A London, Ont., jail is facing accusations it is ill-prepared for any potential outbreak of the novel coronavirus within its grounds.

The Ottawa-Carleton Detention went into lockdown Tuesday after the entire morning shift of correctional workers refused to enter the institution.

The union representing Ontario's correctional workers says an employee at a Toronto jail is being tested for COVID-19.

OPSEU Local 474 is asking for "more consistent and reliable autism services provided by professionals and high-quality, needs-based autism services."

Local union officials say the Ford government is anything but ‘for the people’.

The legislation, if passed, will see a one-per-cent cap for three years.

OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas said: “If there was ever an argument to have a mechanism to recall politicians in Ontario, Oosterhoff is a perfect example.”

Warren Smokey Thomas says the to fire people because they don't have university degrees is a "terrible thing."

OPSEU president Warren "Smokey" Thomas says the province is partly to blame for the extent of homelessness in Ontario, and it needs to take major action to address it.

The union leader will talk with the chair of the London Homeless Coalition.