Category: Bargaining
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March 5, 2014: Criminal charges against correctional officers “gravely troubling”: OPSEU
March 5, 2014 TORONTO The union representing Ontario"s front-line correctional officers says that criminal charges laid against officers at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) are "gravely troubling" considering the recent history of violence in this maximum-security facility. The charges are in relation to the murder of 29-year-old Adam Harvey Kargus, an inmate at the facility,…
Andy Pedersen
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Future of Ontario Place: Public meeting attracts capacity audience
(TORONTO) A public meeting Monday evening at the University of Toronto attracted a capacity audience of more than 125 people and imaginative new ideas on the future of Ontario Place. “Ontario Place has been left behind but we can’t go back and re-create it,” said Rita Davies, an urban planner and former head of Culture…
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Court Reporter Update
The most recent GSB Decision pertains to “a dispute between the parties concerning the Employer’s request for production of the transcript invoices and tax returns of the Court Reporters that the Union intends to call to give reply evidence”. The Vice-Chair concluded that, “the Employer is not entitled to the witnesses’ tax returns,” but, “the…
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Meet the Children’s Aid Societies Sector Executive Committee
Sector Executive Name Position Employer Jane Kaija CHAIR Local 668 – CAS of Sudbury & Manitoulin Nicole Dennison-McLeod VICE-CHAIR Local 459 – Family and Children’s Services of Renfrew County Michele Halle SECRETARY/ TREASURER Local 116 – CAS of London Kathie Cossette MEMBER AT LARGE Local 168 – CAS of Sarnia-Lambton …
Andy Pedersen
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Developmental Services Divisional Executive Committee
We'd love to hear from you. opseu.sector2@gmail.com
Andy Pedersen
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Bargaining – 2013-2015 Mobilizers
RELATED: Developmental Services Bargaining 2014 Index
Andy Pedersen
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OPS Bargaining 2012: Questions and Answers
November 28, 2012 Q&A Q. What has the government proposed for the next collective agreement? The government's opening proposal is filled with takeaways, including: No wage increase for two years, no progression on the wage grid for two years, new hires to get a lower starting wage. No accrual of termination pay beyond Dec. 31,…
Andy Pedersen
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Kicking into high gear
The members from Community Living Thunder Bay (CLTB), Local 740 and Avenue II Community Program Services, Local 738 headed to the Thunder Bay Labour Centre today to get their picket signs ready. Developmental Services workers want a contract that values the work that they do, improvements for part-time workers, and a decent wage for everyone.…
Andy Pedersen
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Bargaining begins for CBS support workers
Support workers at Ontario"s Canadian Blood Services start bargaining on Tuesday, February 18. Three days have been set, February 18, 19 and 20, and the bargaining team hopes to schedule more dates in the near future. The bargaining team includes Katherine Zan-Payne Local 160 Leigh Ann Siebert Local 210 Gus Kourlas Local 200 Wendy-Lee Lapointe…
Andy Pedersen
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Bargaining 2009 Photo Gallery Sticker Day
LCBO workers lead fight for good jobs Thousands of OPSEU members at the LCBO showed their support for their bargaining team – and their communities – by wearing "Our community needs good jobs" stickers to work April 8. Click here to see many more photos
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Bargaining Bulletin: June 1-2 strike training a big success
Photos from events About 150 OPSEU members in the Liquor Board Employees Division were in Toronto for OPSEU strike training June 1-2. Members learned about strike duties, took part in picket drills, and picked up pointers on talking to the media. One group of trainees focused solely on strike finances, including how to administer strike…
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OPSEU Local 152 CMHA Oxford picket successful
WOODSTOCK – OPSEU Local 152 and its 41 members are asking after Oxford’s Canadian Mental Health Association set up information pickets prior to the start of the CMHA Annual General Membership meeting June 11 in Woodstock. The Oxford workers earn 25 per cent less than staff performing similar work and with similar qualifications at other…
Andy Pedersen
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Good Jobs campaign gains traction
Our communities need good jobs, and more and more people know it! OPSEU members were out in force June 13 for a major rally sponsored by Good Jobs for All, a community/labour coalition in Toronto and York region.
Andy Pedersen
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Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre Dispute: Corrections Locals rally September 11 in support of Hamilton
Approx. 100 members of L369 at Central North Correctional Centre participate in a noon hour information picket. The event was well attended by the media as President Chris Jackal expressed support for the sisters and brothers at HWDC.
Andy Pedersen
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Former forest rangers plan jamboree Aug. 24 in Huntsville; call on Queen’s Park to restore program
Stunned by the Liberal government’s decision last autumn to abruptly eliminate the 70-year old Ontario Forest Ranger program, former rangers are planning a jamboree in Huntsville on Aug. 24 in a first step to have the popular environmental program restored.
Andy Pedersen
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Demonstration March 20, 2010 at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
WHITBY – Staff at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (formerly Whitby Mental Health) will hold a march and rally to protest recent cuts to the hospital. Recently Ontario Shores has: Closed one of its two off-site locations for Beacon House, a residential treatment program serving individuals with complex personality problems. Closed Challenging Directions…
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OPSEU reaches landmark settlement for Ontario court reporter
Ministry of the Attorney General Court Reporters OPSEU has reached a landmark settlement with the Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) with respect to the implementation of all outstanding grievance awards affecting court reporters in the province. OPSEU has been fighting this battle since August 2003 when the first policy grievance was filed. In July…
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Meet the 2017-2019 OPSEU Community Services Divisional Council
Jane Kaija, CSDC Chair, Sector 4 Children’s Aid Societies Division, Local 668, CAS of the Districts of Sudbury & Manitoulin Erin Smith-Rice, CSDC Vice Chair, Sector 2 Developmental Services, Local 740, Community Living Thunder Bay Deborah Gordon, CSDC Secretary, Sector 15 Child Treatment Centres Division, Local 145, St. Clair Child and Youth Services Stephen Woods,…
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Community Health Care Professionals: Who we are
The Community Health Care Professionals Division (CHCPD) was created by a merger of community-based units of the Association of Allied Health Professionals: Ontario and community-based Locals and Units from various sectors in the broader public service. As a brand new Division, the CHCPD is still in the process of identifying all of its member Locals…
Andy Pedersen