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MUNICIPAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CORP.
March 18, 2010 News Release MPAC members give their negotiating
team an overwhelming vote in favour of strike action if bargaining breaks down .
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 CHILD CARE FUNDING
March 18, 2010 President Thomas calls on Premier McGuinty to maintain
funding for subsidized child care spaces in the March 25 budget.
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CANADA-COLOMBIA FREE TRADE DEAL
March 18, 2010 Canadians who were part of an international election
monitoring mission to Colombia have confirmed that a free trade deal will not
guarantee democracy in Colombia and question whether May’s presidential vote can
be free and fair. more...
March 18, 2010 Come to the Canada-Colombia panel discussion in Toronto
April 8th more...
OPSEU VIDEO COMPETITION
March 18, 2010 Create a video about public services and you could win $1,000. Show us what you've got!
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HOSPITAL PROFESSIONALS DIVISION
March 18, 2010 St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital is installing a $550,000
biometric scanning device for monitoring their employees at a time the hospital
is making cuts to outpatient laboratory testing and diagnostic imaging
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COURT REPORTERS
March 17, 2010 In a March 11th decision, the Grievance Settlement Board has requested that all court reporters who provided transcription work since July 2003 submit a claim for all of the hours that you’ve worked and not been paid appropriately.
more... MUNICIPAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CORPORATION:
March 16, 2010 The schedule is now available for strike vote
locations.
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March 16, 2010 Learn what’s at stake in this round of
bargaining and why your bargaining team needs a solid strike mandate.
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NOTICE
March 12, 2010 OPSEU calls on its members to join in a Solidarity Rally with our USW brothers and sisters at Vale INCO.
more... CANADA-COLOMBIA FREE TRADE DEAL
March 10, 2010 News Release As the Harper government prepares to roll out details of the Canada-Colombia free trade deal, OPSEU joins other unions and social justice groups in saying the agreement amounts to the endorsement of murder, torture, and human rights violations in the South American country
more... ASSET SELL-OFFS
March 10, 2010 Toronto Star
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE & MINISTRY OF REVENUE
March 9, 2010 Taxing Times newsletter for OPSEU members of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Revenue, Issue 9 An agreement has been reached to protect jobs in the transition to the HST
more... ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE
March 9, 2010 Over 1,000 members will be affected when ServiceOntario implements the new Customer Service Representative (CSR) classification.
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NEWS RELEASE
March 8, 2010 Selling shares in profitable Crown corporations like the Liquor
Control Board of Ontario is a bad idea that is not in the public interest, OPSEU
President Warren (Smokey) Thomas warns. more...
ONTARIO 2020 CONFERENCE
March 8, 2010 Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Transportation,
Wayne Arthurs, MPP and Parliamentary Assistant to the Finance Minister, NDP
leader Andrea Horwath and MPP Peter Tabuns were among the guests at the morning
Breakfast with Ontario’s Political Leaders.
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NOTICES
March 5, 2010 Turkish union activist Seher Tümer will spend
International Women’s Day 2010 in prison. A LabourStart campaign asks that you
send a letter of protest to the Prime Minister of Turkey demanding her release. more...
SOLIDARITY FUNDS
March 5, 2010 Join OPSEU President Warren
(Smokey) Thomas and 1st Vice-President/Treasurer Patty Rout on June 7, 2010 at
the 2nd Annual OPSEU Enterprises / Live and Let Live Fund Charitable Golf
Tournament.. more...
NEWS RELEASE
March 4, 2010 The Northumberland Hills Hospital
is making deep cuts to patient services, leaving the county with fewer beds, no
publicly-funded outpatient rehab services, and closure of the diabetes education
and outreach program. more...
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES
March 4, 2010 Developmentally Speaking
Newsletter for OPSEU members in Developmental Services. March 2010. News on
lobby day for bargaining mobilizing and temporary tattoo day on March 31.
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RETIRED MEMBERS' DIVISION
March 3, 2010 Autumn View, a publication of the OPSEU
Retired Members’ Division, Edition 1, 2010. more...
COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
March 3, 2010 Parry Sound personal support workers for
the Victorian Order of Nurses ratified their contract last night after employer
demands for a travel time concession were taken off the table.
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MEMBER EDUCATION
March 3, 2010 In a two-day educational session, new Local Presidents took the opportunity to share some strategies they use in initiating conversation with their members in complex locals.
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ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE
March 2, 2010 Although negotiations for a new gender neutral and pay equity compliant job evaluation system were halted over a year ago, OPSEU staff and the Job Evaluation team have been busy working to deal with ongoing problems.
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VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC GAMES
March 1, 2010 OPSEU is very proud of all the Canadian Olympic athletes and
their extraordinary accomplishments.
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CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY
February
26, 2010 In a letter to Ministers Laurel Broten and Dwight Duncan, OPSEU
president Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the government is abrogating its
responsibility to CAS clients through under-funding
more.... CORRECTIONS
February
26, 2010 Local 290 at Roy McMurtry Youth Centre hosted a talk for youth on
February 23rd to help celebrate black history month. OPSEU President Smokey
Thomas was among the guests.
more.... LIQUOR BOARD EMPLOYEES DIVISION
February
26, 2010 Echo Newsletter for OPSEU members of the LCBO. Issue 31.
LBED members host successful Lobby Day at Queen’s Park. News on casual benefits,
bullying and bylaw changes more....
MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION
February 26, 2010
Ontario Shores is eliminating 55 positions at the former Whitby Mental Health
Centre in order to cope with underfunding from the Ministry of Health. Forty of
the positions will receive layoff notices, while 15 workers will be redeployed
following contracting-out of their work. more...
CAAT (A)
February 24, 2010 Verification of mail-in
ballots has confirmed that faculty at Ontario’s 24 community colleges have
narrowly accepted the employer’s contract offer. As a result, the offer from the
Colleges becomes the new collective agreement for the next three years.
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ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE
February 23, 2010 With the emphasis is on settling more grievances
earlier, Ministry File Review Committees attempt to ensure the outcome of a
grievance is determined by the union and the employer, rather than an
arbitrator.
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MUNICIPAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CORPORATION:
February 23, 2010 ImpacT At the Table - Bargaining information for
OPSEU members at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, Issue 5:
After eleven days at the bargaining table, your Bargaining Team was notified by
the employer that they will be filing for conciliation.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
February 12, 2010 OPSEU is calling on members across the
province to join in the STeps for Life walk on Sunday, May 2nd.
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CONVENTION 2010
Forms for Convention 2010 are now available for download. These
include forms for Registration, Childcare, Resolutions, and Constitutional
Amendments. more…
MEMBER EDUCATION
Programs include a new Strengthening Facilitation Skills Level 2
more…
A Centrally-Run course will be run this March 2010
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AVOIDING ZERO
 A
new on-line site -
www.avoidingzero.ca - quickly links the public to their MPPs over a plan to
freeze funding to hospitals.
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CHILD TREATMENT SECTOR
 Send
an e-mail to Premier Dalton McGuinty and Deb Matthews, Minister of Children and
Youth Services.
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