By Pepper Parr
January 17th, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
Try this one on for size.
Statements of Claim (they were being sued) were served on three former senior executives of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) executive board for accessing money from the union Strike Fund
OPSEU picket in front of government office.
One amount of $500,000 was taken as damages “for injuries to his feelings, dignity and self-respect” and the transfer of an OPSEU/SEFPO vehicle; outlined in the statement of claim.
This hasn’t got to court yet and the three defendants have yet to file a defence.
The allegations against longtime president Warren (Smokey) Thomas former first vice-president/treasurer Eduardo Almeida and Maurice Gabay, former administrator of the union’s financial services division, are detailed in a statement of claim filed in Ontario’s Superior Court on Monday morning and follow a forensic audit ordered by the union.
The claims were for “$1.75 million from Thomas, $3 million from Almeida and $1 million from Gabay, as well as damages of $6 million for “breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, conspiracy, conversion and/or unjust enrichment”
