Tag: Lock-out
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Full-time support staff at Ontario’s 24 colleges will enter legal strike position in the fall – “Our kids deserve the same opportunities college grads did 10 years ago.”
TORONTO, ON – The bargaining team representing over 10,000 full-time college support workers at all 24 of Ontario’s public colleges has requested a “no board” report this morning – putting workers in a legal strike position come the Fall 2025 semester. “This fight is bigger than our contract. This is foremost a fight for college…
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College Faculty conciliation and strike mandate vote FAQs
Printable PDF What is “conciliation”? “Conciliation” occurs when one or both bargaining parties believe that a third party can move negotiations forward. At any point during negotiations, Ontario’s Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (CCBA) allows OPSEU/SEFPO or the College Employer Council (CEC) to request neutral third-party assistance to help resolve their differences. A request for conciliation…
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Strike incident report form
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Strike hardship relief fund application
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Media advisory: Locked out mental health and addictions workers to rally in Timmins
Timmins, ON— Workers locked out by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Cochrane-Timiskaming, members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 631, will be holding a rally this Friday outside Timmins MPP George Pirie’s office to demand a fair deal and an end to the lockout. These workers are on the frontlines of the opioid crisis, which has overwhelmed…
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Lockout of CMHA workers puts northern communities and lives at risk
Timmins, ON – OPSEU/SEFPO has been notified that on Tuesday, February 13 at 12:01 a.m., the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Cochrane-Timiskaming will lock out its workers who provide life-saving mental health and addictions support in several northern Ontario communities. OPSEU/SEFPO, the union representing members of Local 631 at the CMHA, says lives are at…
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PWC holds vigil in support of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 434 members at Naomi Family Resource Centre
On November 4, the Region 4 Provincial Women’s Committee (PWC) held a candle light vigil in Winchester, in support of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 434 members from Naomi’s Family Resource Centre. The OPSEU/SEFPO Region 4 PWC rep and supporters from the region gathered to light candles and speak in recognition of the essential service the shelter provides…
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OPSEU/SEFPO letter to CEC outlining Phase 3 of work to rule
Graham Lloyd Chief Executive Officer College Employer Council Dear Graham, On March 2, 2022, academic employees who OPSEU/SEFPO represents, who work at Ontario’s 24 public colleges, began Phase 3 of the work-to-rule campaign. This is part of a legal strike action pursuant to the College Collective Bargaining Act (CCBA). The implementation of Phase 3 follows membership’s rejection…
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Thomas to LifeLabs’ Charlie Brown: Couriers deserve more than peanuts
Toronto – With 150 newly unionized LifeLabs couriers and mailroom clerks ready to strike at 12:01 a.m. on March 14, OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is calling on LifeLabs CEO Charles Brown to come to the bargaining table with a decent wage offer. “LifeLabs makes almost $1 billion annually,” said Thomas. “Charlie Brown is making…
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Strike/lockout date set for LifeLabs Local 5119
Employees at Lifelabs will be in a legal strike position as of 12.01 on March 14. The Minister of Labour has granted a “no board” report to negotiators for OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5119 couriers and mailroom clerks with LifeLabs, triggering a 17-day countdown to a legal lockout or strike position. The no-board comes after talks between…
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Work to Rule: Phase 3
Started 12:01am, March 02, 2022 Focus Work-to-rule must impact the functioning of the colleges in order to work as a bargaining strategy to bring the Council back to the table to discuss faculty’s needs. The colleges and CEC have chosen to abandon negotiations and to force faculty to work only under imposed conditions. All actions…
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After labour leader’s arrest, ask yourself: which side are you on?
Most people dream of flying south this time of year. But earlier this winter, I flew west — straight into the teeth of the cold Saskatchewan winter. I booked my plane ticket when I heard that more than a dozen Unifor members, including their National President Jerry Dias, had been arrested and charged while walking…
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Regina 2020 bargaining – when police take sides!
By Glen Archer, inSolidarity Regina police took an almost unprecedented action at the Unifor 594 lockout when they arrested National Unifor President Jerry Dias as he was joining a picket line. Dias was captured on video pleading with the police to stop escalating the tensions and to not interfere with the workers engaging in their…
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OPSEU supports Unifor with boots on the ground in Saskatchewan
In an act of solidarity with locked out workers of Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex, OPSEU’s executive board has unanimously agreed to send members to Saskatchewan. The action is in response to the arrest of Unifor national president, Jerry Dias, who was illegally taken into custody Monday after joining a picket line established by members of…
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Hamilton youth facility workers vote in favour of contract, ending four month lockout
Hamilton – The four month lockout at the Arrell Youth Centre in Hamilton is over. The 60 members of OPSEU Local 216 have voted narrowly in favour of an agreement reached on Monday. “These youth correctional workers deserve to hold their heads up high,” said OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. “They know the work they do…
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Take action to end the lockout
This labour dispute is an attack on working people. Youth justice workers are being bullied into accepting wholesale cuts to their health plan, which will cost them each up to $1,200 a year. Tell CEO, Kim Ciavarella, and Board Chair, Maria Zegarac, to get back to the table and bargain a fair contract: Kim Ciavarella:…
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Ontario Lottery and Grinch Corporation betting that unionized workers won’t have a happy holiday season
(OTTAWA) – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has shamefully locked out nearly 125 Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) unionized workers at Rideau Carleton Raceway Slots during the holiday season. To add insult to injury, many have learned that almost all of their non-unionized co-workers will be receiving a two per cent wage increase. “It’s absolutely…
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Possible Lockout of OPSEU Local 511 members at Radius Child and Youth Services
On November 12th OPSEU Local 511 child treatment workers at Radius SAFE-T could be locked out. The Employer can do this because it had applied for a No Board Report. The parties are scheduled to meet with the assistance of a mediator on November 9 to again try to reach a settlement. In June the members…
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Memo to all Local Institutional Services Presidents RE: Potential Lock Out
To all Local Institutional Services Presidents in MCSCS; On this day the MCSCS MERC members traveled to the Provincial Legislature and met with the new Minister of MCSCS, and his staff. The Minister was briefed by us regarding current issues and what our position as a Division is before we head into the startup of…