We launched SEIU Power Surge this year – our first-ever political action committee.

SEIU PAC leaders and members across Ontario took charge and engaged with their communities about the threats of Doug Ford’s privatization plans for Ontario. Through training, members were empowered to canvas their communities, engage the public at local events, share their stories, and deliver crucial education about the current challenges of our healthcare system.

Thanks to everyone involved, we’ve collected almost 4,500 signatures for our Keep Healthcare Accessible campaign. Through this campaign, we continue educating the public on the need to keep our healthcare system public and fight against Doug Ford’s dangerous privatization plans.

To continue our political activism from the Leadership Academy sessions, we invited all participants to join us for two full days of political action and education.

As part of the assembly, we heard report-backs from our members across the province, planned summer actions, and hit the streets once again for door-to-door canvassing about the importance of saving our public healthcare system.

We were also visited by four candidates in the Toronto mayoral race, including the eventual Mayor of Toronto, Olivia Chow, who talked about their platforms and took questions from our members.

In October, we took our stories and struggles to Queen’s Park to educate MPPs and demand action for Ontario healthcare workers.

As a union, we lobby because we want elected officials to understand and actively support our policy goals that help workers. We can influence elected officials, help them understand how policy decisions affect us, and influence them to do what we want.