OPSEU

• Peterborough hospital workers protest layoffs prior to digital patient record system rollout

  Seven hospitals in central Ontario will be part of the digital clinical information system, however, hospital unions warn layoffs have been issued for clinical employees.

  Health

  Nov 24
  
• Ontario solicitor general’s EMDC visit left OPSEU head disappointed

  Thomas says Solicitor General Sylvia Jones met with EMDC management and spoke with two members of OPSEU. He'd like her to return to tour the jail with OPSEU leadership.

  Canada

  Aug 6
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• Ontario needs to bring all parties together to address issues at EMDC: OPSEU head

  While concern is longstanding, tensions appear to have escalated in recent months amid a dispute over a memorial outside the jail and a recent rally following another inmate death.

  Politics

  Jul 29
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• Solicitor General plans visit to EMDC after union calls for help in protecting jail staff

  OPSEU's letter to the solicitor general came days after thousands rallied outside the jail, including hundreds of bikers, after the latest inmate death.

  Canada

  Jul 23
• Memorial crosses outside EMDC removed following grievance board ruling

  The memorial was first erected in 2018 and has been the scene of regular demonstrations over conditions at the jail and the treatment of inmates.

  Canada

  Jul 13
• Lawyer, loved ones frustrated by decision to remove memorial crosses outside of EMDC

  A grievance was filed alleging that the memorial crosses were exacerbating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among some jail employees.

  Canada

  Jun 22
• Report reveals Ontario’s hospitals most problematic compared to rest of Canada

  Data shows Ontario has significantly less hospital beds than other provinces, and that it would need more than 4,000 to meet the Canada-wide average.

  Canada

  Apr 29
• ‘Impossibly long’: LTC waitlists, age discrimination among concerns in request for public inquiry

  In Durham, Peterborough and Lindsay there are nearly 12,500 people on a wait list to get into long-term care.

  Canada

  Mar 24
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• Black Ontario correctional officer speaks out against white coworkers who allegedly ‘attacked’ him

  Now, Stephen Smith is "seeking some vindication, some acknowledgment that he was not at fault, that this should have not happened in the first place, nor will it happen again."

  Canada

  Feb 23
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• London, Ont., jail poorly prepared for potential COVID-19 outbreak: inmate lawyer, employee rep

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

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2020