Category: Bargaining
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Correctional Bargaining Unit – Bargaining Mobilizers
The 2024 Corrections Bargaining Team is looking for motivated OPSEU/SEFPO Correctional Bargaining Unit Stewards to fill five (5) Mobilizer positions for the Correctional Bargaining Team. The role of the mobilizers includes: To establish a contact in each Correctional Bargaining Unit local and worksite; To facilitate two-way communication between the membership and the bargaining team; To…
Andy Pedersen
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Provincial Day of Action (September 25th) – List of Events
Don’t see your college listed? Contact your Local to find out if an event is happening on your campus (e.g. drop-in sessions, lunch & learn, GMM). Fanshawe College, Local 110 10:00 a.m. – Q&A with free refreshments Local 110 Office, Room D2018 at the London Campus (1001 Fanshawe College Blvd) Lambton College, Local 125 9:00…
Andy Pedersen
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Protect lifesaving services at CMHA Thames Valley!
Our communities cannot afford more cuts to vital mental health and addictions services. Conditions at the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Thames Valley are at a crisis point, while the most vulnerable individuals continue to be at risk of falling through the cracks. With nearly 100 positions already eliminated, growing waitlists, an overwhelmed intake process,…
Andy Pedersen
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College Faculty concerns with the pace and content of bargaining
We are here today to inform you of our concerns with what has transpired in bargaining thus far. The CEC/Colleges requested that the Union provide them with costing of our proposals. Although we have provided you with rough estimates, it is not our responsibility to do costing of proposals; our responsibility is to negotiate our…
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Sector 1 – Ambulance Paramedic Coordinated Bargaining Meeting and ACOs Bargaining Conference 2024
Sector 1 – Ambulance Paramedic Coordinated Bargaining Meeting and Ambulance Communication Officers (ACOs) Bargaining Conference 2024 has been scheduled. Dates: Monday, October 7, 2024, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tuesday, October 8, 2024 , 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Location: Head Office, 100 Lesmill Road, Toronto Paramedic Coordinated Bargaining Meeting For the Paramedic Coordinated Bargaining…
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LockTalk #1: Back to the Table
After a few short months, Lock Talk, the voice of the Correctional Bargaining Team, is back. As we enter a fresh round of negotiations, remember that Lock Talk is your only source for accurate and up-to-date information. Although we just settled our Collective Agreement, and editing remains ongoing, the agreement expires on December 31, 2024.…
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Sector 18 Mental Health & Addictions Bargaining Conference
The leadership of the OPSEU/SEFPO Mental Health and Addictions Division would like to invite you to participate in our Bargaining conference Date(s): Wednesday October 2, 2024, 9 am – 5 pm Thursday, October 3, 2024, 9 am – 5 pm Hotel: Chelsea Hotel Toronto 33 Gerrard St W, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z4 Single rate: $259.00…
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Conciliation & Strike Mandate Vote: Holding the CEC to Account
Bargaining Bulletin 8 Highlights: The employer continues to show a lack of serious engagement with Faculty proposals, instead choosing the path of delays. Our collective agreement expires in less than two weeks. The CEC has tabled concessions in their proposals that will negatively impact Faculty working conditions. In the spirit of our commitment to negotiating…
Andy Pedersen
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College Faculty conciliation and strike mandate vote FAQs
Printable PDF What is “conciliation”? “Conciliation” occurs when one or both bargaining parties believe that a third party can move negotiations forward. At any point during negotiations, Ontario’s Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (CCBA) allows OPSEU/SEFPO or the College Employer Council (CEC) to request neutral third-party assistance to help resolve their differences. A request for conciliation…
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Part-Time Support Staff Bargaining Update: We deserve more in 2024
Bargaining Bulletin #6: On September 11, 2024, your College Support Staff Part-Time Bargaining Team was back at the table with the Employer. Five months after presenting our original monetary proposal, we finally received a written response from the employer’s team. While we are happy to see movement at the table – an indication of the…
Andy Pedersen
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Table Talk – OPS Unified understanding Area Coordinating Groups
Area Coordinating Group (ACGs) ACGs are a key part of the bargaining process. They are a direct line of communication between OPS Unified members and the Bargaining Team. As we continue to build our bargaining power, our unity is our strength. All OPS Unified members are encouraged to join. In November 2022, the OPS Unified…
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All Faculty Proposals Are On the Table: Bargaining Update
Bargaining Bulletin 7 Highlights: All Faculty proposals have now been tabled: monetary and non-monetary. You can review them here. Our next dates at the bargaining table are September 16-20 and 23-29. Join your colleagues across Ontario for a virtual Bargaining Town Hall on Thursday, September 12 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Zoom. Register for the Zoom link here!…
Andy Pedersen
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LifeLabs workers in GTA and Kitchener poised to strike if deal not reached by Saturday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO – Thousands of Ontarians across the province rely on LifeLabs facilities for timely and dependable health care results – brokered through the labour of dependable workers. Now, those very workers across the Greater Toronto Area and Kitchener may walk off the job as soon as Saturday over the lack of dependable…
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College Faculty (CAAT-A) Bargaining Hub
Legend for proposal numbers: U# = union proposal M# = management proposal We have requested copies of the CEC proposals in French 2024-2025 Bargaining Proposals and Responses Date From Faculty From CEC Jan 7, 2025 Memorandum of Agreement – EN | FR Nov 5, 2024 Consolidated CEC Bargaining Proposals – EN Oct 28, 2024 U21 – Comprehensive…
Andy Pedersen
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We’re Heating up: Provincial Day of Action on September 9 & Bargaining Town Hall on September 12
Join your colleagues across Ontario for a virtual Bargaining Town Hall on Thursday, September 12th from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Zoom. The fall semester is upon us and bargaining is heating up! With the Workload Task Force report finally public, affirming our bargaining proposals and long-standing workload concerns, there is plenty to discuss – and we want to…
Andy Pedersen
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A Modern Contract for the Modern College: The Workload Task Force Report Is Here
Bargaining Bulletin 6 Highlights: The Workload Taskforce Report is now available. The report concludes that workload has increased for all members, in ways not reflected in our current contract language and compensation: All modes of instructional delivery represent an increase in workload; There has been an average increase of time on normal administrative tasks, AODA…
Andy Pedersen
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Labour Day 2024: The fight starts with believing in each other and our capacity to make change, together
On Labour Day, we pay tribute to the commitment, dedication, and sacrifice of workers who draw a line in the sand. When it comes to the fight against poverty wages, precarity, and unfairness, nothing is given freely: it is through a collective exercise of power that we improve our living and working conditions and society…
Andy Pedersen