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The CAS sector advocates for Ontario’s Child Protection staff who
protect our children. The CAS Sector Executive and Bargaining
Committees, through the central Union, provide resources that
members need to win Better Contracts, Better Working Conditions,
and educate the Public. We are committed to our dedicated
members who see that Ontario’s children are safe.
June 9, 2010 Sustainable Funding
Campaign News coverage of CAS campaign events in
Waterloo, London, Brockville and Sudbury. OPSEU members in Ottawa, London,
Brockville, Kitchener and Sudbury brought their sustainable funding message to
the street. more..
June 3, 2010 Sustainable Funding
Campaign Child protection workers across the province
set to “fundraise” for vulnerable children on June 7. more..
May 12, 2010 Staff with Jeanne Sauvé Family Services in
Kapuskasing and area have ratified a new, three-year deal more....
April 23, 2010 Faced with the prospect of more layoffs
and additional cuts to service, Children’s Aid Society workers in Kapuskasking
and area have given their bargaining team an overwhelming vote in favour of
strike action more...
April 16 OPSEU regional leaders and local civic
officials told a rally in Kapuskasing that it’s the responsibility of the
McGuinty government to end the crisis in the CAS. With a slide show
of the demonstration in Kapuskasing
more
April 7, 2010 CAS workers across northeastern Ontario are planning a series of demonstrations to protest an under-funding crisis that threatens child protection services
more...
To view photos from the April 6 demonstrations
click here
February
26, 2010 With payrolls jeopardized and employees failing to have their expenses covered, the crisis in the Children’s Aid Society grows
more....
New funding averts further
layoffs but sustainability still
an issue
While OPSEU
welcomes this week’s funding
announcement, the CAS
desperately needs a sound
funding model
more
Children’s Aid Societies
Sector makes pre-budget
submission
February 10,
2010 OPSEU’s Children’s Aid
Societies Sector has made a
submission to the Ministry of
Finance ahead of the Ontario
budget.
Click here to read the
submission.
Funding Crisis in Child Treatment and CAS
November 17, 2009 CASenotes - A Newsletter for
OPSEU Members in Children’s Aid Societies: The provincial
government’s refusal to sufficiently fund children’s aid and children’s
mental health services has created a crisis and at-risk children and
youth are paying the price.
more…
 On
November 20 wear a blue ribbon
Why? Because on Nov.
20, 1989, the United Nations adopted
the Convention on the Rights of the
Child
more...
Sector Leaders Meet
October 23, 2009:
Sector leaders met in Toronto on
October 21 for an emergency
roundtable on the funding crisis
affecting children’s aid societies
and children’s mental health
agencies
more...
Travesty in Rainy River
October 14 2009
Due to recent announcements in Northern
Ontario OPSEU President Warren (Smokey)
Thomas is demanding that the McGuinty
government immediately reassess how the
province is funding children and family
services.
more …
Children’s Aid Societies Sector
makes pre-budget submission
February 9, 2009
OPSEU’s Children’s Aid Societies Sector
has made a submission to the Ministry of
Finance ahead of the Ontario budget.
Click here to read submission.
Bargaining Bulletin
November 19, 2008 Bargaining Bulletin for the members of Local 258, Family
and Children's Services, Waterloo
more...
Send an e-mail to Hon. Deb Matthews
October 15, 2008
Many agencies are not able to submit balanced budgets due to lack of
adequate funding, and have been forced to cut much-needed support
services and file applications under Section 14 of the Child and Family
Services Act. Your help is needed to pressure the Minister to provide
the required funding that will adequately support programs and services,
retain staff and keep our communities healthy.
more...
Bargaining is the focus for 2008
March 28, 2008 CASe Notes: CAS sector newsletter
for March 2008 – Bargaining, Convention, sector updates,
more...
CASe Notes: Big win in York
Region strike
September 25, 2007 CAS sector
newsletter: Story of the York Region strike, sector updates.
more…
Join Striking CAS Workers August 30
August 29, 2007 Join OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas and OPSEU
Vice President-Treasurer Patty Rout in a show of solidarity and support for
striking child protection workers in York Region.
more...
Strike begins at York CAS
August 27, 2007 OPSEU Local 304: Picket lines went up today at the
Children’s Aid Society in York Region.
More…
York Region CAS could strike Aug 27
August 15, 2007 Staff at York
Region Children’s Aid Society could be on strike as early as Aug. 27, 2007.
More…
March 9, 2007 York CAS: President
Casselman visits with members of Local 304 to support bargaining
efforts
March 6, 2007 OPSEU will be
preparing a submission on Bill 171, the Health System
Improvements Act, and the regulation of psychotherapy, and its
impact on our members who work as social workers or counsellors
in a broad spectrum of health and social services settings. For
those who may be interested, here is the link to the Health
Professions Regulatory Advisory Council (HPRAC) website, where
you will find its 2006 report, which recommended many of the
changes that are in Bill 171:
www.hprac.org
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