Hospital Professionals Division

April 28, 2008 Ajax Rally - Saturday May 3rd to save mental health beds at the Ajax-Pickering hospital. Meet at 12:30 Noon at the Ajax Town Hall. Click here to download poster.

HPD Pay Equity Meeting

April 11, 2008 OPSEU and the Participating Hospitals have agreed to hold a day-long information and training session on the roll-out of our central pay equity process on May 29, 2008, in Toronto. More…

HPD Pre-bargaining conference May 30

April 11, 2008 The pre-bargaining conference will be held Friday May 30, 2008. Details and conference documents…

Escalating shortage of lab professionals threatens patient care

April 10, 2008 In the lead-up to National Medical Laboratory Week, Canada’s largest organization of health science professionals is sounding alarm bells that accessible and high quality patient care is threatened by an escalating shortage of medical laboratory technologists across the country. more...

HPD Pay Equity steering committee update

March 26, 2008 The Hospital Professionals Division’s Central Pay Equity Steering Committee has been hard at work. More...

NEWS RELEASE

Diagnostic errors could rise if lab shortages not addressed -- OPSEU

March 17, 2008 Province is sleepwalking on issue of lab shortages -- Patty Rout more...

Fifth anniversary of a great OPSEU victory

February 13, 2008 It was a cold and snowy day across Ontario – minus 38 degrees in Timmins – when OPSEU hospital professionals took a stand in a rousing and successful Day of Action, Feb. 13, 2003. more...

December 11, 2007 Lakeridge Healthcare Corporation and OPSEU Local 348, supplementary award on uniforms. More...

Local interest arbitration hearings done
October 3, 2007 All HPD Local Interest Arbitration hearings for the 2006-2009 round have been completed. More...

Shortage of professionals causes hospital waits
August 16, 2007 OPSEU First Vice-President/Treasurer Patty Rout responds to a Toronto Sun article about MRI wait times more...

August 2, 2007 Rally at Hamilton St. Joseph’s Healthcare About 70 activists rallied Aug. 1 outside Hamilton’s St. Joseph’s Healthcare. Meanwhile inside, the hospital issued layoff notices to staff who work at three lab collection sites. More…

July 9, 2007 St. Joseph's Healthcare closing three lab sites On Oct. 31, 2007, St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton will close the three remaining community labs that it operates. About 20 full and part-time employees will be affected. OPSEU members can sign Local 206’s petition. more...

Workload Forms
HPD Members have the right to bring workload issues to the attention of the employer. Download workload alert forms and explanatory note.