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Newsletter
News for OPSEU members at MPAC
from your leadership team
 March 27, 2013
ImpacT - News for OPSEU members at MPAC from your leadership team, Volume 13, Issue 1: Best-selling business author Harvey MacKay is quoted as saying
"If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail."We can’t help wondering if this is the road MPAC wants to travel.
more...
February 19, 2013 Volume 12, Issue 4: Instead of breaking down silos, it
appears that MPAC has built a brand new one…with a little help from their
friends. more...
October 15, 2012 Volume 12, Issue 3: On September 12, 2012, MPAC management
held its first province-wide meeting in Toronto to roll out their next four-year
strategic plan. more...
June 26, 2012 Volume 12, Issue 2: MPAC’s Friends, Family and Favorites
program is alive and well, especially within the ranks of the management
“elites.” more...
Security upgrades at Milner: Up to
the task?
May 3, 201Volume 12, Issue 1: The installation of a
seven-foot high, completely enclosed security turnstile at the Milner
office is leaving many members wondering whether the employer has taken
it far enough. more…
December 1, 2011 ImpacT At the Table Issue 2: After only five days at the bargaining table, your team has reached
a tentative agreement with the employer on a four-year collective agreement.
more..
Previous Issues:
November 25, 2011
ImpacT At the Table Issue 1: We have laid the groundwork for our proposals on our next collective
agreement, and had some positive exchanges with MPAC on mutual interests and ideas
more..
October 14, 2011 ImpacT - News for OPSEU members
at MPAC from your leadership team, Volume 11, Issue 2: Delegates to the
Pre-Bargaining Conference on September 10 cast their ballots, and the results
for your new Bargaining Team and Pay Equity Maintenance Committee are in.
more..
July 27, 2011 ImpacT - News for OPSEU members
at MPAC from your leadership team, Volume 11, Issue 1: The latest shell
game, cleverly disguised as “OA Realignment,” will result in more HR staff
without any money going to front-line assessment.
more..
March 23, 2011 ImpacT - News for OPSEU members
at MPAC from your leadership team, Volume 10, Issue 3: If you haven’t had a
look at your job specifications in while…maybe you should
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February 4, 2011 Volume 10, Issue 2: Be very
careful how you fill out the latest “Health Interest Poll” from the employer.
more...
July 12, 2010 Volume 10, Issue 1: When someone signs a
document on the bottom line, you would expect that they would live up to the
terms of agreement. At MPAC, apparently, this is a bit of a foreign concept.
more...
October 21, 2009
Volume 9, Issue 3: MPAC begins pre-bargaining posturing by imposing a
Hiring Freeze more...
June 30, 2009
Volume 9, Issue 2: Another “grassroots” initiative Let’s hope latest
organizational review doesn’t repeat “Futures” flop
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February 13, 2009
Volume 9, Issue 1: IPS to blame as MPAC grinds to a halt
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December 18,2008
Volume 8, Issue 4: MPAC discovers nepotism! more...
July 4, 2008
Volume 8, Issue 3: "Partners? In Excellence?" More problem
bosses, Vacation time is here! (Or not!)
February 29, 2008
Volume 8, Issue 2: "Action plan for 2008: Pushing
ahead with key grievances"
January 9, 2008
Volume 8, Issue 1: Busy
year for grievance-handling at MPAC
February 19, 2007
29, 2008
Volume
7, Issue 1
OPSEU blocks unfair
job posting practices in St Catharines
December 21, 2006
Volume
6, Issue 2 OPSEU
Board may boost funds for MPAC grievances.
May 19, 2006
Volume 6, Issue 1 Lip service: MPAC fakes interest in consultation
about Ombudsman’s report, then cancels meeting; ‘superiority
complex’ is alive and well
ImpacT: At the Table
Bargaining information for OPSEU members
at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation
April 28, 2010 ImpacT: At the Table With
just hours to go to a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday strike deadline, your MPAC bargaining
team reached a tentative agreement with the employer on a new two-year contract.
more... The official Memorandum of Agreement
is available here.
