Community Health Care Professionals

January 18, 2013 Members (past and present) who worked for a municipal or other home care provider that subsequently became CCAC’s may be eligible for a lump sum payment. Please read further if you think you may be affected. more...

December 5, 2012 We are happy to report the settlement for the CCAC Pension Class Action Lawsuit has been approved more...

November 23, 2012 A hearing is scheduled on November 28, 2012 at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in regards to the McSheffrey class action lawsuit. more...

August 30, 2012 Picketing OPSEU members got a partial result for their efforts outside the Oshawa Health Centre on August 27. more...

August 28, 2012 Workers at the medical clinic in the Oshawa Health Centre are holding an information picket Wednesday to draw attention to the closure of a service that will affect 27,000 patients in the region. more...

August 27, 2012 Dr. Adrian Pettyan is retiring, but staff at his medical clinic may be excused for not taking up a collection to buy him a gift. more...

July 27, 2012 Personal support workers for the Grey-Bruce Victorian Order of Nurses have ratified a first contract. more...

May 25, 2012 Members (past and present) who worked for municipal or other home care provider that subsequently became CCAC’s may be eligible for a lump sum payment under a proposed settlement (if approved by the court) to the class action lawsuit filed by OPSEU. Please read further if you think you may qualify. more...

March 22, 2012 The OPSEU Healthcare Divisional Council (HCDC) is asking member RPNs to fill out a quick on-line survey to help us identify specific issues for future campaigns. more...

December 2, 2011 OPSEU is calling on local authorities to investigate the sudden closure of the Grey Bruce Health Unit office in Walkerton more...

November 30, 2011 Effective 2012, it is law for all members of a Regulated Health Profession to carry Professional Liability Insurance. OPSEU has, in consultation with CG&B Insurance Group, arranged for our affected members an opportunity to get insurance at a discounted rate. more...

November 25, 2011 OPSEU has reached a tentative agreement with participating Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) in its first Central Collective Agreement between the parties. more...

August 19, 2011 The outcome of this election may determine your future workload, your family’s access to health care, the hours you work, who you work for, or whether you will have a job at all. The Community Health Care Professionals election primer looks at the party promises, the issues, offers helpful suggestions on what you can do, and gives sample questions for all-candidate meetings.

Printed copies of the 11” x 17” Election Primer are being sent to each local. You can also download it here. more...

June 13, 2011 Community Health Care Professionals will be holding a meet and greet on Friday, June 17, from 5-7 p.m. We are looking for members whose area of work is not yet represented on our executive committee. more...

February 4, 2011 It took more than a year of sporadic bargaining but members of Local 203 have ratified a first contract with Guelph Independent Living more...

Paramed workers deliver strong strike vote

October 18 2010 Home care workers represented by Local 492 in eastern Ontario hand their bargaining team strike mandate after employer insists it has no mandate to negotiate wages . more...

VON workers vote to accept contract after concession withdrawn

March 2, 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. The 40 members of OPSEU Local 320 voted unanimously to accept the four year deal after VON dropped a plan that would have had the workers travel up to 40 km per day without any payment for travel time. more...

Parry Sound VON set strike deadline over travel time issue

February 9, 2010 Facing a four-year wage freeze, Parry Sound Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) home care personal support workers have drawn a line in the sand when it comes to rollbacks of their paid travel time. more...

Petition asks for assessment of Grey Bruce health board

March 2, 2009 OPSEU is requesting for the Minister of Health and Long Term Care to launch an official assessment of the Grey Bruce Board of Health and the Grey Bruce Public Health Unit. more...

Community members pack Grey Bruce Health Unit town hall forum to demand action

February 25, 2009 More than 120 residents of Grey and Bruce Counties packed the room on Feb. 24 to demand answers about the way the Grey Bruce Health Unit has spent public dollars. more...

Future of health unit: OPSEU President Thomas to attend Owen Sound Town Hall Feb. 24

February 19, 2009 Ontario Public Service Employees Union President Warren (Smokey) Thomas will be among those in attendance at a forum on the future of public health in Grey Bruce to be held at the Days Inn in Owen Sound Feb. 24. more...

OPSEU vows to fight third round of home care bidding

December 16, 2008 OPSEU pledges to work with communities in heading off the next phase of bidding for home care clients. more...

Tentative Settlement Reached in Strike by Local 674

September 30, 2008 In negotiations that lasted less than 10 hours, both sides reached a tentative settlement today in the strike by nursing, professional-technical and clerical staff of the Timiskaming Health Unit more…

Timiskaming Health Update

September 26, 2008 Nursing, professional-technical and clerical staff, on strike against the Timiskaming Health Unit (THU), will return to the bargaining table on Monday Sept. 29 on the heels of a radio advertising campaign this week that demanded the THU board of directors finally get involved in bringing the two sides together

Competitive bidding system under fire

June 10, 2008 OPSEU’s Lucy Morton will tell an expert panel how home care is being driven into the ground by the system of competitive bidding for contracts. more...

Building an effective
local at Champlain CCAC

March 18, 2008 Community Health Care Professionals Newsletter March 2008 Building a strong and effective Local 4101 at the new Champlain CCAC; end of competitive bidding. More…

We spoke and they listened: Government halts competitive bidding

January 23, 2008 Home care patients and workers cheer as government backs down on home care contracts more...

January 17, 2008 Over 1,500 supporters attended the huge home care rally last night in Hamilton. Comedian Mary Walsh, Hamilton Tiger Cat and radio personality Jason Farr, national NDP leader Jack Layton, and recording artist Tom Juravich headlined the rally which also drew 225 skilled health care staff from the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) and St. Joseph’s Home Care.. more...

January 14, 2008 Mary Walsh heads star lineup for home care rally in Hamilton Comedian Mary Walsh, Hamilton Tiger Cat and radio personality Jason Farr, national NDP leader Jack Layton, and recording artist Tom Juravich will headline a massive Wednesday evening rally to save home care in Hamilton. more...

January 10 2008 Quality of home care in jeopardy in Hamilton: Thomas -OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the competitive bidding system for home care hurts patients. more...

January 8, 2008 Rally to save home care in Hamilton
Jan. 16 Health care workers and members of the community will rally Jan. 16 in Hamilton to show support for home care. more...

December 19, 2007 Home care workers to tell their own storiesHome care staff in the Hamilton area will conduct their own debrief of the competitive bidding process Thursday. more...

December 12, 2007 Hamilton VON staff get lump of coal for holidays: layoffs to take place in April After 107 years of service to the community, the Victorian Order of Nurses were told Tuesday they were disqualified from the tendering process more...

October 30, 2007 Community Health Professionals News. In this issue: OPSEU wins right to represent professional staff at Champlain CCAC; BPS conference a huge success -- new sector executive elected. more...

March 27, 2007 Community Health Care Professionals News In this issue: LHIN realignment, Local 315 lives on, and more!

February 2, 2007 Community Health Professionals News In this issue: Transition issues, restraint and deficits, local news, class action update, health council tour and more.