model for building worker power. Something we can strive for here in Ontario. Check it out! ⤵️
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We were shocked to learn of
@fordnation
's plans to move multiple ServiceOntario locations into Staples & Walmart. This is just the latest in a series of moves by this government to hand over public profits and services to big box store CEOs. Read more:
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The wealthiest bosses in the world tried to stop Chris Smalls
@Shut_downAmazon
from organizing Amazon workers, but Jeff Bezos was no match for “love & solidarity.” Thank you Chris for your leadership, for sharing your story with us and for joining us to say
#EnoughIsEnoughON
!
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Workers’ victory against Ford is ‘only the beginning’ says OPSEU/SEFPO President
@JPHornick
after Ford's Bill 124 deemed unconstitutional, once again, by the Court.
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Historic victory for precarious workers! Thousands of college part-time support staff join OPSEU after mammoth organizing drive
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Late into the night of their one month strike anniversary, after 16 hours of bargaining, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535 representing
@agotoronto
workers reached a tentative agreement. The first strike at the AGO has been a historic demonstration of collective action - solidarity forever!
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We're here at Queen's Park with thousands of boards of
#educationworkers
, parents, labour allies and supporters protesting the unconstitutional Bill 28 and standing with CUPE education workers!
#39kIsNotEnough
#IStandWithCUPE
#onpoli
#onted
#onlab
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Our work isn’t done yet! Join a solidarity rally in your region TOMORROW to tell
@fordnation
@Sflecce
and your MPP that education workers, students and our communities deserve a good deal now!
#39kIsNotEnough
#onlab
📢📢📢 REGIONAL RALLIES
Come out this Saturday 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. to Conservative MPP offices across the province to keep up the pressure for a good deal now! Find a rally near you at:
#OnPoli
#OntEd
#39KIsNotEnough
#GoodDealNow
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Ontario college strike begins Monday morning as employer rejects faculty offer
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Labour stood in solidarity with
@ontarionurses
today to DEMAND BETTER. We stood in solidarity because we EXPECT BETTER.
#BetterStaffing
#BetterWages
#BetterCare
for nurses & all healthcare workers!
#SavePublicHealthcare
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College Employer Council should get back to the bargaining table, faculty say
#StandWithFaculty
#onpoli
#onpse
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Today is election day! Today, Toronto gets to elect a progressive mayor who will champion the rights of working people, fight for affordable housing, and revitalize the public services we all rely on – like public transit and public health.
@oliviachow
is the fighter we need!
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Did you know that May Day is like Labour Day in much of the world? On this year's May Day, May 1, OPSEU/SEFPO’s new President
@JPHornick
will be marching to demand an end to anti-worker laws like Bill 124. Reply and tell us what you'll be marching for!
#WhyWeMarch
#May1ON
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"If we have learned anything from history, when they come for trans people and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, trade unionists are next. We are the spaces in which we collectively organize for the betterment of society."
-
@JPHornick
, Trans Healthcare Day of Action
@OFLabour
#ONPoli
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“Workers are the thunder, workers are the lightning, and my friends, we are bringing the storm!” OPSEU/SEFPO President
@JPHornick
rallying with the
@OFLabour
movement in front of the
@OntarioPCParty
convention.
#EnoughisEnough
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Hundreds of hospital staff rallied at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton against the Ford government’s plan to contract out hospital services to private, for-profit clinics.
#SavePublicHealthcare
#onlab
#EnoughIsEnough
#OrganizeFightWin
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Workers at the
@agotoronto
are making history on the second week of the first-ever strike at the Art Gallery of Ontario - with still no word from the gallery.
Let’s break down what’s at stake and how to donate to workers on the line. 🧵
#NoDealNoAGO
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OPSEU/SEFPO President
@JPHornick
with the newly elected President of
@OFLabour
, Laura Walton
@waltonmom
. Let’s build a fighting labour movement for fair wages, fairness and dignity for all workers across Ontario.
