OCEU/CUPE 1750 to Hold Press Conference at Ontario Legislature Marking Two Weeks on Historic WSIB Strike

TORONTO, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE) — The Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE 1750) will hold a media conference at the Ontario Legislature’s media studio tomorrow on June 5th, 2025, at 9 a.m. to mark two weeks on the picket line in the first full-scale strike in the 110-year history of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).

OCEU/CUPE 1750 President Harry Goslin will be joined by Fred Hahn, President CUPE Ontario and Kelly Allen, Case Manager, WSIB, to address the Ford government and WSIB management’s ongoing refusal to resolve dangerously high workloads, address the toxic workplace culture, and stop outsourcing critical Ontario jobs to U.S. companies. The strike is resulting in growing backlogs for injured workers and raising alarm about the future of public services in Ontario.

WHAT: Press conference marking two weeks of OCEU/CUPE 1750’s historic strike at WSIB

WHO: Harry Goslin, President, OCEU/CUPE 1750

Fred Hahn, President, CUPE Ontario

Kelly Allen, Case Manager, WSIB

WHEN: 9:00 a.m., June 5th, 2025

WHERE: Ontario Legislature Media Studio, Queen’s Park, Toronto

Media are invited to attend. Interviews with President Harry Goslin and frontline WSIB staff will be available on-site.

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Contact:

Bill Chalupiak, CUPE Communications Representative
wchalupiak@cupe.ca
416-707-1401