Category: Campaigns

• Joint union news conference: Labour leaders propose provincial tariff response

  OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick will be joining the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) for a joint union news conference to propose a provincial response to the upcoming tariff threatened by the United States President Donald Trump. OPSEU/SEFPO will be live streaming the event on its Instagram account. Follow us and tune in at 10am EDT…

  January 24, 2025

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Events, Media

• OPSEU/SEFPO 2025/26 Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

  Introduction The Ontario Public Service Employes Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) represents 180,000 public sector workers in Ontario. OPSEU/SEFPO members work in the Ontario Public Service; in Ontario’s colleges, universities, and public schools; in Ontario’s hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulance services and public health units; in developmental services, child treatment centres, mental health agencies; in laboratories and blood…

  January 24, 2025

  Bargaining, Campaigns

  Budget

• Waiting for Paramedics: What you need to know

  A Safety Message from OPSEU/SEFPO Paramedics Paramedics play a crucial role in emergencies and knowing how quickly they can reach you can make all the difference. On behalf of OPSEU/SEFPO Paramedics, we’re sharing important details on where you can find this life-saving information. Simply scan the QR code below to see what wait times are…

  Andy Pedersen

  January 22, 2025

  Campaigns, Health and Safety

• LockTalk #8: Bargaining and solidarity actions continue

  Click here for PDF version. Progress at the table Your bargaining team met with the employer over the last two days. Back in December we tabled a comprehensive proposal package to the employer including non-monetary and monetary items. Over the last two days the parties focused on the non-monetary issues and were able to sign…

  Andy Pedersen

  January 17, 2025

  Bargaining, Campaigns

  Newsletter, Pics

• Local 374 beats displacement attempt at Mackenzie Health Hospital, securing workers’ futures

  In July 2024, OPSEU/SEFPO was given notice that NOWU – a predatory, sham union whose hallmark is building its ranks by raiding other unions – was targeting our hospital service bargaining unit in OPSEU/SEFPO Local 374 at Mackenzie Health, attempting to force a decertification vote. Following a concerted campaign by members and OPSEU/SEFPO to inform…

  Andy Pedersen

  January 10, 2025

  Bargaining, Campaigns

• College strike narrowly averted, faculty turn focus to root causes: “Ford is gambling away Ontario’s future.”

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, ON – After more than six months of negotiations, the bargaining team representing over 15,000 college faculty across Ontario signed a Memorandum of Agreement today with significant benefit gains – particularly for their most precarious members, making up the majority of the workforce. While the two sides otherwise remain at an…

  Andy Pedersen

  January 8, 2025

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Media release, Strike

• Hospital Professionals dare to dream of a sustainable public health care system during ‘Better Care For Our Future’ conference

  The Ford government wants Ontarians to believe privatization and downsizing are the only ways to fix health care, but health workers and progressive politicians know better

  January 6, 2025

  Campaigns, Media

  Save Public Health Care

• Disparities in the Youth Justice system: A submission to the Ontario Youth Justice Task Force

  This week, OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick sent the following letter and submission to the Youth Justice Task Force on behalf of OPSEU/SEFPO and the BPS Corrections Sector. Good afternoon: I am sending this submission, attached, to the Youth Justice Task Force on behalf of OPSEU/SEFPO and our BPS Corrections Sector, which represents front line staff…

  December 20, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns

• LCBO Workers – Echo Newsletter: Updates from your Divisional Executive and Committees

  Chair’s message Greetings, On behalf of the LBED Divisional Executive, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family the very best this holiday season. For many, this time of year is filled with joy and excitement, creating precious memories, and discovering holiday magic. At the LCBO it means an influx of…

  December 18, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns

  Newsletter

• PHOLine Bargaining bulletin: December 2024

  December 18, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns

  Newsletter

• Sector 3 newsletter: December 2024

  Greetings Sector 3 Boards of Education and Cultural Institutions! It’s hard to believe that it is already December – before we know, it will be 2025! As we end 2024, we would like to update you on some sector news. Save the date! Local Presidents/Highest Ranking members within Boards of Education will be invited to…

  December 18, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns

  Newsletter

• OPS Unified – Pay Equity Update

  Greetings! Your OPSEU/SEFPO OPS Unified Pay Equity team is in the process of evaluating the Position Information Questionnaire responses received during the pilot phase of the project. We are very much looking forward to the mass roll-out in the spring of 2025 where we hope to encourage our OPS Unified members to participate and provide the…

  December 13, 2024

  Campaigns

  Pay equity

• College faculty will enter legal strike position in new year: “The college system is crumbling – we can’t sit back and let its failed stewards bulldoze education.”

  TORONTO, ON –  With no real progress towards a contract which improves the working lives of college faculty across Ontario, the faculty bargaining team requested a “no board” report this morning. As 2024 draws to an end, Ontario college faculty will enter a legal position to call for labour action in the new year. “Our…

  Andy Pedersen

  December 12, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Media release, Strike

• Hospital Professionals Division holds ‘Better Care for our Future’ conference

  On Tuesday, December 3, the Hospital Professionals Division (HPD) held a healthcare public policy conference titled ‘Better Care for our Future’. Local Presidents and Highest-Ranking members of HPD attended the full-day event. Panel discussions focused on: From dead last in Canada to the average: restoring public hospital capacity, stopping closures and protecting local services. Rolling…

  December 6, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Events

• OPS Unified – Update on salary adjustments and Bill 124 retro payments

  This week the employer provided us with an update on the progress in implementing our new wage grid and retroactive payments following our Bill 124 wage re-opener award. While we are pleased that all OPS Unified members are now being paid at their new rate, one quarter – 25% – of our members have yet…

  December 5, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns

  Bill 124

• OPSEU/SEFPO in the News: Craigwood Youth Services workers calls for urgent action

  Jonathan Guider, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 166 President and BPS Corrections Chair, spoke with The Middlesex Banner regarding chronic short-staffing, low wages, heavy workloads and insufficient safety equipment at Craigwood Youth Services. Their employer’s response has consistently been that there is insufficient funding from the Ministry to resolve these issues. This puts both workers and youth at…

  December 5, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Hospital Professionals hold province-wide public healthcare town halls

  Throughout November, members of the Hospital Professionals Division (HPD) hosted five Public Healthcare Townhalls in Ottawa, London, Windsor, Kingston, and Thunder Bay. Thank you to every member of the community, HPD, and Health Coalitions who attended! The healthcare town halls provided an opportunity for Hospital Professionals and community members around Ontario to discuss how the…

  November 29, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Events

• OPSEU/SEFPO participates in Joint Union Roundtable on Public Health at Queen’s Park

  On Wednesday, November 27, OPSEU/SEFPO participated in a joint union roundtable discussion on key Public Health sector issues alongside the Ontario Nurses’ Association and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). In attendance on behalf of OPSEU/SEFPO members were Lucy Morton, Chair of OPSEU/SEFPO’s Community Health Professionals Division and Janet Dawson, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 327 President from…

  November 29, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns

• Nov. 29: Celebrate labour and the arts at Mayworks Labour Arts Awards Gala 2024!

  Join labour activists and artists from OPSEU/SEFPO and many other unions and organizations at the 2024 Mayworks Labour Arts Awards Gala. Enjoy dinner, entertainment, a silent auction and more – get your tickets now! Date:   November 29, 2024 Time:   6:00 – 9:30 p.m. Location: United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. Click here for map.…

  Andy Pedersen

  November 25, 2024

  Campaigns

  Solidarity

• OPSEU/SEFPO Local 549 members and MPPs vow to keep fighting the closure at Ontario Science Centre “funeral”

  Ontario Science Centre workers – members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 549 – held a funeral procession and memorial service at Queen’s Park yesterday, where they shared their memories and love for the Science Centre. Five opposition MPPs attended the memorial at Queen’s Park, and together the workers and MPPs vowed to keep fighting against the Ford…

  Andy Pedersen

  November 22, 2024

  Bargaining, Campaigns