Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Ontario Public Service
Employees Union
Founded1975
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Location
  • Canada
Members
~180,000
Key people
JP Hornick, president. Laurie Nancekivell, First-VP/Treasurer
AffiliationsCLC, NUPGE
Websiteopseu.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU; French: Syndicat des employés de la fonction publique de l'Ontario [SEFPO]) is a trade union representing public sector employees in the province of Ontario, Canada. It claims a membership of approximately 180,000 members.[1] OPSEU was established in 1975 as the successor union to the former Civil Service Association of Ontario, which was founded in 1911.[2] In 1979, OPSEU affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress, the National Union of Public and General Employees, and the Ontario Federation of Labour. OPSEU is affiliated to several labour councils across Ontario.

An OPSEU union hall in the Church and Wellesley neighbourhood of Toronto.

The current President is JP Hornick, who was elected to the position in April 2022.[3] The labour expertise of President Hornick is recognized by their long-term role as a coordinator of the School of Labour at George Brown College.[4] Hornick won election by beating out three other candidates for the position at the 2022 OPSEU/SEFPO Convention.[5] Laurie Nancekivell is the union's First Vice-President/Treasurer and was also first elected at the 2022 Convention.[3]

  1. ^ "About Us". opseu.org. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  2. ^ "The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)". December 2016.
  3. ^ a b Union (OPSEU/SEFPO), Ontario Public Service Employees. "OPSEU/SEFPO welcomes new leadership: JP Hornick and Laurie Nancekivell". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  4. ^ "Staff Profiles". George Brown College. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  5. ^ "OPSEU Convention President Ballot #1". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-04-11.