Tag: Collective Agreement
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Educational workers ratify extension agreement
The Ontario Council of Educational Workers (OCEW) has voted unanimously to ratify the extension agreement dated January 31, 2017 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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Thousands join OPS teletown halls
Thousands of OPSEU members took part in four recent telephone town halls for workers in the Ontario Public Service (OPS). Two were held on February 9 for members of the Correctional Bargaining Unit. It will be bargaining for a new standalone collective agreement, to be effective January 1, 2018. Two more town halls took place…
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Outside workers in Gravenhurst aim to stop layoffs: OPSEU
Gravenhurst, Ontario – Outside workers for the Town of Gravenhurst return to the bargaining table February 9 aiming to stop layoffs and stave off other concessions their employer is demanding, their union says. “We’ve been in bargaining since the fall, but what makes Thursday different is we’re going back to the table with a 91…
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Ontario Council of Educational Workers signs tentative agreement on contract extension
Toronto – The Ontario Council of Educational Workers (OCEW) has signed a tentative agreement to extend its collective agreement beyond its current expiry date of August 31, 2017 to August 31, 2019. The deal was reached through negotiations among the OCEW, The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, The Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association, The Council…
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Unified members in corrections workplaces to join Correctional Bargaining Unit
At its meeting on January 26, OPSEU’s Executive Board ratified the overwhelming choice of Unified members working in corrections workplaces to join the Correctional Bargaining Unit. A consultative vote of 2,025 eligible Unified members on January 24-25 resulted in 97 per cent in favour of joining the Correctional Bargaining Unit. The vote was the second…
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Unified members consulted again on expanded Correctional unit
Unified members who work in a Corrections work location are being reminded to take advantage of the second opportunity to indicate their interest in transferring to the Correctional Bargaining Unit, now that recent amendments to the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act, 1993 (CECBA) have made a standalone Corrections collective agreement a reality. Members in the…
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Information picket in support of workers at Fred Victor
Join members of OPSEU Local 509 at a lunchtime information picket in support of their bargaining demands. Workers at Fred Victor have voted 88 per cent in favour of strike action if necessary. They are resolved to negotiate a fair collective agreement that provides fair wages as well as benefits for all staff. The bargaining team is in conciliation on January 19.…
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Corrections and Unified bargaining units see substantial gains
Recent amendments to the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act, 1993 (CECBA) created a standalone collective agreement for the Correctional bargaining unit with a term commencing January 1, 2018. Subsequent to these changes, the employer and OPSEU engaged in discussions about transferring Unified workers into the Correctional bargaining unit. This resulted in an agreement in principle…
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Keystone workers celebrate first contract
Owen Sound – Some 80 workers at Keystone Child, Youth and Family Services – members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 295 – have ratified their first collective agreement. Workers with Keystone, which is located in Bruce and Grey counties, became members of OPSEU in December 2014. The three-year contract, spanning 2015 to…
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Settlement Assistance and Family Support Services workers ratify first contract
Scarborough – Workers at Settlement Assistance and Family Support Services (SAFSS) voted yesterday to ratify the tentative agreement reached October 17. This is SAFSS workers’ first agreement as members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). It includes a number of gains: yearly wage increases, sick days, bereavement leave for all employees, strong language…
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Tentative agreement reached for workers at Settlement Assistance and Family Support Services
Scarborough – Hours before the 12:01 a.m. strike deadline, 48 workers represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) in Local 518 reached a tentative deal with Settlement Assistance and Family Support Services (SAFSS). “We are so thrilled and proud of our members for persevering through these 18 months of negotiations, and we thank…
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Strike still looms for workers at Settlement Assistance and Family Support Services, Scarborough
Scarborough – Today, workers at Settlement Assistance and Family Support Services (SAFSS), Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 518 are bracing once again for a possible strike. They will be picketing for a second time outside of their head office, where their bargaining team continues negotiating a first contract with the employer. Date: Monday,…
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OPSEU hospital professionals ratify new agreement
Toronto – Members of the Hospital Professionals Division of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union have ratified the tentative agreement reached by their bargaining team on May 29, 2016. In voting over the past month, members working at 53 Ontario hospitals voted 92 per cent in favour of the deal. The agreement was ratified by…
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Workers at Community Living Renfrew County South ratify agreement
Renfrew – Less than a week after reaching a tentative agreement, developmental services workers with Community Living Renfrew County South ratified their two-year collective agreement on June 27. Beginning on April 1, 2016, the agreement provides significant improvements to wages, benefits and working conditions for members, including: a $1.20 -per-hour wage increase for all job…
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Developmental services workers give thumbs-up to first contract
Newmarket – Some 200 developmental services workers with Community Living Newmarket/Aurora District are celebrating after voting yesterday 87 per cent in favour of their first contract. The result means that two and a half years after joining the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and 19 months after negotiations began, the workers finally have a…
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OPS Table Talk 2016 Issue 49 – Team goes back to the arbitrator
In Table Talk 48, your correctional bargaining team informed you that the arbitrator had made a wage award for the Correctional Bargaining Unit. We also mentioned that your team would be in discussion with the employer to clarify a number of outstanding issues, such as implementation. Bargaining team chair Tom O’Neill and vice-chair Gord Longhi,…
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Homes First staff ratify new agreement
Toronto – Frontline shelter workers at the Homes First Society have ratified a three-year collective agreement. In voting on June 6, members of Local 540 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union voted 100 per cent in favour of the deal. The new contract includes the creation of a new jointly-funded pension plan, a commitment…
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La section locale 386 prête à voter pour l’accord de principe
Some 200 developmental services workers with Community Living Newmarket/Aurora District will vote next Tuesday, June 14 on whether to ratify a first tentative contract reached last week. Voting will take place at the Newmarket Community Centre, 200 Doug Duncan Drive, from noon till 3 p.m., and then again from 5 p.m. till 8 p.m. For…
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Dogged effort yields first tentative contract
Newmarket – Two and a half years after joining the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and 19 months after bargaining began, some 200 developmental services workers with Community Living Newmarket/Aurora District have achieved a first tentative contract. The deal, reached after a marathon 18 hours of bargaining, provides for a slate of significant improvements…
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Kids Help Phone staff ratify new agreement
Toronto – Frontline counsellors working for Kids Help Phone in Ontario have ratified a four-year collective agreement. In voting yesterday, members of Local 515 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union voted 96 per cent in favour of the deal signed May 18. The new contract includes measures to prevent and handle workplace harassment and…