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Bargaining 2008/2009
OPSEU calls on Corrections Minister to initiate task force
March 11, 2009
The Hon. Rick Bartolucci
Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Queen’s Park
Dear Minister,
As you are aware, on March 3 OPSEU called for a task force to
examine many of the problems that are plaguing Ontario’s Correctional system.
Specifically, we want the probe to examine overcrowding and its
effects on inmates and correctional staff; the physical conditions of provincial
facilities; reinstituting programs for inmates, many of which were cut by the
Mike Harris regime; and training for staff on communicable disease control and
identification of gang activity.
For well over 20 years, OPSEU has been calling on successive
governments to address the problems in Correctional Services. During that same
time, we have watched problems grow worse instead of get better. The time for
action is now.
Now that the Corrections Bargaining Unit has ratified their
collective agreement, we look for your firm commitment to initiate this task
force. We believe this independent review is vital and necessary to ensure that
we do not spend another 20 years waiting for change. Our members deserve nothing
less.
Original signed by:
Warren (Smokey) Thomas
President
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Eduardo Almeida
Chair
OPSEU Corrections MERC
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