#OFL2023
#EnoughlsEnough
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We’re at Queen's Park to say public health care is NOT FOR SALE!
❌ Selling off surgeries & diagnostics to private companies (for more than they cost in hospitals!)
❌ Public health care underfunding
✔ More investment in public hospitals
✔ Finding solutions w/ frontline workers
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It's time for the government to pressure the College Employer Council to get back to bargaining
#StandWithFaculty
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OPSEU/SEFPO proudly supports
@ontariondp
candidate Thadsha Navaneethan for
#ScarboroughGuildwood
!
Hailing from the OPSEU/SEFPO Equity Unit, Thadsha is a longtime champion for labour, equity, justice and Scarborough! Go
@Thadsha
!
#onpoli
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Hospital staff at
@STJOESHAMILTON
showed the power of collective action today! Unions representing healthcare workers in Ont. rallied outside the hospital to demand St. Joseph’s CEO fight back against privatizing hospital services!
#SavePublicHealthcare
#onlab
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The people united, will never be defeated! Next up:
✔️Fully funded public health care & education
✔️Safe schools for trans & non-binary kids
✔️Affordable housing & fair wages
Let’s go!
#OnPoli
#OnLab
#Greenbelt
Doug Ford cancels controversial $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap: ‘It was a mistake’
#onpoli
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TODAY at 12pm we head to Queen's Park to fight against the Ford govt's plan to privatize our public health care system!
Private health care will make wait times worse & drain the public system of critical resources & staffing. At noon, we stand together and fight back!
#onpoli
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Picket lines are UP at
@agotoronto
- workers are steadfast on a strong first day painting a portrait of a worker on strike. 🎨 Join us at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St W, between 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
#onpoli
#ONLab
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OPSEU/SEFPO is proud to support the
#CeasefireNow
Coalition & to be part of an international movement calling for immediate peace. That’s why we are joining the day of action on Sunday, November 12. Read our message and find an event near you. ⤵️
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Dozens of home care workers from OPSEU/SEFPO Local
#SmallButMighty393
held a
#StrikeCountdown
rally yesterday at ParaMed head office in Barrie. OPSEU/SEFPO friends and labour allies joined them to demand: No more
#PovertyPayatParaMed
!
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98% vote YES! L2100 Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators and Child & Youth Care Practitioners voted in favour of strike action in response to
@PeelSchools
dragging their heels in bargaining. They’re organized & determined to fight for respect!
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Happy International Day of Pink! Show us your pics wearing pink and let's stand together against rising homophobia, transphobia, and all forms of bullying! Tag your photos:
#DayOfPink
#opseu
#sepfo
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Vote No: Fight off concessions & win academic freedom - reject the colleges’ offer
#StandWithFaculty
#onpoli
#onpse
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After urgent conversations with
@FordNation
,
#COVID19
pandemic pay is extended to:
- Respiratory therapists
- Paramedics
- Public health nurses
- Addictions/mental health workers in congregate settings equivalent to acute hospitals
#OnPoli
#OnLab
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Join
@UniforLocal414
members at picket lines happening daily from 8am! ✊🏽
Click here to find locations for picket lines outside Metro grocery stores throughout the GTA:
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It’s not every day that Toronto mayor
@oliviachow
joins you on the picket line! Thank you for standing with
@agotoronto
workers of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535 as they approach a month of transformative strike action.
#OnLab
#OnPoli
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Two-tier healthcare is NOT the solution; investing in public healthcare to increase capacity and access to care for all Ontarians is.
@JustinTrudeau
@cafreeland
the Ford govt's privatization plan is a risk to universal healthcare - we urge you to step in to
#savepublichealthcare
This morning, along with leaders from
@OCHU_Healthcare
,
@ontarionurses
,
@OPSEU
and
@UniforTheUnion
, we sent Prime Minister Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Freeland a letter on our serious concerns about Doug Ford's consistent effort to privatize Ontario's healthcare system.
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