April 21, 2010 ImpacT At the
Table - Bargaining information for OPSEU members at the Municipal Property
Assessment Corporation, Issue 10: In the last issue we told you that we were
still in discussions with the employer on proposed dates for mediation and
setting a new strike deadline. Those dates have now been established.
more...
April 19, 2010 ImpacT At the
Table - Bargaining information for OPSEU members at the Municipal Property
Assessment Corporation, Issue 9: On Friday, April 16 the Ontario Labour
Relations Board (OLRB) held a hearing to deal with OPSEU’s application alleging
that MPAC was “bargaining in bad faith” over their decision to retract their
wage offer for the first two years of the next contract
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April 16, 2010 ImpacT At the
Table - Bargaining information for OPSEU members at the Municipal Property
Assessment Corporation, Issue 8: We have been blown away by your response to
Gerry Stuart’s letter of Friday, April 9.
more...
April 12, 2010 ImpacT At the Table - Bargaining
information for OPSEU members at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation,
Issue 7: On the morning of Wednesday, April 7, the employer notified your
bargaining team that they were withdrawing their offer of March 24, 2010.
more...
March 30, 2010 ImpacT At the Table - Bargaining
information for OPSEU members at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation,
Issue 6: After two days of meetings with the employer, talks ended the night
of March 24 with the announcement that the employer has filed for a No Board
Report. more...
February 23, 2010 ImpacT At the Table -
Bargaining information for OPSEU members at the Municipal Property
Assessment Corporation, Issue 5: After eleven days at the
bargaining table, your Bargaining Team was notified by the employer
that they will be filing for conciliation.
more…
Still a long road ahead
February 8, 2010 Issue 4: Your bargaining
team met with the employer on February 10-11. We are still discussing the
ramifications of the employer’s Organizational Review plans.
more…
“Not interested whatsoever”
February 8, 2010 Issue 3: “Not interested whatsoever”…that has been the
employer’s response to almost all the demands we are putting forward at the
bargaining table. more…
Your team will not be “snowed”
January 20, 2010 Issue 2: Your bargaining team met with the
employer on January 6-8. At that time, the employer graced us with more
details on their plans to try to cut full-time jobs from MPAC.
more...
Employer offer is "97%" bad
December
23, 2009 Your bargaining team met with employer reps December 17 to exchange proposals for your next collective agreement. What we received from the employer wasn’t as bad as we expected...it was a whole lot worse.
more...
OPSEU
Impact: At the Table - Bargaining information
March 8, 2006 Issue 4:
"Tentative agreement signed"
February 20, 2006
Issue 3: Employer files for conciliation
February 8, 2006
Issue 2: Employer
proposes seasonal, part-time jobs
December 16, 2005 Issue 1:
Employer tables vague
demands as bargaining begins
November 28, 2005
Volume 5, Issue 3 OPSEU
Impact The policy that isn't a policy: Is you office hiring
retired MPAC managers? All systems go for bargaining. More
grievances as MPAC ignores contract rules. and more...
November 11, 2005
Volume 5, Issue 2 OPSEU
Impact What's this round of bargaining about? You're telling us.
Welcome Rob Field.
January 12, 2005
Volume 5, Issue 1 Mediation/arbitration
dates set for remaining Futures grievances; Building our strength -
getting ready to bargain.
August 10, 2004
Volume 4, Issue 2 Job competition grievances fall short for
many members.
January 28, 2004
Volume 4, Issue 1 Hearings set to start for CSR, PA5
grievances.
Oct 28, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 11 Customer Service Rep grievors: please
confirm your information - November 18 is the deadline.
Oct 8, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 10 Laid-off workers may be hired as
contract staff - temporarily. Please welcome new members. Hats off
to election workers! Sign up for health & safety training. Pay
equity committee adds one more. Office security update.
Career software to be tested.
June 16, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 9 Interested in pay equity? Sector Exec.
gets two new members. Returnees issue heads to med-arb in September.
. Collective agreement available online. Dates set for
Competition/No Vacancy/Layoff grievances.
