Tag: Collective Agreement
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Big win for Western campus police
London – Members of the Campus Community Police Service at Western University have ratified a five-year deal that comes with significant pay hikes and improved language in the contract. Under the terms of the agreement, the 10-member police service will see a two per cent wage increase in each year of the contract, retroactive to…
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OPS Table Talk 2016 Issue 48 – Arbitrator awards wage increases
Arbitrator Kevin Burkett has awarded a three per cent special wage adjustment for correctional staff, commencing January 1, 2017. The arbitrator also awarded a two per cent special wage adjustment for probation staff, commencing January 1, 2017. However, Burkett has affirmed a salary grid freeze in 2016 and 2017, consistent with the Unified collective agreement…
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UWO cops rally as clock ticks down to strike deadline
London – The Campus Community Police Service at Western University rallied Friday in a strong show of solidarity a week before a possible work stoppage. The event drew support from the university’s staff and faculty associations, as well as London-Fanshawe MPP Teresa Armstrong. The 10-member campus police service, represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees…
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UWO police rally as strike deadline looms
Members of the University of Western Ontario’s Campus Community Police Service will rally on Friday, May 13 at 8:45 a.m. at the gates to the university on Western Road at the corner of Lambton Drive near the entrance to Alumni Hall. The members, represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), have been without…
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UWO police rally ahead of strike deadline
London – Members of the University of Western Ontario’s Campus Community Police Service will rally on Friday as the date for a possible work stoppage approaches. Date: Friday, May 13, 2016 Time: 8:45 a.m. Location: Gates to the university on Western Road at the corner of Lambton Drive, near the entrance to Alumni Hall The…
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OPSEU v. Ontario entrenches bargaining rights across Canada
Toronto – A court ruling that the Ontario government violated the rights of education workers here has solidified collective bargaining rights for workers across Canada, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. "Yesterday's decision is a great victory for education workers in Ontario," said OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. "It confirms what we’ve been saying…
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Parry Sound home care workers fight cuts to patient care
Parry Sound – Home care patients in Parry Sound and area face cuts to care if the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) goes ahead with plans to change working conditions for personal support workers (PSWs), the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. “The VON is demanding that PSWs alter their collective agreement in a way…
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OPS Table Talk 2016 Issue 47 – Corrections contract: it’s up to the arbitrator now
In Table Talk 46, we informed you that your correctional bargaining team had met with the mediator/arbitrator on March 13, and that he had also met with the employer. Despite a full day of discussion, the union and the employer were unable to resolve their differences over special wage adjustments for 2016 and 2017 or…
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Public Health Ontario: tentative agreement struck
Toronto – After 12 hours of mediation, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union has reached a tentative agreement with Public Health Ontario. The deal was struck yesterday and includes wage, leave and other improvements. Public Health Ontario bargaining team chair Ellen Goslin says “the bargaining team is recommending the deal as it provides something for…
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OPS Table Talk 2016 Issue 46 – the parties head to arbitration
We informed you in Table Talk 45 that the union and the employer had agreed to a mediation/arbitration process to settle the two outstanding issues in corrections bargaining: special wage adjustments for 2016 and 2017, and grid progression over the term of the collective agreement. The parties agreed to March 13 and 14 for mediation.…
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MPAC: ImpacT At The Table – March 2016 – MPAC bargaining resumes March 15 and 16
Your OPSEU bargaining team returns to the bargaining table on March 15 and March 16. Support your team Now is the time to show your support. Help us send a message to the employer that it’s time to build morale. All we ask is that we are recognized – and compensated – for the…
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2016 LBED Pre-Bargaining Conference
The Collective Agreement for OPSEU members in the Liquor Board Employees Division (LBED) expires on March 31, 2017. Each local of the bargaining unit is invited to send delegates to the 2016 LBED Pre-Bargaining Conference which will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the Courtyard Marriott Toronto Hotel. The number of delegates per Local is…
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Canadian Blood Services (Tech) locals ratify agreement
Members of the Canadian Blood Services (Tech) Locals 200 and 5101 have voted 76 per cent in favour of ratifying their four-year 2014-2017 tentative agreement. Highlights of the agreement include: wage increases in 2014/15/16 of 1.4 per cent each year (The rate for 2017 will be determined when the Hospital Professionals negotiate); reimbursement of professional…
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OPS Table Talk 2015 Issue 45 – Government to investigate bargaining-related incidents
Your correctional bargaining team met again with the employer on February 4. At the meeting, the employer indicated they had significantly reduced the number of incidents they had identified at the January 21 meeting. The alleged incidents had occurred during the latest round of bargaining. However, the employer would not agree to drop several alleged incidents they claimed…
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Kennedy House wage cut demand could lead to job action: OPSEU
AJAX – By demanding that its workers accept 11 years of wage cuts, the board of Kennedy House Youth Services may provoke a labour disruption as early as February 12. The 17 members of OPSEU Local 361 have rejected management’s latest demand to cut the workers’ real income and benefits. Adjusted for inflation, in the…
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OPS Table Talk 2015 Issue 44 – Lump sum to be paid out February 25
On February 25, all OPSEU members in the OPS will be paid the 1.4 per cent lump sum that was negotiated in both the Unified agreement and the Corrections agreement. The lump sum payment will be calculated on wages earned for regular hours worked in the 2015 calendar year. This includes pay in lieu of…
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OPS Table Talk 2016 Issue 43 – Corrections bargaining enters new world today
The collective agreement signed today at 4:20 a.m. between OPSEU and the Government of Ontario begins a new era in bargaining for correctional services. For the first time in more than two decades, it sends the critical issue of wage fairness to binding arbitration. It reaffirms the government’s promise to change Ontario law to create…
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OPS Table Talk 2016 Issue 42 – Corrections bargaining: further mediation set for January 8-9
Further mediation with the employer will take place on January 8, continuing on January 9 if required. We remind you that OPSEU is recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for the Correctional Bargaining Unit, and all agreements will be negotiated centrally. Your bargaining team has sent a message to all local presidents asking that they…
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OPS Table Talk 2015 Issue 40 – Employer won’t bargain; corrections team asks for “no board” report
On the heels of an energized all-presidents’ meeting last night, your Corrections bargaining team brought a clear and unified message to the table today: There is a crisis in Corrections. If our employer isn’t serious about bargaining, then we’re ready to walk. We tabled proposals on key issues with a strict deadline. The team’s message…
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If there’s money for managers, there’s money for frontline staff: OPSEU President
(TORONTO) – If the provincial government has money to boost pay for public service managers, it has money for frontline staff as well, the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. "According to the news, Ontario Public Service managers who are already on the Sunshine List are getting extra pay worth $6,900 on…