Category: Bargaining
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RPN Division stands in solidarity with ONA’s ‘Code Black and Blue’ Campaign
OPSEU/SEFPO’s RPN Occupational Division stands in solidarity with ONA’s Code Black and Blue campaign, which sheds light on the alarming rise in workplace violence and assaults against nurses. Every day, nurses across all sectors—including Long-Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals, Community Nursing, and Correctional Institutions—face threats to our safety while providing essential care. Our communities…
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To the Point – Sector 19 Newsletter
A newsletter for OPSEU/SEFPO members working in Sector 19: Blood Services and Diagnostics. It has been a busy year! Your Sector 19 Division Executive has taken the lead in many events and showed up to support our union siblings within our own Sector, as well as other Sectors and Regions. From the anti-paid plasma campaign…
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Recap: Invest in Healthcare, not corporate leases Info picket with Ontario Health atHome
On Wednesday November 12th, hundreds of employees at Ontario Health atHome showed up despite the cold and held info pickets about the shortsighted return to work policy that is being imposed by management. The recent decision to reverse hybrid and remote work policies that have resulted in high-quality patient care and employee satisfaction will mean…
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CERC Update: Bill 124 – Wage Reopener Remedy
New Process for Accessing the Base Compensation Adjustment Report (BCAR) The Employer has announced a new process that allows eligible former OPS employees and current OPS employees without WIN or an OPS email to request a copy of their Base Compensation Adjustments Report (BCAR) as part of the Bill 124 wage-reopener remedy. This update outlines…
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Five Years, Two Reviews, and Still No Accountability at York Region CAS
Local 304 – How we are fighting for accountability at our workplace Five years ago, York Region Children’s Aid Society (YRCAS) went through an operational review that was supposed to be a turning point — a moment to finally face the deep cultural and systemic issues that staff had been courageously naming for years. That…
Andy Pedersen
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Table Talk #21
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BloodLines Bargaining Bulletin: Important Update – Interest Arbitration
As noted in our last communication following our last interest arbitration date on September 24, 2025, arbitrator Lawrence had scheduled an additional hearing date for December 09, 2025. Following this communication, your bargaining team heard the frustrations from the membership, as we encountered yet another delay in our renewal agreement, and the much-deserved retro pay…
Andy Pedersen
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Invest in Healthcare, not corporate landlords: Info picket with Ontario Health atHome workers
Locations: Hamilton – 211 Pritchard Road, Unit 1, Hamilton Burlington – 440 Elizabeth Street, Burlington St. Catharines – 149 Hartzel Road, St. Catherines Brantford – 195 Henry Street, Unit 4, Building 4, Brantford Barrie – 15 Sperling Dr, Barrie Sudbury – 40 Elm St, Sudbury Sault Ste. Marie – 390 Bay Street, Sault Ste. Marie…
Andy Pedersen
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LockTalk #19: Conciliation Officer Appointed
Printable / bulletin board version Update from the bargaining table The Bargaining Team met with the Employer on November 4th and 5th and continued discussion on our key priorities, exchanging further proposals. The Bargaining Team remains focused on making improvements to wages, benefits and working conditions while pushing back on the employers’ concessions. As communicated…
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Results are in – we have ratified our new collective agreement!
It’s official – full-time college support staff have voted 89% to ratify a new, three-year contract. Our ratification vote was historic, with over 75% of the division participating – that’s 7,799 members. This contract was only made possible through five long, difficult weeks on strike. Before we hit the picket lines, we faced an employer…
Andy Pedersen
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OPSEU/SEFPO in the news: Return to office for Ontario civil servants ‘unnecessarily confusing,’ unions say
As members of the Ontario Public Service began the phased return to office earlier this month, OPSEU/SEFPO is making it clear that the Return to Office (RTO) mandate is a “direct show of disrespect” to workers. In a recent CBC Toronto article, Amanda Usher, Chair of the OPS Unified Central Employee Relations Committee and OPS…
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How to vote on your tentative collective agreement
Voting begins today at 12:00 p.m. on our tentative agreement, and will be open until Tuesday, November 4th at 3:00 p.m. Every full-time college support staff can vote on accepting the tentative agreement brought forward by the Bargaining Team. This moment marks a strategic milestone – not the end of our fight, but a powerful…
Andy Pedersen
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College Full-time Support Staff Bargaining Update #33: Breaking down our tentative agreement – what we won with our strike
Earlier this month, we reached a tentative agreement after a 5-week long strike made possible by organizing that has reshaped our division and relationships across the province. Together, we exercised our collective power: engaging 10,000 support staff across the province to shut down campuses, building relationships and solidarity with students, labour and community allies, and putting…
Andy Pedersen
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Take Action: Bill 124 Remedy
CERC Update: Bill 124 – Wage Reopener Remedy Immediate Action Required: Delayed Retroactive Pay for OPS Unified Members OPS Unified members are still waiting for the Bill 124 wage re-opener retroactive pay that was awarded in January 2024. Despite promises, many retired and inactive members have yet to receive what they are legally owed. This…
Andy Pedersen
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LockTalk #18: Next Steps
Click here to download the PDF. Update from the bargaining table Your Correctional Bargaining Team met with the Employer on October 22 and 23. While we were able to sign off on a few items, the Employer failed to provide meaningful responses on the issues that matter most. The Employer has continuously failed to demonstrate…
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CERC Stands Firm: We Do Not Support This Mandate
Over the past few weeks, many of you have shared frustration, anger, and concern about the employer’s Return-to-Office (RTO) directive and changes to Alternative Work Arrangements (AWAs). CERC wants to be clear: we do not support this mandate! It is disruptive, inequitable, and dismissive of the proven success of remote and hybrid work models that OPS…
Andy Pedersen
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HPD Central Bargaining: Employer Continues to Stall Interest Arbitration
Since May of this year, your HPD Central Bargaining Team has been through many stages of bargaining with the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), pushing for solutions to the issues impacting hospital professionals across the province. Despite the team’s dedication and perseverance – and with repeated attempts to negotiate a fair contract – we have been…
Andy Pedersen
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Community and social services workers demand for long-overdue justice from Ford Conservatives for Bill 124
More than 600 days since Bill 124 was repealed, tens of thousands of community and social services workers are still waiting for the wages that were stolen from them. With the return of the Ontario Legislature, workers are calling on Doug Ford’s Conservative government to finally deliver justice. Bill 124, passed in 2019, capped wage increases…
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College Part-Time Support Staff Bargaining Update #16: Part-time college support staff vote “YES” and deliver strike mandate
The results are in! This week, part-time support staff took a massive step forward in holding our first ever strike vote, and 64% of us have voted “YES”! Today, part-time college support staff have sent a strong message to our employer who has dragged out negotiations for almost two years: we need a fair deal…
Andy Pedersen
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College Part-Time Support Staff Bargaining Update #15: This is our chance to stand up. Let’s vote “YES”
As the pressure of our strike vote mounts, we’re writing with an exciting update. We’ve secured an earlier mediation date with the employer for November 20th. Make no mistake, this has been a result of the power we’ve built through our organizing. What we’ve seen from our employer is that they will only negotiate when they…
Andy Pedersen