Tag: Strike
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Media covers unanimous strike vote by NOSM U faculty and professional staff
Media across Northern Ontario reported that medical education faculty and professional staff at NOSM University in Thunder Bay and Sudbury voted 100% in favour of a strike mandate in their negotiations with the university. The faculty and professional staff are represented by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University Faculty and Staff Association (NUFSA), members…
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Solidarity with WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikers
OPSEU/SEFPO stands in solidarity with the 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) who have been on strike since May 2, 2023, and 160,000 Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) members who are hitting the picket lines today, July 14. “The combination of actors and writers on…
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OPSEU/SEFPO members join PSAC picket lines in solidarity
From OPSEU/SEFPO’s Convention floor last week to PSAC picket lines this week, provincial public sector workers are standing in solidarity with striking federal public service workers. Join a PSAC picket line near you: WorkersCantWait.ca Send your PSAC solidarity pics to opseucommunications@opseu.org and we’ll feature them here!
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Strike alert: Solidarity with L. 273 ONE Fertility healthcare workers
On Wednesday, March 29, OPSEU/SEFPO L. 273 fertility healthcare workers at ONE Fertility Burlington will potentially be on strike. These seventeen members – a predominantly female workforce – are fighting for fair wages that reflect their value. They are currently being underpaid by as much as $11/hour compared to counterparts at fertility clinics in other…
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Strike countdown begins for healthcare workers at ONE Fertility
Burlington, ON – Healthcare workers at ONE Fertility will be in a legal strike position as of March 29 at 12:01am. The healthcare workers who provide fertility treatments to people hoping to conceive, include andrologists, embryologists, sonographers, phlebotomists, pharmacy technicians and laboratory technicians. The 17 members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 273 ONE Fertility have been in…
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“Small but mighty” Local 393 home care workers take on ParaMed
Dozens of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 393 home care workers rallied outside the ParaMed Home Health Care head office in Barrie on Wednesday. On Thursday, ParaMed updated their offer to the bargaining team, and the team agreed to extend their strike deadline past January 27th. In a bargaining bulletin sent out on Thursday, the bargaining team told…
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Keep CLASS workers safe!
Help us demand a safe workplace at CLASS No one should have to worry about the risk of getting seriously hurt, hospitalized, or killed at work – but CLASS staff are being put in danger every day. CLASS management has a responsibility to protect its employees! Email CLASS Executive Director Andrew Walker and tell him that…
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Strike countdown rally in Barrie: No more poverty pay at ParaMed!
Join us at the rally! Support ParaMed home care workers from OPSEU/SEFPO Local 393! Date: January 18, 2023 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: Barrie ParaMed Head Office, 231 Bayview Drive, Barrie Click here for a printable rally poster (PDF) Why Local 393 is on a strike countdown Read the news release here. Click here for flyer…
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Countdown to strike deadline for Simcoe/Muskoka ParaMed home care workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2023 BARRIE, ON – Low-waged home care workers in Simcoe/Muskoka are counting down to a strike deadline of January 27 after an insulting offer of 8 cents per hour by ParaMed Home Health Care. ParaMed is the largest home care corporation in Canada, owned by for-profit giant Extendicare. OPSEU/SEFPO Local…
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Why is Doug Ford’s Charter-busting Bill 28 so bad?
What people are saying about Ford’s unprecedented attack on workers’ rights “Really, among the most draconian pieces of labour legislation in the modern era in Canada… an extreme overreach by the government.” – David Doorey, associate professor of work law at York University. Toronto Star Nov. 2, 2022 “Bill 28’s use of the notwithstanding clause…
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TSSA safety inspectors return to work
OPSEU/SEFPO Local 546 safety inspectors voted to ratify their first Collective Agreement with the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) today, ending their 11-week strike. As part of the return to work agreement with the employer, members are asked to remove any social media accounts created to share information about the employer: “OPSEU will make…
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OPSEU/SEFPO education workers congratulate OSBCU/CUPE on strong strike mandate
Education workers represented by OPSEU/SEFPO were heartened by the 96.5% strike vote announced today by their fellow education workers in OSBCU/CUPE. With a turnout of more than 80%, CUPE education workers sent their bargaining team to the table with a formidable strike mandate behind their demands. “This is the kind of solidarity all workers need…
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OPSEU/SEFPO stands with public service workers in BC
Members of our sibling union in British Columbia, the BCGEU, are on the picket line this week for meaningful cost-of-living protection for public service workers. Their employer, the BC government, has rejected their proposal to include cost of living protection in their compensation package, despite the fact that every member of the legislature in BC has…
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CBC Toronto: LifeLabs couriers and mailroom staff in the GTA vote to end strike
The CBC is reporting that GTA couriers and mailroom staff working for LifeLabs voted Saturday to end their strike and return to work today. They had reached a three-year-agreement Saturday for the period Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. The workers, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO, went on strike March 14 after negotiations failed to reach…
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LifeLabs couriers and mailroom clerks vote to accept tentative agreement with employer
Toronto – Striking couriers and mailroom clerks at LifeLabs have voted to accept an offer to end their two week strike. The 160 OPSEU/SEFPO members, who work in three locations in the Greater Toronto Area, voted electronically today to accept the deal reached yesterday that includes wage improvements. It’s a first collective agreement for the…
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LifeLabs couriers and mailroom clerks reach tentative agreement with employer
Toronto – After nearly two weeks on strike, the bargaining team representing roughly 160 LifeLabs couriers and mailroom clerks in the GTA has reached a tentative agreement with the employer. If a majority of the 160 OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5119 members vote to accept the tentative agreement, the strike will be over. The vote will take…
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Strike continues at LifeLabs as mediation fails to produce a settlement
Toronto – Mediated talks between OPSEU/SEFPO and LifeLabs failed to produce a settlement to end a strike that has lasted nearly two weeks. No new talks are scheduled. Members of Local 5119 will be reporting for their picket line duties on Friday as previously planned. OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Union will continue to…
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Striking LifeLabs members feel the solidarity at Rally for a Living Wage
While the striking Local 5119 bargaining team went back to the table with LifeLabs today, OPSEU/SEFPO members were joined in solidarity by other unions at a rally outside LifeLabs Head Office. The message was clear: LifeLabs is a billion dollar company that can afford to pay a living wage to all their workers. OPSEU/SEFPO members…
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News advisory: Union leaders support striking LifeLabs workers
Toronto – Some 160 striking LifeLabs couriers and mailroom clerks will rally to demand a living wage outside the company’s head office. Joining them will be a number of labour leaders and workers. Date: Thursday, March 24, 2022 Time: 10 a.m. Location: 100 International Boulevard, Etobicoke The workers have been on strike since March 14,…
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LifeLabs, striking workers to resume bargaining
Toronto – Some 160 newly unionized LifeLabs couriers and mailroom clerks will return to the bargaining table on Thursday. The workers are represented by OPSEU/SEFPO and have been on strike since March 14. “I’m glad to hear LifeLabs is ready to sit down with us again at the bargaining table,” said OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5119 President…