Tag: Newsletter
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Autumn View – Edition 2, 2022
A Message from the chair Ontario’s health care crisis: Why privatization is a lose-lose ‘solution’ By Ed Faulknor Chair of OPSEU/SEFPO Retired Members Division There can be no doubt whatsoever that we are facing a health crisis right now. The long waits in ER’s, the code red ambulance scenarios, and the number of medical staff…
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Sector 3 newsletter
Central Agreement Highlights from Sector 3 Divisional Executive As the central agreement for Education Workers expired on August 31, 2022, we wanted to provide you with this update on Sector 3 Education Central Bargaining. Sandra Cadeau and Kelly Martin are representing OPSEU/SEFPO members in the Ontario Council of Educational Workers (OCEW). On August 18, 2022,…
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Sector 16 Property Assessment – Bargaining update
Bill 124 ruled unconstitutional by court We want to provide our members with an update about the recent Bill 124 court decision and what it means for the status of our current contract negotiations. Passed by the Ford government in 2019, Bill 124 capped public sector compensation for hundreds of thousands of workers at one…
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Sector 9 News
Click here for a print-friendly version of this newsletter Chair: Kella Loschiavo Vice-Chair: Rob Boulet Communications Rep: Tony Fabiano Treasurer: Jennifer Harrington Secretary: Trish Tavares Community Organizer: Lindsey Voisin Sector 9 Universities: Bargaining Conference Your Divisional Executive has received approval to host a bargaining conference for the sector. The conference is set for November 18-20,…
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To The Point: Sector 19 Newsletter
To The Point: October 2022 OPSEU/SEFPO Sector 19 Newsletter Download a printable PDF version here. Greetings Sector 19 members! Your Sector Executive has been working hard to promote the Blood Services and Diagnostics sector and we have some exciting announcements to share. Congratulations to OPSEU/SEFPO Local 298 Congratulations to OPSEU/SEFPO Local 298 – LifeLabs Couriers…
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Wear Purple and Blue on Oct 20 to celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). It recognizes all individuals who live with a disability, whether visible or invisible. The purpose of NDEAM is to raise awareness and create an understanding that having a disability may require support and acceptance so that everyone can be part of a workplace that treats everyone with dignity…
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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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Full-Time College Support Staff Reach Tentative Agreement – Detailed Breakdown
Printable PDF OPSEU/SEFPO Full-Time Support Staff at Ontario’s 24 public colleges have successfully negotiated a tentative 3-year collective agreement with the College Employer Council. “The bargaining committee and I are excited to announce that we have successfully negotiated a tentative 3-year collective agreement. Despite our bargaining being significantly and unfairly restricted by Bill 124, we…
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LockTalk 9: Talks break down, preparing for arbitration
On behalf of the Correctional Bargaining Team, thank you to all the locals and members who showed their support while we were heading into mediation. It was a great show of how our division is united in seeking a fair collective agreement that meets the unique needs of members in the correctional bargaining unit. Here…
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Lock Talk 8: Bargaining to Resume – Prepping for Mediation
Click here to download the bulletin. Your Correctional Bargaining Team is preparing to return to the table after negotiations paused because of the provincial election. The Employer stepped away from the table when the election campaign began in early May. The Employer returns to the table with a re-elected Conservative government at the helm. The…
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College Support Full-Time Bargaining Bulletin #3
PDF version of this bulletin Week three at the bargaining table Last week we held our third session of contract bargaining with the College Employer Council. So far, we’ve met with college employer representatives nine times. We have a possible 10 more days of talks available this month before our collective agreement expires on August…
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Labour Reads: ‘Institutional Ethnography: A Sociology for People’ by Dorothy Smith
Howard A. Doughty, Steward, Local 560 It’s time to dig deeper into the archives. Long ago, I got my first formal schooling in women’s studies in a course I took with Dr. Dorothy Smith at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Dorothy passed away just shy of her 96th birthday, on June 3, 2022.…
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Hospital Professionals Division central bargaining update: interest arbitration award released
We have received arbitrator William Kaplan’s interest arbitration award. Read the award. Read the agreed-to items from bargaining: Items-in-Agreement-OPSEU-SEFPO-and-the-Participating-Hospitals-April-29-2022.pdf Items-in-Agreement-OPSEU-SEFPO-and-the-Participating-Hospitals-May-12-2022.pdf A summary of the award and the agreed-to items will follow shortly, along with details for information sessions that will be held next week. In solidarity, Your HPD bargaining team: Sandi Blancher (Chair) Betty Palmieri…
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Labour Reads: ‘Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice’ by Rupa Marya & Raj Patel
Howard A. Doughty, Steward, Local 560 As an OPSEU/SEFPO activist for more than 50 years and a local union office-holder for more than 40, I’ve taken my share of attacks by management and sometimes even from co-workers with opinions different from mine. The result? A thick, almost impenetrable, skin though not (I hope) a wholly…
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Meet your CAAT-S FT 2022 bargaining mobilizers!
Four of your co-workers were elected at a provincial union meeting in May to work with support staff to build bargaining power. These four members will work with your local unions and the bargaining team to host events and speak with as many of you as possible. This is your contract. It is important that…
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CAAT-S FT bargaining bulletin 1: Proposals exchanged
Message from the Chair: Bargaining begins – and we corner Doug Ford Oh, what a week this was! We started the week with an engaging discussion with our #support4success mobilizers on the communication and engagement strategies for this round of bargaining. The energy was incredible and filled the room with excitement and optimism. Bargaining for…
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Bee Connected – Boards of Education and Cultural Institutions newsletter
Printable PDF As the 2021/2022 school year wraps up, the Sector 3 executive would like to extend our gratitude to all of you for your continuous support to the students and staff at your locations. On February 2, 2022, a special meeting was convened to elect 2 additional Members-at-Large to the Divisional Executive. The executive…
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Local 397 bargaining bulletin: Conciliation has been requested
Your bargaining team has been working tirelessly over the past couple of months to negotiate a transitional agreement from your current collective agreement to a new OPSEU/SEFPO collective agreement. While negotiation meetings remained virtual, the parties agreed to exchange non-monetary proposals on April 26 and met for seven days, but made little progress. After lengthy…
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Sector 19 newsletter, To The Point: Growing bigger, staying closer
Your sector divisional executive (DivEx) has been working hard over the past year since being elected at the 2021 BPS Conference. The units in our sector have had a busy year bargaining, and our sector is growing, with new members joining OPSEU/SEFPO. We look forward to connecting with more members over the next few months…
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inSolidarity, Spring 2022: The latest news and insights from your inSol team
Editor’s Message: Thank you Thank you to all the workers who have kept Ontario running by continuing to provide public services throughout the entire COVID-19 pandemic. The past two years have been nothing short of awful. Citizens of the world have wrestled with striking a balance between participating in the economy and protecting themselves and…