Developmental Services
“It’s
not cricket”
OPSEU
Developmental services workers to rally in Toronto Monday
Liberal image of "Labour peace" does not match the reality
TORONTO: Striking OPSEU developmental service workers will
demonstrate in front of an international labour conference in Toronto Monday
July 30 to bring attention to the need for a living wage for staff and quality
service for the people they support.
The government’s much-reported largesse with cricket clubs and
other cultural organizations, some with Liberal ties, contrasts spectacularly
with their tight-fisted attitude to workers who provide services to some of our
most vulnerable Ontarians.
“We have more than 1,050 members on strike because the Liberal
government won’t flow promised and much-needed funds announced in the Budget to
community living agencies,” said OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas.
“The Ontario government is using the conference to tout its
labour relations successes, while developmental service workers can’t bargain a
living wage. The image of ‘labour peace’ in Ontario does not match the reality.”
OPSEU members will rally for quality care and a living wage in
developmental services:
Who: Hundreds of developmental service workers including many
from London, Chatham, St. Thomas, Strathroy, Tillsonburg and Meaford
When: Monday July 30 Members begin assembling 9:00
a.m. (Media - 9:30 a.m)
Where: 225 Front Street West - Toronto - at the
Intercontinental Toronto Centre - one block west of Union Station
What: Annual meeting of the international association
of labour relations agencies
OPSEU represents 6,600 developmental services workers across
Ontario. Workers in more than a dozen more agencies have voted to take strike
action if necessary to achieve a living wage.
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