Tag: Interest Arbitration Award
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LockTalk #26 – Arbitration Award Implementation Update: Agreement on some issues and back to Arbitrator Kaplan on others
The implementation of the December 4, 2023 arbitration award has been a slow and frustrating process. Getting the Employer to prioritize implementation has been challenging. Their availability has been incredibly minimal and often lacking the appropriate resources to facilitate meaningful and fulsome discussions that would resolve the outstanding issues. While the Employer stated that implementation…
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LockTalk #25 – Implementation Update for Arbitration Award
This issue of LockTalk contains additional updates regarding the implementation of the arbitration award for the Correctional Bargaining Unit. Wages We can confirm the following timeline for implementation of the new wage grids as provided by the Employer: Pay date: March 14, 2024 Revision to salary rates including: January 1, 2022, 2023 and 2024 across…
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Lock Talk #24 – Arbitration Award Implementation Update
Since the arbitration award was released on December 4, 2023, for the Correctional Bargaining Unit, the Employer and Union have met three times to discuss implementation of the award. A further meeting is scheduled for February 13, 2024. Here is a brief update on the status of various aspects of the implementation of the award.…
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Hospital Professionals Division Wage Re-opener: Award announcement
Dear members, Your bargaining team has received arbitrator William Kaplan’s reopener decision today and we’re writing you to provide the details of the Award. This Award applies to all HPD members covered by the central agreement. Please find a link to the full Arbitration document here (pdf). In this email, we have also included a…
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Hospital Professionals are worth more: Arbitration award a step forward, but not enough to resolve recruitment and retention crisis
Toronto – OPSEU/SEFPO Hospital Professionals, representing laboratory technologists, respiratory therapists, physiotherapists and many more, say that an arbitration award released today is a step forward, but will not do enough to resolve hospital recruitment and retention problems. Arbitrator William Kaplan awarded wage increases of 8.25% over three years (in addition to the initial 1% per…
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Arbitrator awards improvements far beyond those offered by Employer in negotiations
Click here to download a PDF of the bulletin. The award affects areas including: • Equity; • Indigenization; • Partial-load job security; and acknowledges workload associated with multi-modal courses. This is an historic moment in CAAT-A’s continued fight for equity, job security, and fair and reasonable working conditions! A year after the CAAT-A Collective Agreement…
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College faculty arbitration update
OPSEU/SEFPO CAAT Academic and the CEC participated in a mediation/arbitration September 7-9, 2022. Following the mediation part of the proceeding, an arbitration occurred on September 9, 2022. The arbitrator’s award will form the new collective agreement and it is anticipated that it will be received shortly. The arbitrator has imposed a continued media blackout until…
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Hospital Professionals Division central bargaining 2022: Explanation of changes to agreement
Your bargaining team has received William Kaplan’s interest arbitration award. During this unique and very difficult round of negotiations, we fought hard to improve our collective agreement and prevent the OHA from achieving any concessions. Due to the limitations imposed by Bill 124, there was a great impact on what Mr. Kaplan could award. As a…
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Interest Arbitration decision for OPSEU/SEFPO Hospital Professionals
Printable PDF of arbitration decision Full wage grid, including pay equity and arbitration increases IN THE MATTER OF AN INTEREST ARBITRATION BETWEEN: The Participating Hospitals and OPSEU Before: William Kaplan, Chair Brett Christen, Hospitals’ Nominee Joe Herbert, Union Nominee Appearances For the Participating Hospitals: Carolyn Kay Hicks Morley Barristers & Solicitors …
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OPSEU/SEFPO and the Participating Hospitals Items in Agreement April 29, 2022
Printable PDF here Housekeeping #1 Amend Article 11.04 (b) (iii) as follows: 11.04 (a) Local Human Resource Plans will apply to Health Services Restructuring Commission directives. In other circumstances, the balance of Article 11.04 will apply. Before issuing notice of long term layoff pursuant to Article 05(b), and following notice pursuant…
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OPSEU/SEFPO and the Participating Hospitals Items in Agreement – May 12, 2022
Printable PDF here Housekeeping #4 Add new Pharmacy Technician wage grid to the central wage rates in accordance with Diane Gee’s arbitration award dated January 6, 2020. Amend Article 7.03 as follows: When faced with occupational health and safety decisions, the Hospital will not await full scientific or absolute certainty before taking reasonable action(s)…
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Arbitrator awards OPSEU pharm techs big wage increase
In 2010, the Ontario government told pharmacy technicians they would be regulated by the Ontario College of Pharmacists. Now, after a hard fought battle to demonstrate that value to employers, wages will finally reflect the increase in accountability. On January 6, arbitrator Diane Gee awarded a six per cent wage increase for OPSEU registered pharmacy…
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Wage increases in Public Health Ontario arbitration award
Message from OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas Dear Public Health Ontario members, On behalf of OPSEU’s entire Executive Board, I’d like to offer hearty congratulations to you and your bargaining team for your professionalism, diligence, and patience. They have all paid off with an arbitration award that we can all be proud of. I’ll let…
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LockTalk 22: First corrections-only award has been issued
On March 30, Arbitrator Kaplan received final submissions from the union and the employer. On April 1, the team received the arbitrator’s award (link below). Click here to download LockTalk 22. Below is a brief summary of the award and highlights of previously agreed items. Your bargaining team is working on a comprehensive explanatory document…
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College Faculty: Update from your bargaining team – Issue #3
Arbitrator awards union language on academic freedom; previously agreed-to items included in award Just over a month after the province legislated striking faculty back to work, we have a new collective agreement. In an award issued Wednesday, December 20, arbitrator William Kaplan set out the terms of a four-year contract that will govern faculty work…
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‘Equal pay for equal work’ finally a reality for LCBO retail workers
Toronto – A historic arbitration award affirming the right to equal pay for equal work will boost the wages of thousands of casual workers at the LCBO, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) says. The union, which represents more than 7,500 LCBO workers, filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in 2013,…
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LCBO human rights settlement arbitration award: Backgrounder and answers to common questions
Overview Today's announcement of an arbitration award handed down February 10, 2017 is the result of the November 1, 2016 settlement of OPSEU’s 2013 complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The complaint raised concerns that the LCBO’s pay structure discriminated against retail workers in the female-dominated “casual” classification, which represents 84 per cent of…
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LCBO human rights settlement arbitration award
In the matter of an interest arbitration between: OPSEU and LCBO Before: William Kaplan Sole Arbitrator Appearances For the LCBO: Paul Boniferro McCarthy Tetrault Barristers & Solicitors For OPSEU: Steve Nield Supervisor, OPSEU Steve Crossman Research Officer, OPSEU The matters in dispute proceeded to a mediation on February 1 & 2 and to an interest…
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St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital workers achieve real improvements in arbitration award
St. Thomas – OPSEU Local 159, representing more than 280 service workers at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH), is celebrating after receiving an interest arbitration award that improves wages and working conditions to be more in line with other hospital service workers across Ontario. This interest arbitration was to resolve a first collective agreement…
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Office and clerical workers at STEGH receive arbitration award for a first collective agreement
St. Thomas – More than 115 office and clerical employees at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) are now represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Local 159. This interest arbitration was to resolve a first collective agreement for these employees won by OPSEU in a vote under Public Service Labour Relations Transition Act…