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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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PROVINCIAL WOMEN'S COMMITTEE
February 24, 2010 OPSEU's Provincial Women's Committee
urges members to join with us and the international community in celebrating the
100th anniversary of International Women's Day. more...
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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HOSPITAL PROFESSIONALS DIVISION
February 19, 2010 ST. THOMAS Despite emerging from
its financial deficit, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) is cutting
services that will limit access to outpatient lab testing, increase waits for
diagnostic imaging, and impact jobs in the community. Six positions are expected
to be eliminated from the lab and diagnostic imaging – this at a time when the
Ontario government is spending to stimulate new jobs in the economy.
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GREENING OPSEU
February 19, 2010 OPSEU is calling upon its membership
across the province to participate in Canada’s first bottled water free day on
March 11th. more…
WORKERS OF COLOUR
Formerly known as "The Official Black History Month Poster",
LEGACY is celebrating it's sixteenth year of existence! Get your copy of the
2010 poster.
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LIQUOR BOARD EMPLOYEES DIVISION
 February
18, 2010 More than a dozen LBED members hosted a reception yesterday at
Queen’s Park for MPPs. Their message was clear: don’t sell off the LCBO as a
deficit-cutting measure
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
 February
18, 2010 This year, February 28th will mark the 11th anniversary of
“RSI Day,” a day when a group of injured workers came together to focus
attention on debilitating injuries that degrade the quality of life.
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CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES AND DIAGNOSTICS
February 18, 2010 OPSEU has put CBS on notice that we
have suspended meetings of the Provincial Labour Adjustment Committee (PLAC)
pending receipt of disclosure of information relating to the planned Brampton
facility.
more……
 PUBLICATIONS:
February 17, 2010 In Solidarity
- The newsletter for OPSEU Stewards and Activists – Winter 2010.
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CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY
February 17, 2010 While this week’s infusion of $26.9
million into the CAS will avert layoffs, it fails to address the long-term
budget needs of Ontario’s child welfare system
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MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION
February 17, 2010 KINGSTON The Ontario Public Service
Employees Union is calling on the McGuinty government to take steps to protect
mental health services after a minimum of 10 layoffs was announced last week at
Providence Care hospital. The layoffs follow a pattern of similar cuts across
the province in the run-up to this spring's provincial budget.
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PROVINCIAL WOMEN’S COMMITTEE
 February
16, 2010 Participants in a
march for missing and murdered Aboriginal women demand
accountability from the government
and police.
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OPSEU ENTERPRISES:
February 16, 2010 Our Ontario contest winner Richard
Parson of Local 222 receives his 7-day Caribbean Cruise.
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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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OPS CORRECTIONS
February 12, 2010 Lock Talk - A
publication of the OPSEU Corrections Division:
Information in the February 10 edition of Lock Talk has raised some concerns
regarding the Attendance Support and Management Pilot Program. Here are some
answers to the questions you have been asking.
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February 10, 2010
Lock Talk - A publication of the OPSEU Corrections Division:
ASMPP causing concerns; ASMPP and Absenteeism Target Incentives clarified; OPT
introduces a new member buy-back option.
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DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES
 February
10, 2010 Employers at 20 agencies across the province sign on to Joint
Declaration with OPSEU and CUPE.
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February 8, 2010 OPSEU encourages members to participate in online survey of
staff experience of client aggression.
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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
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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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