Tag: Strike
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Corrections Strike Training Sessions
With the January 10 strike deadline fast approaching, strike training for OPSEU locals with members in Corrections is well under way. See below for details for your local, and check back for updates. Region 1 Locals 135, 154 Monday, January 4, 2016 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Windsor Regional Office Membership Centre, 3005 Marentette Ave.,…
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OPSEU Local 294 strike against CarePartners has ended
ST. CATHARINES — The OPSEU Local 294 strike against CarePartners Niagara is over. The local and the employer have agreed to proceed to mediation, backed by binding arbitration, to resolve all outstanding issues. Members of Local 294 will return to work starting December 14, eight months after the strike began. “I am so proud of…
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Community Living Huronia Local 357 sets Aug. 10 strike deadline
Members of OPSEU Local 357 at Community Living Huronia have filed a No Board report with the Ontario Labour Relations Board and will be in a legal strike position at 12:01 am, Aug. 10. The local represents about 220 members who work in 26 locations including 21 group homes. Members gave their bargaining team a 98 per…
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Strike deadline for Carillion members extended to July 13th midnight
Carillion highway maintenance workers have rejected the company’s offer. Locals 221, 317 and 704 voted 80 per cent in favour of strike action. A previous strike date of midnight July 8th was extended to July 13th. The union and employer are currently working with a mediator for a date to return to the table.
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Rapport Credit Union offers support during labour disputes
In a letter to OPSEU First VP and Treasurer, the CEO of Rapport Credit Union (formerly Ontario Civil Service CU and the Provincial Alliance CU) reminds OPSEU members of the financial support it provides during labour disputes. Read the Rapport Correspondence
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OPSEU Local 294 protests stalled first contract talks
OPSEU workers at CarePartners in Niagara region and Norfolk county have been holding information pickets to draw public attention to the fact 20 months of bargaining have left them no closer to a first contract. Read more Related: OPSEU in the News
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OPS Bargaining Telephone Town Halls Feb. 18 and 19
Your bargaining teams continue to try to reach a fair and reasonable settlement for Ontario Public Service members. However, the employer has refused to change its position and is still demanding sweeping concessions and wage freezes in the contract. At the Central/Unified table, the employer has served notice to begin negotiating Essential and Emergency Services Agreements, which is…
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OPS Strike Vote Counted
The OPS strike vote has been concluded in accordance with OPSEU policy. The results are clear decisive. The result: A strong vote in favour of strike action, if necessary. Central: 90% Yes Corrections: 96% Yes Unified: 88% Yes This result indicates strong support for the OPSEU negotiating committee and contract proposals. It also marks clear opposition…
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OPS Tele Town Hall Meetings a big success
Three OPS Tele Town Hall meetings, held on Dec. 2-3, reached over 17,300 OPS members across the province. You can listen to a complete recording of each of the events using the links provided below. Dozens of questions were answered regarding the employer's opening positions, strike vote information, the threat of privatization and outsourcing, along…
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CarePartners staff vote 94 per cent in favour of strike action
Nursing care workers and office staff at CarePartners in Niagara and Norfolk counties voted 94 per cent yesterday in favour of strike action if they are unable to reach settlement on a first contract at the bargaining table. “I’m not at all surprised by this very strong show of support for the possibility of a…
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Why Vote YES to the OPS Strike Vote?
Your OPS Bargaining Teams are asking for a strong strike mandate to force the employer to table a better opening position for your new contract. Currently, the offer will allow for more layoffs, easier methods to privatize and outsource public services, and cost those members who are left thousands of dollars in wage and benefit…
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OPS Telephone Town Halls Dec. 2 and 3
OPSEU is holding three tele-town halls over two days for Ontario Public Service members to talk about the upcoming strike vote and the employer’s proposals to slash, cut, and eliminate public sector work. Tele-Town Halls: Tuesday, December 2nd 7:55 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Eastern Wednesday, December 3rd 12:25 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern Wednesday, December 3rd 7:55 p.m.-9:00…
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Strike vote set for CarePartners nursing staff in Niagara and Norfolk Counties
NIAGARA –CarePartners may be facing its second labour disruption in slightly more than a year as nursing staff in Niagara and Norfolk Counties cast strike ballots December 1. The professional workers are fed up with an employer that has dragged its heels for 15 months rather than negotiate a fair first collective agreement. Refusing to…
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Why have your OPS Bargaining Teams called for a strike vote?
On November 20, 2014, the OPS Bargaining Teams received the opening proposals from the employer. The contents were nothing more than drastic cuts to the wages, benefits and entitlements for every employee in the OPS. Your benefits, wages, job security, and basic contract entitlements are targeted. The employer’s proposals attack the sick and the injured…
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Explanatory Document – OPS Bargaining Employer Opening Proposals
The OPS Employer Opening Proposals: Slash, cut, eliminate On November 20, 2014, the employer tabled their opening proposals at the Central/Unified and Corrections bargaining tables. Here’s what’s at stake: Central/Unified Table Article UN16 – Salary The employer has proposed a wage freeze for the first two years of the agreement, followed by another two-year freeze unless…
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Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin CMHA workers to hold Nov. 15 rallies to support negotiations
The union representing almost 300 workers at the Canadian Mental Health Association – Waterloo- Wellington-Dufferin (CMHA-WWD) will hold information rallies on Saturday, Nov. 15, in support of their bid to negotiate a first contract. DATE: Saturday, November 15 LOCATIONS: Mount Forest CMHA office: 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Orangeville CMHA office: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Guelph, Delhi Street…
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OPS Strike Vote Locations
Check the list below for the Strike Vote locations and times nearest you. Updated: 12/3/2014 1:50 PM Region 1 – London, St. Thomas, Woodstock, Goderich, Stratford, Chatham, Windsor, Sarnia Local: 102, 103, 104, 108, 112, 147, 152 Thursday, December 4, 2014 8:00 AM – 8:30 PM London Regional Office/Membership Centre 1092…
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Renfrew strikers to picket Extendicare’s Markham headquarters September 16
Toronto – Striking home care staff from Renfrew County are moving their picket line to Markham on Tuesday. Professional and support staff will picketing outside of Extendicare’s head office on Steeles Avenue, September 16 at noon. The company owns ParaMed Home Health Care, which walked away from the bargaining table more than a week ago.…
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Extendicare’s US woes may be stoking Renfrew County home care strike
Ottawa – ParaMed Home Health Care’s reluctance to achieve a deal with front line staff in Renfrew County may be the result of company losses in the United States. The mostly low-wage staff at the home care agency has been without a raise in almost four years. ParaMed is insisting it be extended to five…
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ParaMed Home Health Care staff strike today in Renfrew County
OTTAWA – Professional and support staff that provide home care to more than 1200 frail and elderly in Renfrew County are on strike this morning. ParaMed Home Health Care has shown no interest in avoiding a strike among its 140 Renfrew County staff, refusing to bargain again until this Friday – four days into the…