<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Local 511]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local 511]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/news</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:43:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.local511.ca/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Striking workers descend on the Treasury Board with a strong message for Premier Ford: “Come to the table, fund our services, end the strike.]]></title><description><![CDATA[July 8, 2026 TORONTO – More than 1,000 striking community, health and social services workers showed up at the doorstep of Ontario’s Treasury Board today to call on the Ford government to do the right thing and end the strike.They were joined by fellow union members and allies at the Treasury Board Secretariat and the CN Tower, wearing their now hard-to-miss purple shirts with bubbles and leaflets in hand. Jeff Tynes, a member of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 361 and leader in the Worth Fighting For...]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/striking-workers-descend-on-the-treasury-board-with-a-strong-message-for-premier-ford-come-to-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6cc5fb1cbb638c1743b035</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:58:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_f9ce7406f0ed462a82b8765b25b4b52f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We won’t be ignored: striking community, health and social services workers drop banners from bridges and highway overpasses across Ontario ]]></title><description><![CDATA[July 6, 2026 In a coordinated province-wide action, striking OPSEU/SEFPO members dropped Worth Fighting For banners from bridges and overpasses on Monday morning, drawing attention to their ongoing fight.   Monday marks the beginning of week seven of their historic strike – a coordinated fight for funding for the future of vital services that some of the most vulnerable people in Ontario rely on.  While these striking workers work for 23 different organizations and agencies, they all share...]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/we-won-t-be-ignored-striking-community-health-and-social-services-workers-drop-banners-from-bridge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6cc4212aa0dd3fa1623188</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:51:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_18e22cc334a647e4b38337c69b24b6cd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where will they go next? From MPP offices, to Canada Day events, to Ford’s cottage – Worth Fighting For’s purple shirts are everywhere! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[July 3, 2026 In week six of their historic strike, 4000 community, health and social service workers took their now iconic purple shirts nearly everywhere.  On Monday, members rallied outside MPP Kinga Surma’s constituency office. Instead of listening to workers, MPP Surma drew even more attention on social media by misrepresenting striking care and support workers as intimidating, just as the Premier did after being drowned out by striking workers at Ford Fest.   That evening, members of...]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/where-will-they-go-next-from-mpp-offices-to-canada-day-events-to-ford-s-cottage-worth-fighting-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6cc3955cf1d22b8d75f3ec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:49:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_5b37939191824e9c9c655254e71fd3a2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_771,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where will they go next? From MPP offices, to Canada Day events, to Ford’s cottage – Worth Fighting For’s purple shirts are everywhere! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[July 3, 2026 In week six of their historic strike, 4000 community, health and social service workers took their now iconic purple shirts nearly everywhere.  On Monday, members rallied outside MPP Kinga Surma’s constituency office. Instead of listening to workers, MPP Surma drew even more attention on social media by misrepresenting striking care and support workers as intimidating, just as the Premier did after being drowned out by striking workers at Ford Fest.   That evening, members of...]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/where-will-they-go-next-from-mpp-offices-to-canada-day-events-to-ford-s-cottage-worth-fighting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4bd53c0e6d4656949e3fa6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:20:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_71895907281e4e0ab43ed321f23d0232~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_982,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Media report on Corrections workers’ call for urgent action on suicides]]></title><description><![CDATA[July 3, 2026  The call to action from OPSEU/SEFPO’s Correctional Bargaining Unit on an alarming coroner’s report into Correctional worker suicides attracted extensive media attention this week. OPSEU/SEFPO is calling on the Ontario government to immediately provide unlimited annual mental health coverage to Correctional workers. Here is a selection of some of the media coverage: Ontario jail guards ask for help after coroner’s report details suicide crisis among correctional workers | CBC...]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/media-report-on-corrections-workers-call-for-urgent-action-on-suicides</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4bd461c9e68b02b398ce28</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:15:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_5c8433b1b3334c589c99321b9d63ddc4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPSEU/SEFPO in the News: Worth Fighting For dominates Ford Fest]]></title><description><![CDATA[June 25, 2026 In a powerful show of solidarity, striking workers from community, health and social services descended on Ford Fest today to send a clear message to Premier Ford: Do the right thing: fund our services, deliver stolen wages, and end the strike!   More than 850 workers turned out to the Premier’s signature annual event after over four weeks of being dodged by Ford and his MPPs. Despite repeated meeting denials and closed offices, workers have refused to back down. When Ford...]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/opseu-sefpo-in-the-news-worth-fighting-for-dominates-ford-fest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3ea00440a9a49d5b75ebdd</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:54:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_58e57e6c6c104287b6f541903c3f2962~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_778,h_910,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Media Release: Ford government continues to stonewall families and workers, as strike is into fourth week  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[June 18, 2026 As a historic strike in community, health and social services is well into its fourth week, Premier Ford continues to ignore voices of families and workers who are demanding urgent action to increase funding for vital services and deliver stolen wages.   At a press conference on Tuesday morning in Thunder Bay, Premier Ford falsely claimed the strike was just between managers and the union, and re-iterated stale talking points inflating his government’s investment in services....]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/media-release-ford-government-continues-to-stonewall-families-and-workers-as-strike-is-into-fourth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a35647663b969ffe40ce552</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:48:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_71895907281e4e0ab43ed321f23d0232~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_982,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re telling our employers – you’re either with us, or you’re against the people who need us.” Province-wide strike in community, health and social services expands.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toronto, May 25, 2026 – Pressure is heating up for the Ford government to deliver funding for services that provide vulnerable people rely on, with thousands of workers at community and social service agencies going on strike today. The workers, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO, say this is a fight for the future of the services they provide, and they’re calling on their employers to support this call for funding to shorten job action. “We want to get back to the people we support as soon as...]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/we-re-telling-our-employers-you-re-either-with-us-or-you-re-against-the-people-who-need-us-prov</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3562633306f881e5227cb8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_a08a43d6a399425f932b56b3c5d7a977~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worth Fighting For Report: Open The Books. Fund Our Services]]></title><description><![CDATA[Under Premier Ford, the Province set up new billion-dollar “black boxes” obscuring the role of for-profit administrators in public funding for social services. Across the province, roughly 4,000 workers are now on strike or locked out. Community and social service workers represented by OPSEU/SEFPO have taken to the picket lines in their fight for urgent and necessary investments into the province’s social safety net. Workers in our communities providing care and support to our loved ones are...]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/worth-fighting-for-report-open-the-books-fund-our-services</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2829c35b452722a3b5e740</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_33fcb00d97874dd7b22eb7af61a28466~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_546,h_702,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over $1 billion goes to private companies administering Ontario government programs: OPSEU report]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Jon Woodward Published: June 02, 2026 at 5:49PM EDT A new report authored by a public sector union whose members are striking for a second week is calling attention to how much more public money is going to private companies that administer government services. The report, by the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union (OPSEU), says it’s calculated that last year, just the top three private administrators earned over $1 billion in payments for their work on programs from Employment Ontario...]]></description><link>https://www.local511.ca/post/over-1-billion-goes-to-private-companies-administering-ontario-government-programs-opseu-report</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a28285657d70dac97971e5b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:51:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f124ba_4ef14ff328c544669512bf223410b963~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_927,h_527,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Local 511</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>