Tag: OPSEU in the News

• Members picket outside Kingston LCBO in pouring rain

  Joined by dozens of community members, union allies, and We Own It mobilizers, OPSEU members working at the LCBO braved brutal weather as they demonstrated outside a Kingston LCBO on Saturday. For coverage, click here and here Related: OPSEU in the News

  February 27, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News

• Members protest LCBO privatization in Sault Ste. Marie

  Joined by We Own It! mobilizers and a number of community members, OPSEU members working at the LCBO hosted another successful information picket Thursday, this time in Sault Ste. Marie. For news coverage of the information picket, see here and here.

  February 24, 2017

  Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News

• Conservative MPP pledges to stop privatization

  A group of people involved with the We Own It campaign, including OPSEU Region 1 Executive Board Member Laurie Nancekivell and OPSEU member mobilizer Jordan McGrail, convinced Chatham MPP Rick Nicholls to sign a pledge against privatization. Part of the We Own It campaign, the pledge that Nicholls signed reads: "I pledge to support and…

  February 22, 2017

  Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News, We Own It

• LCBO workers protest alcohol sales at grocery stores during picket in Windsor

  LCBO workers staged an information picket in Windsor Saturday as part of their union’s ongoing campaign against the continuing expansion of alcohol sales to grocery stores. Read the full article on CTV News and watch the video coverage here. Related: OPSEU in the News

  Andy Pedersen

  February 21, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Belle River residents rally for publicly run ServiceOntario centres

  Residents of Belle River want a publicly run ServiceOntario centre, a community meeting on Saturday heard. Check out the full story on AM800 here. Belle River residents angry over ServiceOntario office closure: see the Windsor Star story here.

  Andy Pedersen

  February 18, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News, We Own It

• Panel’s $435G package ‘ridiculous’: OPSEU

  OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas has called on Premier Kathleen Wynne to state in writing that her government will not take money from public sector pension funds to spend elsewhere. Read the full Toronto Sun story here.

  Andy Pedersen

  February 16, 2017

  Campaigns, Media, Pensions and Benefits

  OPSEU in the News, Pensions

• OPSEU President Slams P3 Bridge Option

  OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is urging Kingston city council to resist using a public-private partnership (P3) to finance a new crossing over the Cataraqui River. Read the full story here in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Related: OPSEU in the News

  February 9, 2017

  Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News, We Own It

• Ottawa jail needs work: local president

  The Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre needs major improvements to its phycial infrastructure, OPSEU Local 411 president Denis Collin told listeners on CBC's Ottawa Morning last week. Read the web story here and hear the full radio interview here.  

  Andy Pedersen

  February 6, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Crisis in Corrections, OPSEU in the News

• Frontline workers stretched to the limit

  While college presidents and senior managers in the public service are pushing for even fatter salaries, the government is squeezing public services on the frontlines, says OPSEU President Smokey Thomas in a guest column in the Toronto Sun.

  Andy Pedersen

  January 31, 2017

  Media

  OPSEU in the News

• OPSEU gets action – extreme college executive pay hikes refused by government

  Ontario colleges sent back to drawing table to readjust wage hikes for execs Advanced Education Minister Deb Matthews has told colleges to change their plans for executive pay increases that students and union leaders termed unfair and out of line with other college workers. Read the full story from CTV Ottawa Giant pay raises for…

  Andy Pedersen

  January 27, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Privatization drives rising tuition: We Own It

  As Premier Kathleen Wynne visited North Bay Wednesday, OPSEU member and We Own It mobilizer Catherine Saulino was interviewed by CTV about the role privatization plays in rising tuition fees. Watch the full coverage here. Related: OPSEU in the News

  January 27, 2017

  Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News, We Own It

• Algonquin College, union resolve complaint over alleged election tampering

  Following allegations of tampering with union elections in 2013, Algonquin College will forfeit $100,000 in faculty union fees, provide training in labour relations to managers, and remain neutral in future union elections. Read the full story from the Ottawa Citizen

  Andy Pedersen

  January 27, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Local media focus on college plans to hike executive pay

  Pay hike considered for Confederation College president The chair of OPSEU’s College Academic Workers Divisional Executive continued to question the logic of hiking executive pay when colleges continue to experience tight budgets that are limiting frontline resources for students. Read the full TBnewswatch article Algonquin College president's pay could soar as public sector executives salary…

  Andy Pedersen

  January 25, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Kakeeway looks forward to Central American visit

  Geri Kakeeway, a member of the OPSEU Indigenous Circle, will be travelling to Guatemala next month. Co-sponsored by the OPSEU Social Justice Fund, the trip will feature visits to Indigenous communities where residents are restoring traditional midwifery practices. Geri is excited about the opportunity to enhance global Indigenous solidarity, a key goal of the Circle’s…

  January 25, 2017

  Equity and Human Rights, Events, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• OPSEU officials urge province to re-open Belle River office

  With the closure this week of Belle River’s ServiceOntario office and no immediate new operator on the horizon, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union is urging the province to step in to fill the gap. Read the full article in the Windsor Star. Related: OPSEU in the News

  January 24, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, OPSEU in the News, We Own It

• College presidents could get massive pay hikes to match other public sectors

  Ontario college executives are angling for big pay increases by claiming their salaries should match those of executives of much larger organizations, says RM Kennedy, chair of OPSEU's College Academic Workers Divisional Executive. Read the full article online here.

  Andy Pedersen

  January 19, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Media react to President’s press conference on dispatcher shocks

  Ambulance dispatchers say they're getting electrical jolts through their headsets Workers at an ambulance dispatch centre in Hamilton say they are enduring electric shocks at work, but say their employer isn't taking their complaints about it seriously enough. Dispatchers say they have been jolted through their headsets at their electronic workstations, where they receive emergency 9-1-1 calls…

  January 19, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Events, Health and Safety, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• Ontario colleges could increase executive pay by more than 50 per cent

  The chair of OPSEU's Academic Workers Divisional Executive, RM Kennedy, expressed concern this week over Ontario colleges' recently-announced proposal to increase executive pay by as much as 54 per cent. In an interview with the Globe and Mail, he called for the funds to instead be allocated to the classroom where they will benefit students. Click here to read the…

  Andy Pedersen

  January 18, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News

• More hospital beds needed in Durham: health coalition

  OPSEU Region 3 Regional Vice-President Sara Labelle commented this week on the severe hospital bed shortage in the Durham region. "It's very concerning what is happening," Labelle said in Oshawa This Week. "It's troubling for people who are working in the system. We need to deal with the critical bed shortage. No hospital wants to cut…

  January 12, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Certifications, OPSEU in the News

• Hospitals in Ontario, Sudbury, overcrowded: group

  OPSEU Region 3 Regional Vice-President Sara Labelle commented today on the severe hospital bed shortages across Ontario that have resulted from a lack of provincial funding — not the seasonal flu as some hospitals have claimed. “The problem is not patients, it is the chronic shortage of beds," Labelle said in the Sudbury Star today. "It is inappropriate and…

  January 10, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  OPSEU in the News