Tag: Collective Agreement
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Guide to the Collective Agreement for Regular Part-Time Employees
Downloadable PDF Prepared for Regular Part-Time Employees Written in January 2022 Welcome to OPS Unified! The collective agreement covers a wide variety of “things”. Some of them are critically important to know and understand, others don’t apply to you at all as a fixed-term employee. The purpose of this document is to help you navigate…
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Guide to the Collective Agreement for Fixed-Term Employees
Downloadable PDF Prepared for Fixed-Term Employees Written in January 2022 OPSEU/SEFPO members who work for the ministries and agencies of the Ontario Public Service (OPS) provide the services that Ontarians depend on every day to keep our communities safe and improve our quality of life. We are the backbone of every public service the province…
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CBS Central Support Agreement passes!
We’re pleased to inform you that the CBS Central Support Tentative Agreement has been ratified with a 84% approval! A heartfelt thank you goes out to you from the entire bargaining team. Your unwavering support and patience over the past two years have been instrumental in reaching this milestone. As our current contract has concluded,…
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Full-time College Support staff achieve 9.5% pay increase in post-Bill 124 mediation
‘A step toward easing cost of living stresses, but still a long road ahead’ Toronto – Full-time support staff at Ontario’s colleges have successfully negotiated a 9.5% pay increase with the College Employer Council, following the Superior Court of Ontario’s decision to overturn the Ford government’s unconstitutional wage cap legislation, Bill 124. The approximately 9,000…
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CAAT-S FT Bargaining Update: Full-time College Support staff achieve 9.5% pay increase!
A step towards easing cost of living stresses, but still a long road ahead. PDF version Dear OPSEU/SEFPO full time college support staff, Your Bargaining Team successfully negotiated a 9.5% pay increase with the College Employer Council (CEC) and we’re writing to you with the details of this settlement. As you know, Bill 124 –…
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Canadian Blood Services Support update and settlement details
We are very pleased to post this update with the details of the settlement we reached last night with your employer on the CBS Support contract. This is a favourable deal for our members. Our members have been working hard and waiting for a new contract through a period of high inflation and a cost…
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Ontario College Faculty reach mediated settlement with College Employer Council in wage reopener negotiations after Bill 124 deemed unconstitutional
Toronto, August 15, 2023 – On Monday, the bargaining teams for Ontario College Faculty and the College Employer Council reached a mediated settlement on compensation from 2021-24, following the overturning of Bill 124 in the courts. The settlement provided salary increases of 3%, 3%, and 3.5% annually, including the 1% increases that had originally been…
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PHOLine Bargaining Bulletin: February 2023
PHO Bargaining Bulletin Greetings from your bargaining team. We have a number of important items to share. Bill 124 Update As many of you are aware, on November 29, 2022, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice declared Doug Ford’s Bill 124 legislation, which capped total compensation at one percent, to be “void and of no…
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OPSEU/SEFPO members at Lactanet achieve three year deal
OPSEU/SEFPO Sector 20 members at Lactanet (formerly Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation) opened up the year with a new 3-year collective agreement. Between January 23 and 24, 2023, members voted to ratify the proposed tentative agreement, and with 90.3% in favour of accepting the negotiated terms, took home a contract with healthy gains to wages…
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CBS Bargaining Update: February 2023
Dear members, Your bargaining team is writing to provide the latest news on the status of our Collective Agreement. In our last newsletter in October, we provided an update on the progress of Interest Arbitration. As many of you are aware, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice declared the Doug Ford government’s Bill 124 legislation,…
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OCEW ratifies central collective agreement for education workers
The Ontario Council of Educational Workers (OCEW) has voted unanimously to ratify the tentative agreement dated December 10, 2022 between the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) and the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) and the OCEW as agreed to by the Crown. The Ontario Council of Educational Workers is a bargaining council made…
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OPSEU/SEFPO Calls for Immediate Action to Protect Workers at Community Living Association for South Simcoe
ALLISTON ON – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) is calling for the employer at Community Living Association for South Simcoe (CLASS) to take immediate action in the wake of numerous incidents of workplace violence in the past year. CLASS staff, who are members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 332, have faced an increase in physical…
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OPSEU/SEFPO Local 542 members pass first contract and honour memory of beloved colleague and advocate Paul Soave
Last month, members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 542 Ferrovial Services Canada Highway Maintenance gathered to vote on the ratification of their first contract and to honour the memory bargaining team member Paul Soave. Paul Soave was remembered by his colleagues as a kind-hearted, passionate and dedicated advocate for workers’ rights. “He was an integral part of…
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OCEW Bargaining Update: Tentative Central Agreement Reached
Dear Members of OCEW, The Ontario Council of Educational Workers (OCEW) reached a tentative agreement at the 2022 central table collective bargaining process. The deal was reached after multiple days of negotiations by OCEW, The Council of Trustees’ Associations, and the Crown. OCEW’s signatory unions will take the tentative deal to their members and conduct the…
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A historic victory for workers and public services as the court strikes down Bill 124: OPSEU/SEFPO
TORONTO – OPSEU/SEFPO is calling it a win for hundreds of thousands of workers as the Ontario Superior Court declares Doug Ford government’s wage-stifling Bill 124 “void and of no effect.” The decision comes following a court challenge launched by a coalition of unions and associations, including OPSEU/SEFPO, seeking to declare Bill 124’s wage cap…
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CBS Bargaining Update: October 2022
Dear members, In our last Newsletter, we advised that we were awaiting a decision from the Arbitration Board as to whether or not Bill 124 applies to CBS employees. The interim decision is now available (linked here). Unfortunately, Bill 124 was found to apply to CBS employees. As stated in the interim decision, the Board acknowledged…
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Support staff from Ontario’s colleges ratify three-year contract
Toronto – Full-time support staff at Ontario’s 24 public community colleges ratified a new three year contract today, which includes gains in health benefits and job security. While the Ford government’s Bill 124 unlawfully capped wage increases to one per cent for three years, preventing the union from negotiating wage increases commensurate with inflation, the…
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Ratification vote for College Support Full Time members: September 28-29
If you’re an OPSEU/SEFPO College Support Full Time member at one of Ontario’s 24 public colleges, make sure to vote on your tentative 3-year agreement at the end of September! Voting period: September 28 at 9 a.m. until September 29 at 5 p.m. Voting process: Voting will take place online. All College Support Full Time…
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CBS Interest Arbitration Update – August 2022
We wanted to provide you with a report on the Interest Arbitration hearing that took place this week on Tuesday, August 23 between the Union and the Employer. Before the hearing, the Union had prepared an Arbitration brief and were ready to present the proposals in dispute so the Arbitrator, Jaspir Parmar, could proceed to make…
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Nipissing University – Local 608 FT – Collective Agreement 2020-23
Microsoft Word version Collective Agreement between Ontario Public Service Employees Union on behalf of its Local 608 (Full-time) and Nipissing University DURATION: May 1, 2020 – April 30, 2023 Sector 9 6-608-5205-20230430-9 Table of Contents ARTICLE 1 – PURPOSE. 1 ARTICLE 2 – RECOGNITION.. 1 ARTICLE 3 – NO DISCRIMINATION.. 1…