December 10, 2010 OPSEU members at Homes First Society in Toronto have ratified a three-year contract agreement recommended by their bargaining team.   more..

October 25, 2010 Activists and the Dyers Bay Swamp Stompers joined BPCL staff at an information picket Oct. 22 in Wiarton. more...

October 19, 2010 Homes First Society workers, members of OPSEU Local 540 have voted 93% vote in favour of a strike mandate. Local 540 members are facing major concessions from the employer including cuts to all top ups, sick leave and personal days.. more...

September 23, 2010  Members of Local 203 at Guelph Independent Living have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action if a deal on a first contract can’t be reached .  more...

Aug 5, 2010 OPSEU Local 512 was contacted by the employer asking for an extension of the strike deadline. A mutual agreement was reached. The strike deadline is August 10, at midnight. more...

Aug 4, 2010 Members of OPSEU Local 512 representing 30 workers at Youth Employment Services (YES) in Toronto have rejected a tentative settlement of a one per cent wage increase over two years. Members will be in a legal position to strike at 12:01 a.m., Friday August 6. more...

July 27, 2010 Employment support workers at Youth Employment Services, OPSEU Local 512, will hold an information picket on July 27 at 12:00 pm at 555 Richmond St.

The bargaining unit filed a No Board report on July 19 and will be in a strike position on August 5, 2010. The bargaining team is scheduled to meet with employer in mediation on July 29, 2010. more...

Tuesday July 27
Information Picket

555 Richmond St.
12:00 p.m.

June 30, 2010 Youth Employment Services (YES) workers, OPSEU Local 512, voted 89% in favour of a strike on Monday, June 28. The vote was held after the employer walked away from the table. more...

Homes First members picket Board AGM

June 15, 2010 Supportive housing workers held an information picket at the Ryerson International Living & Learning Centre where the agency held its Annual General Members meeting. More..

Homes First members picket Board AGM

June 15, 2010 Supportive housing workers held an information picket at the Ryerson International Living & Learning Centre where the agency held its Annual General Members meeting.  In previous years, management had welcomed service users and staff to attend. This year members present asked to attend the AGM and were met by Ryerson security guards informing them that the employer had instructed that uninvited guests were not permitted at the meeting.

OPSEU Local 540, Homes First Society

OPSEU members in Local 540 Homes First Society have been in bargaining since December 2009. 

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