Category: Bargaining
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Will you vote YES to show the PDSB that we are demanding more? (This is not the strike vote)
PDSB management is not moving in negotiations. They are refusing to give education workers the respect we deserve. (This is only a survey – not a strike vote.) [wpforms id=”205415″ title=”false”]
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Solidarity achieves significant gains: NOSM University faculty, librarians and professional staff ratify new contract
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 8, 2023 THUNDER BAY AND SUDBURY – After months of bargaining, NOSM University faculty, librarians and professional staff have ratified a contract with significant improvements and no concessions. They are represented by the NOSM University Faculty and Staff Association (NUFSA) and are members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 677. “This deal is a…
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Joint Statement: NOSM University Board of Governors and OPSEU/SEFPO Local 677 (Unit 1) Ratify Three-Year Collective Agreement
NOSM University and the NOSM University Faculty & Staff Association (NUFSA) represented by OPSEU/SEFPO Local 677 (Unit 1) are pleased to announce the ratification of their sixth collective agreement, covering full-time faculty, librarians, and professional staff at the University. Both NUFSA’s members and NOSM University’s Board of Governors voted in favour of ratifying the new…
Andy Pedersen
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LockTalk 20: Arbitration approaches
November 3, 2023, was the date Arbitrator Kaplan directed the Parties to exchange reply briefs. We are able to confirm that we exchanged briefs with the Employer as directed. Although we are not able to share the full briefs at this time, due to the constraints of the arbitration process, we remain committed to sharing…
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Ontario Council of Education Workers (OCEW) Update
Click here for a PDF version of this notice. Dear Members of OCEW, It was brought to our attention that that two other education worker central tables – OSSTF and ETFO have reached deals providing additional retroactive wage increases for education workers for the 2019-22 period. Some of these increases will be determined by an…
Andy Pedersen
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UPDATE: Solidarity wins! NOSM U has a tentative deal, strike averted
UPDATE: November 5, 2023: After months of bargaining, NOSM University faculty, librarians and professional staff have reached a tentative agreement with their employer with significant improvements and no concessions, averting a potential strike that was hours away. They are represented by the NOSM University Faculty and Staff Association (NUFSA) and are members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local…
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OPS Unified wage reopener update
A message from the OPS Unified Bargaining Team to all OPS Unified members: This is an update from your OPS (Ontario Public Service) Unified Bargaining Team regarding the attempts to work with the employer on the wage reopener clause in the current Collective Agreement. As you know, the Bargaining Team last met with the employer…
Andy Pedersen
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Strike vote information for PDSB education workers: Local 2100
We’re holding an online strike vote on November 28, 29 and 30! Every OPSEU/SEFPO Local 2100 member is eligible to vote, including permanent, casual and LTO staff. An overwhelming YES vote will send a strong message to the employer that you and your co-workers are ready to strike if necessary for: Better workloads and supports…
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Bargaining to Win
This has been a hot labour summer, continuing on through the fall. Workers across Canada and the US have been flexing our muscles against bosses and governments who want us to accept working conditions, wages, and benefits well below what we deserve, and well below record-high inflation. And workers are winning. So how do workers…
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Ministry of the Solicitor General filling Corporal (Correctional Supervisor) positions
Click here to download this notice in PDF format. Visit opseu.org/corsergeants for background and previous updates. At yesterday’s Ministry of the Solicitor General – Corrections Ministry Employee Relations Committee (MERC) meeting, the Employer advised us that they are proceeding to fill the 107 Corporal (Correctional Supervisor) positions that were posted in May 2023 (see breakdown…
Andy Pedersen
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Health care workers rally in Thunder Bay to stop Ford’s privatization agenda
OPSEU/SEFPO members working in health care – including those from Locals 720 and 715 – rallied today at St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder Bay to oppose the Ford government’s plan to contract out hospital services to private, for-profit clinics. The event was part of joint union anti-privatization campaign organized by a coalition of Ontario’s…
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A complicated road to compensation: the MPAC LOU #1 decisions
Sometimes the road to enforce negotiated benefits is complicated and involves a lot of stops on the way. This is a post about a series of decisions about a letter of understanding in the MPAC Collective Agreement. This letter outlined the compensation that employees were entitled to when leaving their employment and was intended to…
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UPDATE: CAAT Support Part-Time Bill 124 Wage Reopener Settlement details
We wanted to share with you the results of our Bill 124 Wage Reopener settlement with the College Employer Council (CEC) for the College Part-Time Support staff. This is the result of a long process that began in November 2022 when the Ford government’s Bill 124, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act,…
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Health care workers in Thunder Bay are rallying against Ford’s privatization agenda
On Friday, October 27th, health care workers in Thunder Bay are rallying against the Ford government’s plan to contract out hospital services to private, for-profit clinics. Health care workers are standing up for patient care, better working conditions, and to protect public health care for all. Join us at St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder…
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Kingsmere Retirement Living workers rally for a living wage as OPSEU/SEFPO meets employer at Labour Board
OPSEU/SEFPO Local 332 retirement home workers held a spirited rally for a living wage today outside Kingsmere Retirement Living in Alliston, Ontario, as their union representatives met with the Employer at the Labour Board in Toronto. Earlier this year, the retirement home increased the wages of one staff person by $3 per hour, without consulting…
Andy Pedersen
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LBED organizing committee meeting
You’re invited to the first meeting of our LBED organizing committee! With this round of bargaining with the LCBO, we’re doing things differently. We are building our biggest-ever organizing committee of LBED workers. Join us on Thursday, November 9th at 10 am or 7 pm. Hear about our plan to fight back against the privatization…
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Wage reopener update: Support Our CAAT Support PT Bargaining Team!
We have an important update about our ongoing negotiation with the College Employer Council (CEC) and how you can play a role in our fight for fair compensation. As you may know, Doug Ford’s wage freezing Bill 124, which previously capped our wages at a shameful 1%, was declared unconstitutional in November 2022. This significant…
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Kingsmere Retirement Living workers to rally for a living wage from Sienna Senior Living in Alliston on October 16
ALLISTON, ON – Retirement home workers from OPSEU/SEFPO Local 332 will rally in Alliston on Monday, October 16 to demand a living wage from Aspira Kingsmere Retirement Living, owned by for-profit giant Sienna Senior Living, which charges residents thousands per month and rakes in hundred of millions in revenue. Rally date: Monday, October 16, 2023 Time: 10…
Andy Pedersen
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OPSEU/SEFPO in the News Round Up: Forest Fire Workers hold press conference in Timmins; call out false statement by Minister Graydon Smith
Forest fire workers represented by OPSEU/SEFPO are calling out Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, for false statements made during a closed-door news conference in Timmins that shut out frontline forest fire workers. Reporters at the Minister’s news conference asked the Minister why he won’t commit to reclassification. In what has become expected…
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Hundreds of Local 2100 Education Workers gear up for bargaining at Town Hall
Last night, Education Workers in Local 2100 from Peel District School Board organized an urgent town hall to discuss bargaining and how they can build power to win big for students and workers! Local President Melody Hurtubise stressed the importance of working together because united we won’t be defeated! Education workers are the backbone of…