OPSEU Social Justice Fund
OPSEU responds to Haiti crisis
February 8, 2010 On January 12, 2010, Haitians suffered
the worst earthquake in 200 years. OPSEU responded with immediate solidarity.
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Haiti Horror
January 22, 2010 The grim stories filling our
newspapers and TV screens are sparking an overwhelming response from
Canadians who want to help in any way possible.
more… Haiti’s history and the connection to public services
January 21, 2010 Find out about Haiti’s history and the political
forces that made this country ‘a geography of precariousness’ even
before the devastating earthquake on Jan. 12.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion
/517494/imf_to_haiti_freeze_public_wages
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Under pressure from debt relief activists, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), clarifies that its new loan to
Haiti is interest-free and does not include any conditions
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion
/519364/imf_clarifies_terms_of_haiti_s_loan
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ACUDESBAL thanks the Social Justice Fund
March 12, 2009 El Salvador community organization
thanks the Social Justice Fund for the truck they purchased with OPSEU
support. more...
OPSEU delegates tour Honduras projects
March 11, 2009
From Feb. 18 to 27, OPSEU Social Justice Committee
member Mary Cory and Senior Communications Officer Randy Robinson toured
Honduras with a group from Horizons of Friendship, an international
development organization based in Cobourg, Ontario.
more ... Letter of Appreciation from Memo Cuba
October 7, 2008 Medical Equipment
Modernization Opportunity (MEMO Cuba) has written to thank OPSEU for the
donation from the Solidarity Fund. more...
Letter of Appreciation from Eastern Cape, South Africa
March 27, 2008 The Department of Social Development of
Eastern Cape, South Africa has written to thank OPSEU for its support for the
Kwezana Old Age Centre. more...
OPSEU delegates tour El Salvador projects
March
3, 2008 From February 16 - 27, Sandra Snider, Executive Board Member for
Region 7, and Chair of the OPSEU Social Justice Fund joined a tour sponsored by
the Horizons of Friendship in Cobourg. The goal of the tour was to visit small
community projects, one of them supported by OPSEU’s fund through Horizons.
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Thank you from Makupo Village in Malawi
December 10, 2007 OPSEU Social Justice Fund helps provide
clean water for village. more...
Links
Maquila Solidarity Network
http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/
Bylaws - Social Justice Fund
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March 27, 2008
OPSEU concludes solidarity tour of South Africa and Malawi
OPSEU
President Warren (Smokey) Thomas wraps up his tour of southern
Africa with a visit to Makupo village in Malawi.
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