Category: Bargaining
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Backgrounder to crisis in children’s services
Children"s Aid Societies CASE Notes The Sector Executive thanks the regional mobilizers: Brenda Malott, Melody Lachance, Tom Howard, Johanne Wyss-Huskinson, and Jane Kaija for all of their hard work on this campaign! Thanks to all units who circulated our flyer and brought our message to your communities. On June 7 units across Ontario launched the…
Andy Pedersen
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OPS Bargaining 2012: OPS members engaged, ready to take action
More than 22,000 OPS members have met with their bargaining heads and OPSEU president Warren (Smokey) Thomas by phone and overwhelmingly voted to take action to back their bargaining teams. “Employers will only give up as much as they have to give up to avoid a strike,” said Thomas. “What I’m hearing is a very…
Andy Pedersen
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Jeanne Sauve Family Services Bargaining 2010
Photo Gallery Photos from April 6 CAS demonstration in Kapuskasing
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Bargaining 2014: Message from Sector Chair Patti Markland
2014 is a very important year for Developmental Services. More than 50 of OPSEU’s 68 bargaining units in this Sector expire in 2014. Each and every family deserves timely access to expert quality care. Please join us as we fight for renewed investment in the frontline staff who deliver these important services. Together we can…
Andy Pedersen
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VON workers vote to accept contract after concession withdrawn
PARRY SOUND – Parry Sound personal support workers for the Victorian Order of Nurses ratified their contract last night after employer demands for a travel time concession were taken off the table. The 40 members of OPSEU Local 320 voted unanimously to accept the four year deal after VON dropped a plan that would have…
Andy Pedersen
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Speaking notes for Vanda Klumper, Chair, 2009 LBED bargaining team
Strike vote announcement news conference, May 8, 2009 Good afternoon, and thanks for coming out today. My name is Vanda Klumper. I’m the chair of the Liquor Board Employees Division of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, and I’m also the chair of the union’s bargaining team In my real job I’m a customer service…
Andy Pedersen
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Members at Sudbury Child and Family Centre hold rally November 2, 2011 in advance of strike deadline
With a Nov. 21 strike deadline quickly approaching, children’s mental health workers in Sudbury and area represented by OPSEU Local 666 held a rally on November 17 to back their demands for job security, improved hours of work, better recognition rights and improved wages. Nickel Belt MPP, France Gelinas, attended the rally and spoke about…
Andy Pedersen
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An open letter to the Corrections Deputy Minister
Corrections MERC Chair Dan Sidsworth warns Deputy Minister Jay Hope that Correctional Officers’ health and safety is at risk due to lack of proper use of force procedures. Download PDF Mr. Jay Hope Deputy Minister Correctional Services 25 Grosvenor St George Drew Bldg. 11th Floor Toronto, Ontario M7A1Y6 February 13, 2012 I am writing to you…
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Corrections Division Remembers the Fallen
May 17, 2012 On Thursday May 10, 2012, OPSEU’s Corrections Division held first annual Correctional Peace Officers memorial on the steps of Queen’s Park to pay respect to those who lost their lives in the line of duty performing corrections work in institutions and the community. Over 100 Correctional Officers, Probation and Parole officers, Transport…
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Demonstration 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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Who we are/ What we do
The Hospital Support Division (HCSD) includes Locals and Units whose members are employed as Hospital Support workers in hospitals and other BPS facilities. Aims and Purposes to develop and promote demands for bargaining; to coordinate Union activities on a Sectoral Divisional basis; and to participate with other Union groups to promote and support the aims,…
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Meet the 2013-2015 OPSEU Hospital Support Executive Committee
NAME POSITION EMPLOYER Barb DeRoche barb88@sympatico.ca CHAIR Local 443- Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph of Hotel Dieu Jill McIllwraith mcillwraith@aol.com VICE CHAIR /JOB SECURITY Local 260- Grey Bruce Health Services Rebecca Thomson rltgraphics@gmail.com SECRETARY Local 275- South Bruce Grey Health Centre Lisa Hovinga lhovinga67@hotmail.com TREASURER Local 473- St. Francis Memorial Hospital Harjinder (Harry) Sangha…
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Community Agencies: who we are?
Community Agencies members Sundowners Day Care & Resource Centre Division Banyan Community Services Inc. Saint Monica House Sandgate Women"s Shelter of York Region Inc. Denise House Sedna Women"s Shelter and Support Services Inc. Groupe Action pour l'enfant, la famille et la communauté de Prescott-Russell Frontenac County Childcare Centre Catundra Day Care Centre Inc. Community Advocacy…
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Aims and Purposes of the Health Care Divisional Council
To promote the attainment of improved working conditions for, and the general advancement of, health care workers and their respective professions within a high quality health care delivery system; To ensure OPSEU and the Council are respected and recognized across the health care sector as THE voice for health care employees in Ontario; To coordinate…
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OPS Bargaining 2012: OPS Local Presidents’ Meeting – Jan. 12, 2013
As per OPS policy, the Central/Unified and Corrections Bargaining Teams have called an OPS Local Presidents’ meeting for January 12, 2013. Please note this meeting is for OPS Local Presidents or highest ranking OPS officer from each local. At this meeting you will be provided an update on the status of OPS bargaining at both…
Andy Pedersen
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Hospital Professionals Division: Successful HPD pre-bargaining conference
September 23, 2013 The Hospital Professionals Division (HPD – Sector 10) convened a successful Pre-Bargaining Conference on September 16th at the Sheraton Centre Hotel. Over one hundred Conference Delegates discussed current economic factors and trending issues affecting the Division. The HPD Executive presented a comprehensive overview of bargaining demand recommendations for Locals to consider in…
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Bargaining 2012: Wear a lanyard, corrections lapel pin or display a flag, show support for your bargaining teams
Download order form Wear a Corrections black and silver safety lapel pin Support the Corrections bargaining team by wearing a black and silver lapel pin with the word ‘safety’ on it. We have sufficient quantities for Corrections Bargaining Unit members only. Local Presidents are invited to order these pins for their Corrections Bargaining Unit members.…
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Tim Horton’s workers ratify contract at St. Clair College
Thirteen Tim Horton’s employees at St. Clair College in Windsor, represented by OPSEU, have unanimously ratified their new contract. The three-year deal will see wages increase by as much as 14.5 per cent for one category of workers over the length of the contract. Other classifications will see wage hikes of up 10.3 per cent…
Andy Pedersen
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Meet the 2010 MPAC Bargaining Team
Municipal Property Assessment Corporation 2013-2015 David Lynch Chair opseu409@yahoo.ca Local 409-Ottawa Office Peter McClenaghan Vice-Chair pmcclenaghan2020@yahoo.com Local 254 – Kitchener Office David Fong Member visor243@nt.net Local 648 – Timmins Office Everett Kelly Member evkelly@rogers.com Local 312 – Oshawa Office Steve Kovacs Member stevekovie@hotmail.com Local 589 – Scarborough Office
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