June 5, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 8 Competition grievance info deadline is
July 7. Competition grievance timeline. BPS Conference set for June
6-8. MPAC balks at giving out municipal survey results. Ecker,
Finance Officers spank MPAC honchos. Janet Ecker to MPAC: Move over,
I’m driving.
April 28, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 7 Grievance Update.
Be alert to SARS threat. Health &
Safety: every workplace needs it. BPS Conference. Who's in? Who's
out? Inclusions grievance heads to arbitration. Calling all
stewards: enforce that contract!
March 19, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 6 Wear black on Friday.
Grievance Issues. OPSEU Convention.
Health and Safety. BPS Conference. Keep in touch!
February 25, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 5 MPAC violates brand-new contract.
Update: Competition
grievances, Seniority tie-breaker. Keep in touch.
February 7, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 4 Contract Ratified.
OPSEU members at MPAC have ratified the
collected agreement signed Jan. 22 between MPAC and your union
bargaining team. Seventy-four per cent of members voted in favour of
the contract. Voter turnout was 82 per cent of those eligible.
January 23, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 3 We have a tentative collective agreement.
Click here to
download Tentative Agreement.
January 20, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 2 Down to the crunch: The next three days are
crucial. Resolution watch: 139. Button makes a splash.
FOI appeal hits final stage.
January 7, 2003
Volume 3, Issue 1 111 municipalities back OPSEU resolution.
MPAC sues OPSEU over web site. Talks resume. Resolution watch.
December 20, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 13
Bargaining starts; employer applies for
conciliation
December 18, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 12 Municipal pressure intensifies.
Bargaining starts today.
December 10, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 11 Ecker writes to Hume: stop the
sensitive lists. Lists mask impact of downsizing, Casselman
says. Now that's an unhappy Treasurer.
December 5, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 10 Employer demands on line. Resolution watch.
Keep in touch.
Employer Demands
December 3, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 9 Talks begin today. Big cities sign on.
Keep in touch.
Union Demands
November 18, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 8 Members finalize demands; bargaining
kicks off Dec. 3. Lobby campaign in fine form. Keep in touch!
November 8, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 7 Union lobby rocks Toronto city hall: It
was supposed to last five minutes. Municipal officials critical of
changes. Demand-setting meeting goes Nov. 16-17. FOI request
goes to adjudication. Grievance report. Keep in touch!
October 24, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 6 Municipalities targeted in lobby -
Pelham is first to pass new resolution against Futures plan. Surveys
are in; provincial demand setting meeting goes ahead Nov. 16-17.
Be prepared. CSR grievances set over to January 2003.
September 16,
2002
Volume 2, Issue 5.
CSR hearing forces disclosure. Two team members not seeking
re-election. Time for Richards to wake up and smell the coffee. And
where is BOB?
May 23, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 4.
"Futures" One year later...what a mess! Bargaining starts in
June. MPAC hires Cannibals! Redundant members Q & A.
Don't ignore stress! MPAC Grievance file.
May 1, 2002, 2001
Volume 2, Issue 3.
Mappers
finally face-off with Management. Competition grievances coming in.
VEO denials must be challenged by member. Compliment numbers for VA
and DC positions. Can a surplus notice be issued during the
Protocol? Education subsidy continues with new job. OPT Factor
80 outlook. ...and more.
March 17, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 2.
Adams award opens VEO, closes CSR.
Where does this leave us? Workers' advantage is with unions.
February 18, 2002
Volume 2, Issue 1
George Adams reserves decision.
Arbitration makes gains. Mediation goes nowhere. Competition process
not trusted. Re-opening of 80 windows possible. Will the 80 be
extended? We all want the best representation. Unhappy?
Have you told the boss?
November 29, 2001.
Issue 1. Welcome to the first issue of OPSEU IMPACT. MPAC
meeting a great success. Drafters seek reclassification. What is a
redundant employee? Futures jobs are not vacancies. All employees
should be OPSEU. Assessors are in demand…elsewhere. Update on
grievance action. and more..
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'Breaking down' the silos…one friend at a time
Provincial meeting leaves more questions than answers
