OPSEU/SEFPO calls the Kenora Jail a ‘powder keg’

OPSEU/SEFPO calls the Kenora Jail a ‘powder keg’

Kenora – OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says some special attention is urgently needed to bolster staffing at the overcrowded Kenora jail.  Thomas says the government’s recent announcement to hire 500 new full-time correctional staff is a step in the...
A message to the Correctional Bargaining Unit

A message to the Correctional Bargaining Unit

The following is a message from OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas: We are aware that CSN continues to disregard the advice of public health experts and is holding meetings trying to get you to sign a card by hook or by crook.  Some of you have asked what...
A message to the Correctional Bargaining Unit

OPSEU is calling CSN’s raiding tour of Ontario jails dangerous

Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is calling the out-of-province union CSN’s meetings dangerous and socially irresponsible. “The second wave is on us, and public health officials are urging us to do everything we can to keep our distance and stop the...
A message to the Correctional Bargaining Unit

We support your Local Corrections Presidents because they support you

Friends,  The second wave is now upon us, and it’s shaping up to be even more dangerous and deadly than the first.  But every day, you head back onto the front lines because you’ve got an important job to do.  And on behalf of OPSEU’s entire Executive Board, I’d like...