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This is the third lawsuit filed by OPSEU against former senior union members in the span of six months, the result of a forensic audit undertaken by the union’s new leadership last year
The former first vice-president and treasurer of an Ontario public sector union is countersuing the organization, arguing he didn t breach any fiduciary duty and used due diligence.
Eduardo Almeida, the former long-time OPSEU treasurer named in a $6-million lawsuit launched by the public sector union over allegations of financial misconduct, says he had “no professional managerial or financial education, training or experience” and relied on the “expertise, guidance and direction” of the union’s president and staff.