The Society of United Professionals is committed to sharing its expert knowledge and insight into current events related to energy, labour and the communities in which its members live and work.
2018
March 8: The Society of Energy Professionals is now the Society of United Professionals
2017
November 29: Energy professionals denounce call for hydro privatization
October 26: LTEP’s re-commitment to Pickering 2024 good news for Ontario
August 8: End secret power deals, say energy professionals
2016
November 30: Legal Aid articling students vote to unionize with Society of United Professionals
October 3: Legal Aid Ontario Thwarts Democracy by Refusing to Open Ballot Box at OLRB
August 24: Major breakthrough in Legal Aid lawyers’ campaign for collective bargaining rights
August 3: Legal Aid Lawyers Demand Union Rights Outside Posh Liberal Fundraiser
July 29: Legal Aid lawyers: Ontario must end unconstitutional union prohibition
July 28: Labour Minister’s office faces picket over Legal Aid lawyers’ rights in wake of new report
July 20: Premier Wynne’s office to face picket over Legal Aid lawyers’ rights
April 21: Toronto Hydro workers voted 98% for strike, will stage information picket
March 11: From Coal to Solar: Energy Professionals applaud OPG’s low carbon transition at Nanticoke
February 2: Society of United Professionals statement on retirement of Bruce Power CEO Duncan Hawthorne
2015
June 4: Legal Aid Ontario Failing to Respect Lawyers’ Charter Rights
April 14: Energy Professionals welcome Premier’s cap and trade plan
January 22: 74% support for keeping hydro public in Sudbury as new ad campaign launches
January 16: Legal Aid Ontario lawyers welcome Supreme Court of Canada decision on RCMP collective bargaining
2014
November 14: Society of United Professionals respond to Clark report
March 19: Society of United Professionals increase ownership in Bruce Power
March 7: Energy professionals welcome new leadership at OPG, Hydro One
January 31: Energy Professionals Welcome Bruce Power Partnership Restructuring
2013
December 2: Long-Term Energy Plan is low-voltage, say energy professionals
November 27: Legal Aid Ontario Lawyers Joined by OFL Convention Delegates to Demand an End to Discrimination at LAO
November 15: Energy professionals laud Wynne government’s Thunder Bay biomass conversion
October 28: Society of United Professionals congratulates Energy Minister Chiarelli for protecting Ontario jobs
October 18: Lawyers Hold Rally as Frustration with Legal Aid Ontario Grows
October 17: Frustrated Legal Aid Lawyers Protest Discrimination At Board Meeting
October 16: Union leaders host forum to put income inequality on the agenda
October 10: Have we learned nothing from the gas plant fiasco?
October 8: The Society of United Professionals Respond to Auditor General’s Gas Plant Report
September 24: Seeking Justice: Legal Aid Lawyers Launch Campaign for Workplace Equality
September 23: Media Advisory – Legal Aid lawyers calling for equal access to collective bargaining rights
January 10: Decision to close Lambton and Nanticoke will cost taxpayers dearly
2012
November 2: Reaction to Government halting conversion of Thunder Bay coal plant
September 24: Cost of relocating Oakville power plant will be much more than $40 million
July 11: Energy Professionals: True Cost Plant of Gas Plant Flip-Flops Well Over $180 Million
March 28: Energy Professionals Response to Duncan Budget
February 15: Energy Professionals response to Drummond Recommendations
2009
December 16: Energy professionals: McGuinty government shooting itself in the foot