Tag: Certifications
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HopeGreyBruce Mental Health opts for OPSEU
Owen Sound – Sixty-four workers at HopeGreyBruce Mental Health and Addictions Services have cast their vote in favour of joining the over 130,000 members represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). The agency operates out of a number of locations across Grey and Bruce counties. Ed Arvelin, Chair of OPSEU’s Mental Health Division,…
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OPSEU welcomes new members at Wedgewood Retirement
Brockville – Workers at Chartwell Wedgewood Retirement Community have voted overwhelmingly to become the latest members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). Included among the 55 newly unionized staff are registered practical nurses, personal support workers, housekeeping staff, kitchen and serving staff, spa personnel, and an activities co-ordinator. Wages and a more consistent…
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Rideauwood workers get representation by OPSEU
Ottawa – Dozens of employees with Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services at its main facility in Ottawa have voted in favour of becoming the newest members of the 130,000‑strong Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). The workers deliver Rideauwood’s School-Based Program in high schools and senior elementary schools in the Ottawa region. Ed Arvelin, chair…
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‘Worth the wait’: Grand River professionals finally join OPSEU
Kitchener – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) just got stronger as 140 lab professionals at Grand River Hospital (GRH) voted yesterday to join the province’s most effective public service union. A number of concerns led the workers to seek membership in OPSEU. In particular, a rapid turnover in management had led to a…
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YMCA workers vote to join OPSEU
YMCA staff in employment and newcomer services have voted to join the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, the union announced this week. "This is great news for these hard-working employees," Jeff Arbus, OPSEU regional vice-president, said in a release. "One of the many benefits they'll enjoy with OPSEU membership is increased job security – something…
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Y stands for Yes as Sudbury ‘Y’ joins OPSEU
Sudbury – Thirty-six staff working in employment and newcomer services at YMCA of Sudbury have chosen to become the latest members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). OPSEU Regional Vice-President Jeff Arbus was very pleased with the result of the July 7 vote. “This is great news for these hardworking employees,” he said.…
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Closing the Gap workers choose OPSEU
Owen Sound – Some 60 community health care professionals with Closing the Gap Healthcare are the newest members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). The workers opted for OPSEU in a vote held yesterday. Lucy Morton, OPSEU chair for Community Health Care Professionals, was very pleased with the result of the vote. “I’m…
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Labour Board releases schedule for college part-timers’ vote
TORONTO – The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has released the times and dates for an upcoming union representation vote for thousands of part-time support staff at Ontario’s 24 community colleges. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) has posted the vote schedule on its polling locations webpage. It is also posted on the collegeworkers.org…
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Vote schedule for part-time college support staff
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has released the times and dates for the upcoming union representation vote for part-time support staff at Ontario’s community colleges. The vote will take place from June 20 to 30. It applies to all part-time support staff who worked for a college during the 2015-16 academic year, as well as…
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Labour Board sets June dates for college part-timers’ union vote
Toronto – Part-time support staff at Ontario’s public community colleges will cast ballots this month on whether to join the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has decided. In a June 13 ruling affecting thousands of workers at 24 colleges across the province, the OLRB said it will hold supervised…
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OPSEU welcomes William Osler workers
Toronto – More than 240 diagnostic imaging staff with the William Osler Health System are the newest members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). The workers voted to unionize on June 8. The Osler workers join a large and growing number of diagnostic professionals represented by Ontario’s largest public sector union. Sara Labelle,…
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OPSEU pleased to welcome CMHA employees
Simcoe – On April 20, mental health professionals from both the Brant and Haldimand-Norfolk branches of the Canadian Mental Health Association voted to join the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. The Haldimand-Norfolk branch is scheduled to merge with the Brant County branch this spring and by joining OPSEU nearly 65 mental health professionals will now have…
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OPSEU signs up St. Mary’s radiation technologists (Waterloo Region Record)
Medical radiation technologists who work at St. Mary's General Hospital are joining a union to bargain for their first collective agreement. Almost 90 employees will become members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. Employees typically work in diagnostic imaging, for example X-rays, mammography and ultrasound. Click to read the full article in the Waterloo Region…
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OPSEU is pleased to welcome St. Mary’s Technologists and Technicians
KITCHENER – Diagnostic imaging professionals at St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener voted to make OPSEU their bargaining representative on March 10. The results of the vote showed a majority of employees voting in favor of joining OPSEU as their union for changing times. OPSEU will now be certified to represent all Technologists and Technicians…