LifeLabs workers in L389 are on strike for a fair deal that puts patient care & workers before profits. Join them tomorrow as they take their fight right to LifeLabs' head office!

🗓 TOMORROW, May 8, 2024
🕘 9 AM to 12 PM
📍 LifeLabs HQ, 100 International Blvd, Etobicoke, ON

It's one thing to acknowledge truth - it is another thing to act on it. On Red Dress Day, honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S), let us amplify and act on the call for justice for victims, survivors, and their families.

South Bruce Grey Health Centre is closing the inpatient care unit at Durham Hospital without consulting health care staff or the public, forcing families to travel away from their community to care for loved ones in hospital: bit.ly/4aYxXcL #SaveDurhamHospital

LifeLabs workers are out on the picket line! They are Laboratory Technicians & Medical Laboratory Assistants who perform critical medical testing to ensure timely diagnosis. They stand firm in their demand for fairness so they can provide the highest quality of patient care.

It’s always a beautiful day for solidarity! On May Day, thousands of LCBO workers from across the province wore wristbands in solidarity with their bargaining team. We’re saying loud & clear to the boss: we’re united in this fight to win. #LCBOWorkersFightBack

Happy International Workers' Day, friends - also known as May Day! The origins of this day are steeped in labour history and workers' inherited fight for justice.

OFL has put together a handy list to help find an commemorative event near you! ofl.ca/may-1-local-ac…

Thanks to their determination, Ontario’s forest firefighters will soon have the same presumptive WSIB coverage that urban firefighters do. This change brings us a step closer to recognizing the risks forest firefighters take to keep us safe. Read more: tinyurl.com/3hmmuta2

On April 28th - National #WorkersDayofMourning - we honour those who have lost their lives or suffered injury/illness on the job, and recommit ourselves to taking action so that every worker can return home to their loved ones. Full statement: opseu.org/news/national-…

OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2024 was electric!⚡⚡️⚡️ #WorkersFightBack

Our newly-elected Executive Board for 2024-2026 took their oath of office today at OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2024, including the first seven Equity Executive Board members! #WorkersFightBack

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) workers of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535 voted 'yes' to ratifying their new collective agreement today, after fighting for their futures over the course of a month-long, first-ever strike at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Full press release: opseu.org/news/art-galle…

President Hornick re-elected, 1st VP/Treasurer Nancekivell acclaimed for a second term at OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2024. The union will continue the fight against Ford government to protect strong public services.
News release: bit.ly/3y1StKE #WorkersFightBack

OPSEU/SEFPO members took to the streets to tell Doug Ford: stop funding CEOs and protect our public services! The march was led by LCBO workers who are at the bargaining table fighting not only for their jobs but the future of all public services. #WorkersFightBack

JP Hornick has been re-elected President of OPSEU/SEFPO by the members at Convention 2024! #WorkersFightBack

Convention 2024 attendees: You don’t want to miss Awards Night tonight at 7:30! We’ll honour union activists and enjoy performances by Logan Staats, Randell Adjei, Trash Panda Brass and Tribal Vision Dance!
Info: bit.ly/3Uhq8HM #WorkersFightBack

“The workers of Ontario are fighting back, and we are winning! But victory doesn’t just happen, it is organized, it takes a plan. Each of us is here now because we are committed to the power of workers”
JP Hornick delivers President’s Address at Convention 2024 #WorkersFightBack

.Laurie Nancekivell has been acclaimed to continue in her role of OPSEU/SEFPO First Vice-President/Treasurer for the next two years!
#WorkersFightBack

'Our need for a robust and accessible home-care sector has never been greater as Ontarians age. We will soon need at least 6,800 more personal support workers just to maintain the current level of services and similar numbers of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists…