Category: Grievances

• GSB rules in favour of court reporters on pensions and union dues

  Court Reporters Update The employer’s refusal to comply with a 2006 ruling by the Grievance Settlement Board that the production of transcripts is bargaining unit work is starting to catch up with the Ministry of the Attorney General. In the latest development announced earlier this week, OPSEU achieved an important victory in its decade-long quest…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Grievances

  Court Reporters, Grievance Awards, Job cuts

• Flyer: Justice Requires Accuracy

  Court Reporters The Ministry of the Attorney General plans to create a private regulator to control all aspects of court transcription. This will not serve the administration of justice. Read this flyer to find out why. Download and post  this flyer on union bulletin boards and circulate to your co-workers. Court Reporters Update The Ministry…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Grievances

  Court Reporters, Grievance Awards, Job cuts

• Court Reporters Update – March 2013

  Government ordered to apply Collective Agreement to Court Reporters On March 1, 2013, the Grievance Settlement Board issued an order to the Government of Ontario that the Collective Agreement must apply to all court transcript work. The Ministry of Attorney General has continued to refuse to implement the Hunt Award issued last September. GSB Vice-Chair…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Grievances

  Court Reporters, Grievance Awards, Job cuts

• Court Reporter Update

  The most recent GSB Decision pertains to “a dispute between the parties concerning the Employer’s request for production of the transcript invoices and tax returns of the Court Reporters that the Union intends to call to give reply evidence”. The Vice-Chair concluded that, “the Employer is not entitled to the witnesses’ tax returns,” but, “the…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Grievances

  Court Reporters, Grievance Awards, Job cuts

• OPSEU reaches landmark settlement for Ontario court reporter

  Ministry of the Attorney General Court Reporters OPSEU has reached a landmark settlement with the Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) with respect to the implementation of all outstanding grievance awards affecting court reporters in the province. OPSEU has been fighting this battle since August 2003 when the first policy grievance was filed. In July…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Grievances

  Court Reporters, Grievance Awards

• Legal Services

  We currently represent members at Local 525 – Neighbourhood Legal Services Local 525 – Legal Aid Ontario Local 525 – Injured Workers" Consultants Local 455 – Community Advocacy & Legal Centre Local 525 – Parkdale Community Legal Services Inc. Local 525 – Kensington-Bellwoods Community Legal Services Local 525 – Scarborough Community Legal Services Local 525…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Grievances

  Legal

• OPSEU/SEFPO Grievance Form and Guidelines

  OPSEU/SEFPO members live and work across Ontario. While union resources, including forms and other materials are available at OPSEU/SEFPO Regional Offices or Head Office, members and stewards can still find themselves many kilometers from these locations. Whether in Northern Ontario, or in a large urban centre, it is not always easy to travel to the…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Grievances

• Grievance awards database

  The Grievance Awards Database is not available. We are doing our best to repair the Grievance Awards Database but currently there is no information on when it may be available again.

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Grievances

  Grievance Arbitration Awards

• CAAT Support Community Colleges JCC Awards

  CAAT Support Joint Classification Awards This section provides information on arbitration awards related to support staff classification grievances. By clicking on each position title (listed below), you can view: The initial position description form for each position The arbitration data sheet for each position The union’s submission to the arbitrator The college’s submission to the…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Bargaining, Grievances

  Grievance Arbitration Awards

• Update on the Simcoe County District School Board Insurance Trust Wind Up

  OPSEU Local 330 – Distribution of surplus and demutualization October 15, 2012 Distribution of surplus We are happy to confirm that over 1,070 cheques have been issued to current and former members of OPSEU Local 330 who participated in the Simcoe County District School Board Insurance Trust between January 1, 1977 and September 30, 2006…

  Andy Pedersen

  March 21, 2014

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Grievances

  Legal decisions