Tag: Newsletter
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LBED Bargaining Bulletin: In-store rally and bargaining team election results
Members flex their collective power in bold in-store rally – April 29, 2023
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Sector 3 Newsletter: Boards of Education and Cultural Institutions
Welcome The Sector 3 Executive would like to welcome our new staff negotiator, Kathleen Flynn. Kathleen joins us with an extensive background in the education sector. We look forward to her contributions to our sector and collaborating with her. Sector 3 Divisional Executive Chair Sandra Cadeau Vice-Chair Bonnie Eddy Treasurer Donna Caissie Secretary Susan Richarz…
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April 28, 2023 – National Day of Mourning for Workers
Today, we honour and remember those who have lost their lives, suffered injury or illness on the job or experienced a work-related tragedy. This year marks 39 years since the inception of the National Day of Mourning – established in 1984 by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). In recent years, National Day of Mourning ceremonies…
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Activists honoured at Convention 2023
inSolidarity Report Convention 2023 saw an exciting end to its first day. In a departure from years past, an evening recognizing member successes, emceed by Paul Taylor, also included diverse entertainment acts including Lucas Silveira, Afiwi Groove Performance Team, Jadyn Hardie-Bardy. OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick opened the evening introducing the audience to emcee Paul Taylor.…
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Convention 2023 Day 2: inSolidarity Update
Organizing and Fighting to Win! Inspiration at the Annual PWC Breakfast Lorinda Seward The annual Provincial Women’s Committee (PWC) breakfast took place on Friday morning. Over one hundred people attended the popular OPSEU/SEFPO Convention event, raising money for the Live and Let Live Fund, which collects funds from our locals and other groups to assist…
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Convention 2023 Day 1: inSolidarity Update
Indigenous welcome offers inspiring start to Convention 2023 Christina Chrysler OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2023 opened with a procession led by the Indigenous Circle and guests. President JP Hornick, called the meeting to order at 9:17am, followed by the Land Acknowledgement and a reminder to members that words must be backed by action. Knowledge Keeper and Elder…
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inSol Daily Update: Welcome to Convention!
The inSolidarity Committee welcomes all members and guests to our union’s highest ranking authority, Convention, where delegates debate and vote on policy and constitutions motions. Whether this is your first Convention or 50th, we hope the next few days are productive, filled with learning and most importantly, fun for all! While Convention officially starts on…
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Get your Convention 2023 updates from inSolidarity!
Want to get all the updates from OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2023? The inSolidarity Committee will be on the ground at Convention reporting every day, and they will be posting daily updates at opseu.org/inSolidarity! inSolidarity is a newsletter produced by OPSEU/SEFPO members for members, in print and online. The next print issue of inSolidarity will be published…
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Racialized workers need a bigger seat at the OPSEU/SEFPO table. Here’s how.
By the OPSEU/SEFPO Coalition of Racialized Workers, for inSolidarity Newsletter From local presidents to the Executive Board, OPSEU/SEFPO leadership is mostly white. There are clear barriers for racialized workers to meaningfully participate in our union. OPSEU/SEFPO has committed to a mandate of equity and inclusion. But the lack of representation of racialized members of our…
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Liquor Board Employees Division: the ECHO – April 2023
Click here to download a PDF of the newsletter. Chair’s Message Colleen MacLeod – Chair, Liquor Board Employees Division Greetings, Traditionally, springtime is a busy time of year for activists and this year is no exception. OPSEU/SEFPO Convention is around the corner, and I’m looking forward to getting together in person once again. As a…
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LockTalk #13: Once Again Mediation Talks Breakdown
Your bargaining team had two days of mediation booked with mediator William Kaplan on April 13 and 14. We came with our arbitration lawyers, Nini Jones and Lauren Pearce, prepared to bargain monetary and non-monetary issues free from the restrictions imposed by the unconstitutional Bill 124, and guided by the demand set from the division.…
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LockTalk #12: Post Bill 124 – What’s next?
Click here for a PDF version of LockTalk 12. Your Correctional Bargaining Team met for 3 weeks in Toronto to retool our proposals to reflect the change in the bargaining landscape. We completed a comprehensive list of proposals that reflect the demands of the Corrections Division as outlined in the demand set without the constraints…
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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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HPD bargaining team weekend update: Bill 124 Wage Reopener
Dear OPSEU/SEFPO Hospital Professionals Division members, We are writing to provide you with an update on the recent HPD mediation that took place this weekend on February 18-19. As you know, your bargaining team and the employer, the OHA, met with arbitrator William Kaplan to discuss compensation improvements in light of Bill 124 being overturned…
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Young Worker Research Survey
Attention all OPSEU/SEFPO members, OPSEU/SEFPO’s Provincial Young Workers Committee (PYC) is seeking young workers aged 16-29 to complete an online survey about their work quality to assist The Better Work Project: Young Workers Making Change by the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Please see the details below and share widely. In Solidarity, OPSEU/SEFPO Provincial Young Workers…
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Region 1 Leadership Meeting that focused on mental health a cerebral success
By Craig Hadley, inSolidarity Committee OPSEU/SEFPO members from Region 1 held an activist-focused leadership meeting in Windsor, emphasizing mental health, wellness, equity initiatives and building local capacity. Tammy Whelen, Mental Health Educator, gave a powerful presentation on prioritizing our own mental health in our daily lives of working and union activism. Whelen revealed that our…
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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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Update from the LBED Bargaining Team on the Bill 124 court decision
Dear LBED members, Our team wanted to send you a bulletin to update you on some developments in the wake of the Bill 124 court decision. As you may be aware, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently declared Doug Ford’s Bill 124 legislation, which capped total compensation at one per cent, to be “void…
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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…