On February 17, ARM Chapter 12 hosted an online panel discussion dealing with the crisis in public health care, specifically the deteriorated conditions of long term care homes. Here is the link to the recording of the discussion.
On January 27, 2021, ARM Chapter 12 hosted an online seminar presented by OTIP updating the information on the ARM Benefits Plan. Here is a link to the recording of the presentation as well as relevant resources.
Feeling Better Now is an online mental health resource from OTIP available to all members.
The latest resources and supports for members from OTIP.
This report on our pension was submitted at the January 2021 meeting of the ARM Ch. 12 Executive.
The latest resources and supports for members from OTIP.
ARM Chapter 12 donates $500 to the Daily Bread Food Bank.
ARM Ch. 12 Executive Endorses Manna Wong for Toronto City Council
This report on our pension was submitted at the meeting of the ARM Ch. 12 Executive meeting on November 11, 2020.
The latest resources and supports for members from OTIP.
On November 18, 2020, ARM Chapter 12 hosted an online workshop presented by EFG on how our investments performed during the pandemic, and on estate planning. Here is a link to the recording of the presentation as well as relevant resources.
This report on OSSTF and ARM political action was submitted at the meeting of the ARM Ch. 12 Executive meeting on November 11, 2020.
A number of family members and their lawyers were among those cut from the hearings, as the Ford government has limited the hearings to one part-day meaning that there are only 15 spaces for people to be heard.
From one of our sponsors: OTIP’s Got Your Back
On October 21, 2020 ARM Chapter 12 hosted a presentation in which former mayor of Toronto, John Sewell spoke of the need for a Charter City.
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) is a federal crown corporation established in 1999 to invest the pension funds of federal public service workers…Since its acquisition in 2006, PSP has owned and operated the second-largest for-profit Long Term Care company in the country under the name ‘Revera’.
“I am writing to you regarding your government’s announcement of an independent commission into COVID-19 and long-term care on behalf of the members of the Hamilton, Burlington and Oakville Chapter of the Congress of Union Retirees of Canada [HBO CURC].”
Malcom Buchanan is a former President of OSSTF
The following is a media release from the Toronto and York Region Labour Council.
Toronto – Staff describe it as “heartbreaking”, “wrong” and “a far cry from what they deserve”. The Ontario Health Coalition released the results of a survey today of more than 150 long-term care staff about staffing and care levels in Ontario’s long-term care homes.
ARM Chapter 12 mourns the loss of James Joseph Loftus. Jim had been a very active member of ARM from its inception, and most recently served as Vice-President.
