Legal Aid Ontario Lawyers Union - Society of United Professionals

12/01/2023

"A ban on replacement workers is necessary and long overdue."

Open letter concerning Bill C-58 signed by over 70 labour experts.

A ban on replacement workers is necessary and long overdue. We urge Members of Parliament to resist efforts to weaken the bill and to instead work cooperatively to strengthen the legislation and ensure its swift adoption.

02/09/2023

We're fed up with the rich getting richer, while workers struggle to get by. That’s why we're saying Enough is Enough and taking action. Join us: https://wesayenough.ca

We’re fed up with the rich getting richer, while workers struggle to get by. It’s time to say Enough is Enough. Join our campaign.

04/23/2022

Yesterday, we joined the Ontario Crown Attorneys' Association, OPSEU, and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations to sound the alarm on the dangers of closing the Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke Courthouses. Thanks to the CBC for such a great summary of our concerns:

Advocates for legal professionals, labour unions and race relations are decrying a move by the Ontario government to amalgamate Toronto-area courthouses into one centralized downtown location.

10/15/2021

October 27th is Duty Counsel Day!
Do you know what Duty Counsel even are and what they do? Learn more and join Canadian Legal Aid organizations and others in recognizing the work of Duty Counsel at: www.knowdutycounsel.ca

If there’s a day for your rights, you should know about it. Oct 27th is Duty Counsel Day.

10/15/2021

3 years ago we signed our first Collective Agreement! It still needed to be ratified but we achieved it in December of that year. We'll be back in bargaining next year but we'll have that first agreement to build on instead of starting from scratch. We've come a long way!!! Great work by Dana Fisher, Renee Jasmine, Alika Hendricks Jean-Jacques, Kendall Yaamagishi, Katie Edmunds, Lynn McDougall (staff) and Blaine Donais (staff).

Some of the LAO Interim Local Committee right after signing the tentative collective agreement! Check your inboxes for more details (including the entire tentative collective agreement) soon. We'll be following up with more information about how you can vote to ratify the collective agreement.

If you're a Society-represented lawyer, and you're not receiving our e-mails, please let us know at [email protected]

10/04/2021

On Sun. Nov. 7th from 9am - 4:30pm the Society of United Professionals' is hosting EMPOWERMENT2.0! United in Equity...Virtually

EMPOWERMENT2.0! United in Equity...Virtually is a full-day virtual conference open to all Society members interested in learning more about equity, how to be an ally and how to get involved with one or more of the Society's equity committees.

All Society members should have just received an email invitation. If you didn't, please reach out.

Registration closes at end-of-day on November 1.

06/11/2021

When the Toronto Sun and the Toronto Star are saying the same thing, it must be right!
FordNation losing local courthouses is a bad idea. Keep our city and courts safe and accessible.

Expected to open in 2022, new downtown halls of justice would replace courthouses in North York, Etobicoke, Scarborough

06/11/2021

Closing local courthouses and making justice harder to access it NOT a good idea! It will also be more dangerous and not save money! Tell Doug Ford it's not too late to change course. Send a letter, sign our petition, spread the word. FordNation

A new downtown Toronto mega-courthouse is set to consolidate six Ontario Courts of Justice into one location behind City Hall — leaving North York, Et...

06/11/2021

Don't forget to !
Sign our petition: https://www.change.org/saveourcommunitycourts
Send a letter to the Premier, AG and your MPP: http://bit.ly/3yL6icA

Our community needs our courthouse! Here’s something you can do about it Tell them to abandon this dangerous plan to close community courthouses before a large group of people are made to suffer. Click here to easily write to the Attorney General and your MPP! Click on the link above and your emai...

06/03/2021

Sign our petition too to stop the closure of community courts and local access to justice in Toronto:
https://www.change.org/saveourcommunitycourts