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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 more...

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. more...

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. more...

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. more...

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. more...

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. more...

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. more...

VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC GAMES

March 1, 2010 OPSEU is very proud of all the Canadian Olympic athletes and their extraordinary accomplishments. more...

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. more…
 

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. more…

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. more…

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. more……

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. more...


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 more....

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. more…

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. more…

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 more....

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. more…

PROVINCIAL WOMEN’S COMMITTEE

February 2010 march Provincial Women's CommitteeFebruary 16, 2010 Participants in a
march for missing and murdered Aboriginal women demand
accountability from the government
and police. more… 

OPSEU ENTERPRISES:

February 16, 2010 Our Ontario contest winner Richard Parson of Local 222 receives his 7-day Caribbean Cruise. more…

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. more...

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. more…

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. more…

DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

Declaration LobbyFebruary 10, 2010 Employers at 20 agencies across the province sign on to Joint Declaration with OPSEU and CUPE. more...

February 8, 2010 OPSEU encourages members to participate in online survey of staff experience of client aggression.  more…

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 more...

AVOIDING ZERO

Get Angry: Take Action. Avoiding Zero campaignA new on-line site - www.avoidingzero.ca - quickly links the public to their MPPs over a plan to freeze funding to hospitals. more...

CHILD TREATMENT SECTOR

Kids Matter LogoSend an e-mail to Premier Dalton McGuinty and Deb Matthews, Minister of Children and Youth Services. more..

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Warren (Smokey) ThomasMarch 8, 2010

Make IWD a National Public Holiday
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Warren (Smokey)
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Patty RoutMar 3, 2010

Sister Zetkin & International Women’s
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Patty Rout

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Democracy Denied::: the Ontario College Vote Edition more…

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