Category: Bargaining
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CAAT Support final demand set for 2011 bargaining
Approximately 100 delegates, alternates and observers representing 24 colleges in the OPSEU Colleges Support Division gathered February 12-13 in Toronto to prepare the final set of demands for bargaining. Their contract expires on August 31 this year, just weeks before the next provincial election. OPSEU President Smokey Thomas and Vice-President-Treasurer, Patty Rout, addressed the delegates…
Andy Pedersen
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Liquor Board Employees Division Bargaining 2009: Photos and Updates across province
LBED members turning out in record numbers to bargaining updates all across the province Local 5109 LCBO head office and warehouse Local 602 Sault Ste. Marie Local 682 North Bay Local 683 Timmins Local 284 Hanover Local 5111 Scarborough Local 163, 164 London Local 288 Milton Local 376 Woodbridge Local 376 Orillia Local 5107, 288…
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News: Community Living Quinte West workers call for better funding of services
News: Workers at Community Living Meaford receive strike mandate A large majority of workers at Community Living Meaford (CLM) have voted in favour of a strike should that action become necessary. A strike vote was taken after talks stalled at conciliation on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The employer refused to consider a new contract based…
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Solidarity with Bruce Peninsular Community Living staff
OPSEU activists and local musicians the Dyers Bay Swamp Stompers joined developmental service workers at Bruce Peninsula Association for Community Living for a lively information picket Friday Oct. 22 in Wiarton. The members, who recently voted 80 per cent to strike if necessary, were joined by Regional VP Mike Grimaldi, ABM Eddie Almeida, and a host…
Andy Pedersen
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Information Picket Photos at the AGO, May 19, 2010
OPSEU Local 535 represents more than 260 full- and part-time workers at the Art Gallery of Ontario AGO workers receive a boost from over 250 supporters at rally May 20, 2010 President Smokey Thomas and 1st Vice-President/Treasurer Patty Rout, gave OPSEU’s full support to Local 535 at a festive rally outside the AGO on May…
Andy Pedersen
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Ontario Public Service: OPSEU and MCSCS enter agreement on Systemic Change
OPSEU Corrections Division MERC seeking applicants for Diversity Sub-Committee August 15, 2011 OPSEU has negotiated a Memorandum of Agreement with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Correctional Services Division, for the establishment of a MERC Diversity Sub-Committee (MDSC), which will be a sub-committee of the Corrections MERC. The purpose is to focus on…
Andy Pedersen
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OPSEU supports government action to stem drug costs
TORONTO, April 12, 2010: The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is pleased to see the government take action to curb the fastest growing cost centre for health care – drugs. Canadians now spend more on drugs than they do physicians, and drugs are rapidly catching up to hospitals as the number one health care expense.…
Andy Pedersen
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Ontario’s Place: Re-thinking Ontario Place
What might the outcome be when you gather together 40 progressive design architects, urban planners, environmental graphic artists and public service advocates and ask them to think about a future for Ontario Place? You get an explosion of vision and imagination that, collectively, smothers the provincial government's current plan to redevelop Toronto's 155-acre waterfront jewel…
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OPSEU alerts criminal lawyers to contracting-out of court transcripts
Justice Demands Accuracy The quality of the record will be degraded as a result of the government’s plan, says OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas.
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Municipalities: General Information
OPSEU currently represents members in 21 different municipal groups across the province. Local 324 members reject final offer February 25, 2009 – District of Parry Sound Social Services Admin Board Social service workers in the District of Parry Sound have firmly rejected the employer’s final offer more… Local 324 workers urged to reject employer’s final…
Andy Pedersen
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History of OPSEU: 1980s – 1990s
1980s 1980 President Sean O’Flynn is sentenced to 35 days in jail for his role in the illegal corrections strike. He serves the mandatory two-thirds of the sentence in the Metro West Detention Centre. College support staff press Convention to establish a strike fund and a reasonable strike policy. Convention establishes the Provincial Women’s Committee…
Andy Pedersen
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CAAT Support Community Colleges JCC Index
CAAT Support Joint Classification Committee The job of the Joint Classification Committee (JCC) is to make sure college support staff get the right pay for the work they do. The JCC deals with province-wide job classification issues. Committee members: review and summarize classification awards; review the performance of arbitrators and study controversial decisions; clarify the…
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OPS Bargaining: 2012 Issue Sheets
PowerPoint Presentations OPS members at Convention heard detailed presentations on bargaining, the 2012 Ontario Budget and the OPS campaign The OPS 2012 Contract Download this presentation .pdf 2012 Ontario Budget Download this presentation .pdf OPS Campaign Review Download this presentation .pdf
Andy Pedersen
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March of Dimes: Contact Us
Staff Representative: Bebe De Freitas 905-536-8774 Negotiator: Mike Culkeen 416-443-8888 or toll free 1-800-268-7376 Bargaining team member: Jolene Schotsmann 905-802-4961 Bargaining team member: Carolyn LaFee 905-407-3884
Andy Pedersen
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CAAT S Bargaining 2011: June 18 bargaining Picket Training
Members get ready for strike, just in case!! On June 18, 80 members gathered to update their picket training and strike finance training. The first item on the agenda was an update from their bargaining team Chair, Rod Bemister. Rod explained the reasons behind the decision to call for a strike mandate and these members…
Andy Pedersen
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Bargaining Bulletin May 29 – Collective Bargaining Strike Prep Photos
Members of the Liquor Board Employees Division spent the week opening their Strike Headquarters, signing up for strike pay, and prepping picket signs as we head towards the June 24 strike deadline. Photos updated June 23
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Bargaining 2009 Strike Q & A
When would we go on strike? Before we go on strike, all the following events must take place: (These steps may not necessarily be in order.) Our collective agreement must expire (Mar. 31, 2009). Bargaining Team must file notice to bargain (Jan. 8, 2009). Bargaining Team must meet with a Conciliator at least once (Began…
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Solidarity strong at Community Living Prince Edward information picket
More than 30 members came out for a morning information picket at Community Living Prince Edward on Friday, October 12. Many community members honked their support as they drove past, however management avoided talking to members by arriving early. "We believe management is preparing to lock out their staff," said OPSEU Local 448 Bargaining Team…
Andy Pedersen
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Huron House Local 145 press contract demands through info pickets
Frustrated and angered by management stalling tactics at the bargaining table, members of Local 145 representing workers at the Huron House Boys Home staged a pair of information pickets Wednesday outside their agency in Bright’s Grove, near Sarnia. The 23-member unit organized in 2008 but they’ve been stymied ever since by management’s indifference in negotiating…
Andy Pedersen
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Anti-Discrimination & Systemic Change Steering Committee
Expression of interest Direct operated OPS youth facilities only February 3, 2014 OPSEU is accepting applications for the ADSC Steering Committee from Direct Operated OPS Youth Facilities ONLY from any OPSEU classification to fill a vacant union position on the Anti-Discrimination Systemic Change (ADSC) Steering Committee. The candidate should possess a keen interest and demonstrated…