OPSEU/SEFPO

The official account for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, representing more than 200,000 members across the province. #onlab

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

“Where is the money going?” 🧵

Striking community and social service workers are questioning why the Ford government is funnelling billions through for-profit companies, while overall funding for social services drops by 2.4%. #OnPoli #OnLab

[JP Hornick @JPHornick]

$1 billion to the private sector.

Where is this tax-payer money going? Asking on behalf of 4000 community workers on strike.

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

"From the Skills Development (SDF) slush fund to these alarming 'black boxes' of funding moving to for-profit companies instead of frontline services, it’s no wonder our public services are crumbling under Ford’s watch.”

Read the full news release here: https://t.co/luVPciyC7S

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

“Where is the money going?” 🧵

Striking community and social service workers are questioning why the Ford government is funnelling billions through for-profit companies, while overall funding for social services drops by 2.4%. #OnPoli #OnLab

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

“Our community & social services are struggling, workers who deliver these services are barely able to make ends meet, thousands are waiting longer and longer for the care they need...To hear that private companies are getting $1B while we are struggling – something isn’t right.”

[Spring Magazine @springmagca]

Community service workers at Sistering in Toronto are on strike for better wages! #onpoli #WorthFightingFor

[JP Hornick @JPHornick]

🚨3885 community service workers are ON STRIKE across Ontario🚨

They are:
1) Fighting against Ford's cuts and for funding for services communities need;

2) Demanding justice for stolen wages under Bill 124

Join a picket line: https://t.co/Wrp4tyQk2F

#WorthFightingFor #onpoli

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Read our full media release here: https://t.co/GQ3gVJVnyl

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

🧵 Yesterday, the Ford government announced their decision to put Conestoga College under a government-appointed administrator – setting dangerous precedent for local democracy, instead of greater transparency and accountability in college governance structures. #ONpoli #OntEd

[Ahmad Elbayoumi @ahmadelbayoumi]

BREAKING: The Ford government is taking over Conestoga College over “evidence of serious financial and governance mismanagement.”

Linda Franklin has been named the college’s new administrator and the board of governors has been dismissed.

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

If we are going to rebuild Conestoga College as a responsible institution, the results of that audit need to be made public. Anything less than full transparency will look like the Ministry is trying to sweep this mess under the rug after waiting far too long to take action.

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

1 in every 100 Ontarians is an OPSEU/SEFPO member. We are in every town, every city – and unified, we will fight like hell to protect the heart of this province.

Public services are here to stay, as are the workers fighting for them – and we’ll be here long after Ford is gone.

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

🧵 Friday morning’s announcement by Fleming College and St. Lawrence College leadership to begin the process of merging the two institutions is a direct result of the provincial government' failing to invest. #OnPoli #OnLab

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Resources are being drained from our communities, especially small and rural ones, in real-time. This goes beyond party lines – it’s about what will be left for generations to come.