Premier Ford Engages with OCEU President as Strike Disruption Deepens: Union Expresses Optimism Following Direct Conversation
Some 3600 workers at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are on strike in support of their demands around reducing the dangerously high workloads that are driving up rates of depression and anxiety among workers. WSIB has given rebates of $4 billion to employers this year but won’t invest any of the remaining billions of dollars of surplus to improve working conditions for staff. The first-ever strike in the history of OCEU/CUPE 1750 began May 21.
