Category: Bargaining
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Correctional Bargaining Unit Forms
Lateral Transfer Application forms Lateral Transfer Application Form – Solicitor General Institutional Staff ONLY (Word document) Lateral Transfer Application Form – Solicitor General OAG Probation and Parole ONLY (Word document) Lateral Transfer Application Form – SolGen Probation and Parole Officer and MCCSS-YJ Probation Officer ONLY (Word document) Lateral Transfer Application Form – MCCSS Youth Justice…
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Meet the OPS Unified bargaining mobilizers
Region 1 Mike Greene Mike Greene is a Child and Youth Worker at the Child and Parent Resource Institute in London, which is a tertiary level children’s treatment facility. The Child and Parent Resource Institute provides specialized assessment, treatment and targeted interventions for children and youth with complex special needs and mental health challenges. Mike…
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College Part-Time Support Staff Bargaining Update: Conciliation begins May 1st
Bargaining Bulletin #9: The bargaining table looks different for every sector, but one thing is true across the board for workers: our bosses never want to give us more than what they have to. Nothing is freely given, and nothing changes without a collective push – we have to take our own path, and we…
Andy Pedersen
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OPS workers – join your bargaining team for Table Talk Thursdays!
What are Table Talk Thursdays: Table Talk Thursdays are Zoom sessions where YOUR bargaining team shares updates and insights with members about ongoing negotiations and activities. Join us to stay informed and engaged with the latest news and developments. Where: It happens over ZOOM. When: This happens every third Thursday of the month from 7…
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Chartwell Wedgewood workers demand fair wages, better working conditions and better benefits!
OPSEU/SEFPO members at Chartwell Wedgewood are standing together to fight for fair wages, better working conditions and better benefits! Chartwell Retirement Homes is a multi-million-dollar company that reports millions in profits each year. Despite this, they are offering pay increases as little as 23 cents to the lowest paid workers, putting them just pennies above…
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Part-time & sessional faculty union certification update: Ballot boxes will open for vote count on April 11th and April 17th
A short and exciting update to follow on the status of union certification for our part-time (PT) and sessional (SL) faculty colleagues! After years of advocacy and legal proceedings since the union drive began in 2017, we have received formal notice of the vote count from the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB). In just a…
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We’re worth fighting for! Coordinated bargaining in the broader public service is here and momentum is building!
It’s time for workers in the Broader Public Service (BPS) to fight back! For decades, provincial governments have chronically underfunded community based social and health services and universities. In many cases this has been exacerbated by contracting the work out to private agencies. Because of this, the workers providing these critical services have had lower…
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Ontario 2025: Building the fight-back we need
Dear friends: Premier Doug Ford called this election saying he wanted a strong mandate from the people of Ontario. He didn’t get it. Of those who could vote in Ontario, only 45 per cent cast a ballot. All told, the number of people who voted PC was just over 19 per cent of those eligible.…
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OPSEU/SEFPO Local 214 reaches tentative agreement with Pathstone Mental Health
After a long final day of negotiation, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 214’s bargaining team for children’s mental health workers at Pathstone Mental Health has reached a tentative agreement with the employer, just before the lockout deadline that was set for 12:01 am, February 22. Details about the tentative agreement will be shared first with Local 214 members…
Andy Pedersen
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PHOLine Bargaining Bulletin: Taking our demands to arbitration
PHO refuses to address our need for fair compensation After seven bargaining dates, where we tabled our reasonable collective demands to the employer, a negotiated deal could not be reached, despite the hard work of your bargaining team. One of the major sticking points is that the employer is refusing to address our need for…
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Solidarity Days: Standing up for workers at Community Living South Muskoka!
OPSEU/SEFPO and CUPE members working at Community Living South Muskoka are in bargaining right now. Beyond just a fair contract, these workers are standing up to protect the services they provide in their communities because they know they’re worth fighting for. These workers support adults and youth in the community who have intellectual and physical…
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Dozens picket Pathstone Mental Health in Niagara region in support of children’s mental health workers
Dozens of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 241 children’s mental health workers facing a possible lockout as early as February 22 held an info picket earlier this week outside two Pathstone Mental Health locations to demand a fair contract for workers who provide mental health services for kids and families across Niagara region. Their message to Pathstone management…
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Table Talk #11 – Phase 1 Demand Set Survey Update
The phase one survey was distributed to OPS Unified members to provide the Bargaining Team insights into what OPS Unified members’ key concerns are. The data is currently being reviewed by a group of the ACG chairs and a member of the Bargaining Team. Here’s a brief summary of the participation rate and key statistics:…
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Seven Reasons to Vote Ford Out
Ontario Premier Doug Ford may be leading in the polls—at least for the moment—but that doesn’t mean he’s the best choice for Ontarians and their families. Here are seven reasons why he’s not: 1. Doug Ford refuses to adequately fund public services. Many Ontarians don’t know this, but it’s a fact: Compared to other provinces,…
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Info picket – Tell Pathstone Mental Health: Kids’ mental health is worth fighting for!
More than 100 children’s mental health workers across Niagara region could be locked out by their employer, Pathstone Mental Health, as early as February 22, 2025. Join our information pickets in St. Catharines and Welland on February 12! Pathstone workers from OPSEU/SEFPO local 214 will be holding an information picket at two Pathstone locations to…
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Stand up for Workers at Community Living South Muskoka!
Solidarity Days: Members from Community Living South Muskoka (OPSEU/SEFPO Local 305 AND CUPE Local 1813) are in conciliation next Wednesday and Thursday! Both bargaining units have strategically coordinated these days to show up and support one each other in bargaining TOGETHER. Join us in raising our OPSEU/SEFPO and CUPE flags in solidarity for a better…
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LockTalk #9 – Solidarity continues as election pauses bargaining
Click here for PDF version. As anticipated, the provincial government has called an election for February 27, 2025. As you may recall from the last two rounds of bargaining, this pauses the ability for the employer and the union to meet. As a result, the employer has reached out to your bargaining team to advise…
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OPSEU/SEFPO in the News: Providence Care workers hold workplace violence info picket in Kingston
More than 100 Providence Care Hospital workers in Kingston, Ontario, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO Local 4104, held an information picket on January 27th, demanding that their employer address the workplace violence they experience on the job every day due to short-staffing. Kingstonist.com reported on the info picket here: ‘Afraid to come to work’: Providence Care workers…
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Part-Time Support Staff Bargaining Update: A second-rate deal is a bait-and-switch, not a breakthrough
Bargaining Bulletin #8: On Thursday, January 23rd, the College Employer Council (CEC) filed for conciliation, a process either side can initiate through the Ministry of Labour to appoint a third-party conciliation officer to try and help the parties reach a settlement. Once a conciliator is appointed, the parties will book conciliation dates together – which…
Andy Pedersen