Tag: Newsletter
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Community Connections – Community Health Care members in Sector 17
Community Connections – Spring 2022 For OPSEU/SEFPO members working in Sector 17 Community Health Care Professionals Printable PDF COVID-19 and return to work hybrid models Following the lifting of public health measures we are seeing changes in workplaces following the pandemic. Some workplaces are adopting a hybrid model, no longer requiring staff to be in…
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Mediation gives way to arbitration
After 10 days of bargaining and one and a half days of mediation, your HPD bargaining team is now preparing to take unresolved priority issues to arbitration. There were still many items on the table as we progressed towards our mediation dates. Your team’s goals were to get stronger language around job security issues and…
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Eight days in – and bargaining continues…
Your bargaining team has now completed eight days of intense bargaining with the Ontario Hospital Association to renew our central collective agreement. The team has tabled all of the demands that your delegates voted for at the provincial demand-set meeting held last fall. We’re pleased to report that progress has been achieved on a number…
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CAAT-S sets their demands – and the team is set to bargain
The bright sun on Saturday morning reflected the buoyant mood of college full-time support delegates, alternates and observers as they gathered, in person and virtually, at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto on April 30 to set their demands for the 2022 round of bargaining. Also attending were a number of Executive Board Members, which included…
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Bargaining update: The interest arbitration award is in
Because of Bill 124, this was an extremely difficult, almost impossible round of bargaining. We refused to accept what the employer was offering, but through interest arbitration, We’ve achieved the maximum that Bill 124 allows. I want to thank all members for their patience and support throughout the entire bargaining process and for their solidarity…
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LockTalk 7: Bargaining hits pause
Negotiations suspended For the second straight round of bargaining, negotiations between your correctional bargaining team and the employer have been stood down, as the “writ has dropped”. In other words, the government has dissolved the legislature and called an election. To be clear, the bargaining team has not chosen to suspend bargaining. Rather, the employer…
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HPD Bargaining Bulletin: April 2022
Message from Bargaining Team Chair We’ve all been under a lot of pressure since the start of this pandemic, and even before that. HPD members spoke loud and clear in your demand set feedback – we deserve better. We deserve more respect and recognition for how hard we work every day to provide care to…
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CBS Bargaining Bulletin: Arbitration date secured
Dear members, We are happy to announce that we have now secured August 23, 2022 as our Interest Arbitration hearing date. Your bargaining team will be meeting in the coming months to prepare for the hearing with our OPSEU/SEFPO Negotiator and Research Officer. As outlined in last November’s bargaining update, we will discuss our outstanding…
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OPSEU/SEFPO’s Rainbow Alliance is looking for new members!
OPSEU/SEFPO members in good standing are encouraged to apply to join the Rainbow Alliance arc-en-ciel! The committee provides representation and support to TBLGIAPQQ2S (Trans, Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Intersex, Asexual, Pansexual, Queer, Questioning, Two spirit )members. We promote equality and a harassment-free work environment. Tackling discrimination in the workplace means addressing and tackling discrimination in our…
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Convention at a Glance, Day 3: OPSEU/SEFPO puts on fresh face as two brand-new leaders elected
OPSEU/SEFPO puts on fresh face as two brand-new leaders elected Printable pdf By Christina Chrysler After a season of campaigning at the regional and provincial levels, President and Vice-President/Treasurer hopefuls provided their final thoughts before delegates cast their deciding votes Friday morning. Ed Arvelin, Tara Maszczakiewicz, JP Hornick and Sara Labelle were vying for the…
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Mental health & addictions newsletter: meet your division leaders, government lobbying, and attend our meetings!
From your Mental Health & Addictions Division leaders: thank you! We salute the members who provide mental health and addictions services across the province for their work and continued dedication throughout the pandemic. You provided essential and life-saving services at a time when the demand for mental health and addictions services skyrocketed. You rose to…
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Autumn View – Edition 1, 2022
A Message from the Chair Anyone who thinks the existing crisis in our hospitals has been caused by COVID is greatly misinformed. There is no question that COVID has thrown an unfortunate spotlight on the situation and definitely has exacerbated the problem, but our hospitals have been in dire straits for some time. Back in…
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LockTalk 5: Unified’s needs are not Corrections’ needs
While meeting with the employer over the last few weeks, your team has received several emails from local presidents and members seeking a bargaining update. Download the pdf. We have prepared numerous non-monetary proposals based on the bargaining priorities established by the membership during the demand-set process. Unfortunately, the employer has been slow to respond…
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To The Point: Sector 19 Newsletter, January 2022
Message from OPSEU/SEFPO’s President and First Vice-President/Treasurer: New year, new challenges, new hope Download the pdf. As essential front-line employees, your work never stops: Because illness and accidents don’t take holidays, the demand for blood and diagnostics is a 24/7 job, every week of the year. That means your jobs have built-in sacrifices in terms…
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Dates for the OPS Unified ratification vote
The OPSU Unified ratification vote will be on January 24, 25 and 26, 2022. It will start at 8 a.m. on January 24 and run continuously until 8 p.m. on January 26. Members are encouraged to click the link in the email they received through the employer email on Friday, January 7, 2022, and provide…
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Red4Ed is back! Sector 3 newsletter
Download a printable PDF Message from the President and Vice-President Happy New Year, everyone! Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to all Boards of Education and Cultural Institutions members for your hard work and dedication providing vital services that support education for students. We’ve been living and working through this pandemic for almost 2 years now,…
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OPS Unified Table Talk Issue 4
OPS Unified Collective Agreement PDF Download a printable version of the newsletter. Download the full version of the OPS Unified Memorandum of Settlement (MOS). Term The term of this Collective Agreement will be for three years: January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. Salary The bargaining team negotiated the largest allowable salary increase as permitted under…
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LockTalk 4: Bargaining update
A publication of OPSEU/SEFPO’s Correctional Bargaining Unit Download the PDF. During a meeting with the employer on December 15, your bargaining team was presented with the employer’s fulsome non-monetary demand package. The team was disappointed, but not surprised, with the 40-page document presented by the employer. While specific details are not typically discussed publicly at…
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HPD Bargaining Bulletin: December 2021
Download the bargaining bulletin. Message from the President and First Vice-President/Treasurer From the moment the pandemic began, OPSEU/SEFPO Hospital Professionals Division members stepped up to the plate to care for the public. You saved lives and kept hospitals safe under extremely difficult circumstances. No one can deny your value. Your workplaces, and your lives have changed…
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Hospital Support end-of-year 2021 newsletter
Message from the President and First Vice-President/Treasurer: Recognizing our true heroes Download the PDF It’s always a great pleasure for us to salute our hardworking and courageous hospital support members. Your efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic – and long before it – have been nothing short of heroic, and on behalf of our entire union,…