Support a picket line
There are picket lines at all three Participation Lodge locations: Holland
Centre and St. Francis Place in Owen Sound and Lutheran Manor in Hanover. All
support at these picket lines is greatly appreciated!
Call or email Elaine Kerr, Executive Director of
Participation Lodge.
Elain Kerr's number is 519-794-3201 x224
If she happens not to be at her desk, dial
extension 555 for the phone to ring throughout the facility. Someone should pick
up...
You can also send Elaine Kerr an email at one, or both, of the following email
addresses. Let her know that you support her staff, and that it is time to get
back to the table!
November 9, 2012 OPSEU negotiators are calling on Participation Lodge to
soften its hard-line stance and help resolve a strike about to enter its eighth
week. OPSEU’s bargaining team has been called back to the table for Sunday,
November 11. . more...
November 12, 2012 OPSEU Local 235 has reached a tentative contract with
Participation Lodge after both sides met on Sunday, November 11. The picket
lines have been called off, pending a ratification vote to be held on Tuesday,
November 13. more...
November 9, 2012 OPSEU negotiators are calling on Participation Lodge to
soften its hard-line stance and help resolve a strike about to enter its eighth
week. OPSEU’s bargaining team has been called back to the table for Sunday,
November 11. . more...
NEW video highlights Participation Lodge Solidarity
November 9, 2012 Watch the solidarity rally
video of OPSEU PresidentWarren (Smokey) Thomas¹ visit to the
Participation Lodge Hanover picket line.
November 2, 2012 OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas joined workers
and supporters for a solidarity rally at Participation Lodge in Hanover on
October 31. more...
October 30, 2012 OPSEU President, Warren (Smokey) Thomas, will join striking
workers at the Hanover picket line at noon on Wednesday, October 31. As workers
enter their sixth week of a strike, the union is calling on Participation Lodge
Executive Director Elaine Kerr to return to the table with a fair offer for her
workers.
more...
October
26, 2012
Dozens of workers from Participation Lodge took a road trip to London, Ontario
on Tuesday, October 24. First they picketed the office of the Ministry of
Community and Social Services, then they held a rally in front of the South West
LHIN. more...
October
23, 2012 Workers from Owen Sound are taking a trip to London
Ontario on Wednesday, October 24 to hold pickets outside the offices
of the Ministry of Community and Social Services and South West LHIN.
more...
October 15, 2012
Members of OPSEU Local 235 at Participation Lodge held a strong rally at the
employer headquarters on Wednesday. October 10. Voicing support for the
bargaining team, members called for financial transparency and a return to the
bargaining table. more...
October 5, 2012 Join the picket line to support members of OPSEU Local
235 on Wednesday, October 10. These workers are on strike to protect their
benefits and fight for fair compensation in an agency that has one manager for
every five staff!
more...
September 25, 2012 A rally in support of striking workers will be held at
Participation Lodge in Owen Sound on Wednesday, September 26. Staff have
been on strike since Saturday morning, September 22.
more...
August 31, 2012 Members of OPSEU Local 235 Participation
Lodge in Owen Sound have voted down their employer’s final offer by an
overwhelming majority. The next step is to file for a “no board report”. This
will start the clock ticking towards a legal strike deadline.
more...
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