Hospital
cuts
bring
LHINs
under
fire
May
9, 2008
Inside
Toronto
(Community
News) On
May 16,
a plan
to slash
costs at
Rouge
Valley
Health
System
will
land
before
Ontario
Superior
Court.
more..
Colleagues
show
support
for
striking
health
unit
workers
May 9
2008
Owen
Sound
Sun
Times
Striking
Grey
Bruce
Health
Unit
workers
got a
boost
from
other
area
public
service
unions
Thursday.
more...
We're
all in
the same
boat
May
3, 2008
Globe
and Mail
-
Economists
used to
say that
"a
rising
tide
lifts
all
boats,"
but the
latest
StatsCan
report
tells a
different
story.
more... Clerical
workers
could strike
if talks
fail today
April 30,
2008
Owen Sound
Sun Times -
With wages
at about
$35,000 per
year,
clerical
workers at
the Grey
Bruce Health
Unit plan to
strike May 1
if talks
today fail
to produce
an
agreement.
More... "Now more
than ever"
April 29,
2008 St.
Thomas
Times-Journal
OPSEU members
participate in
the Day of
Mourning
memorial
ceremony at
Pinafore Park in
St. Thomas. The
monument
(pictured in
this article)
was created by
David Morris, an
OPSEU member.
more... Part-time
college workers to
unionize
Windsor Star -
Ontario's part-time
college workers are
poised to join the
Ontario Public
Service Employees
Union, allowing them
the same collective
bargaining rights as
their full-time
unionized
colleagues.
More... Pickets planned at
arbitration talks
April
17, 2008 St. Thomas
Times-Journal : Members
of Ontario Public
Service Employees Union
Local 152 at St.
Joseph’s Healthcare in
London and St. Thomas
plan to picket Thursday
and Friday as
arbitration talks are to
be held regarding pay
increases holding a
master’s degree in
social work.
More... Loyalist part-timers
have high union hopes
April 16
2008 Belleville
Intelligencer
more... Part-time college staffers
launch Ontario's largest union drive
April 14 2008
Toronto Star OPSEU applying for
right to represent 12,000 workers.
More....
OPSEU threatening legal injunction
over cuts
April
11, 2008 Community News
(Scarborough, Durham) An escalating
battle between Rouge Valley Health
System, hospital workers about to lose
their jobs and the provincial government
reached a fever pitch Thursday.
more... OPSEU favours Dofasco model
March 27, 2008
Hamilton Spectator - "We are impatient to
get to the bargaining table," said Roger
Couvrette, president of OPSEU's part-time
and sessional workers' organization.
More...
OPSEU to honour Earth Hour
March 18, 2008
Kingston Whig Standard - OPSEU is turning
off its lights in a show of support for
Earth Hour.
more...
For more information on OPSEU's involvement,
visit our
Greening
OPSEU site.
Part-timers talk first contract
March 17, 2008 Sudbury Star:
Now that the Ontario government has recognized
the right of part-time and support staff at the
province's 24 community colleges to unionize,
the workers are "very impatient to get to the
bargaining table.
more... Drumming up support
March 11, 2008 Welland
Tribune Part-time and sessional employees at
Niagara College have a big name supporting their
right to be unionized.
more... ODSP Day of Action - March 5, 2008 news stories
For a complete listing of news coverage from the ODSP
Day of Action, click here.
OPSEU reaches out to part-timers at St. Lawrence in Cornwall
February 22, 2008 Standard Freeholder: Part-time
employees at the Cornwall campus of St. Lawrence College are being asked
to join in the largest union organizing drive in Ontario's history.
more...
Also visit
www.collegeworkers.org Largest Union Drive” stops by St. Lawrence College
February 20, 2008 Kingston This Week: Board members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) rolled into St. Lawrence College with a blue bus Tuesday, Feb. 19. more...
Also visit
www.collegeworkers.org
St. Lawrence College staff may unionize
February 19, 2008 Whig Standard – Kingston: The province's largest public-sector union wants to unionize part-time workers at the three campuses of St. Lawrence College. more... Also visit
www.collegeworkers.org
Thomas on BNN panel: Public sector workers provide full value
February 14, 2008 OPSEU President Smokey Thomas appeared on BNN’s program SqueezePlay on Feb. 13, 2008. Smokey comments on OPS bargaining, productivity, and the value of public services. more..
Feb 15, 2008: Note - the link on the BNN site is not opening the above video. When they have fixed the problem, we will update the link.

Note: This is a 47-minute show -- Smokey appears from about 18th to the 25th minute. So to view only that segment, you can click and drag the little circle just right of the words “full screen” about a third of the way.
OPSEU
rolls
into
Barrie
to
sign
up
college
workers
February
13
2008
Barrie
Examiner
--
Locals
349
and
350
of
the
Ontario
Public
Service
Employees
union
staged
a
Winter
Semester
Welcome
for
all
faculty
and
support
staff
at
Georgian
College's
Barrie
campus
this
morning
in
effort
to
sign
up
part-time
workers.
more... Also visit
www.collegeworkers.org
OPSEU
leader calls
for
bargaining
rights for
college
part-time
staff
February
12, 2008
London
Topic:
Warren
(Smokey)
Thomas,
President
of
OPSEU,
said the
call for
the
province
to "move
quickly
to
establish
a
legislative
framework
for
part-time
and
sessional
workers
to take
part in
collective
bargaining,"
is in
response
to the
Whitaker
Report.
more...
Also visit
www.collegeworkers.org
College
workers
call for
union
rights
as
administrators
meet in
London
February
12, 2008
London
Free
Press --
In
London
yesterday,
union
representatives
were
pitching
the need
to
organize
part-time
teaching
and
support
staff,
while
500
Ontario
community
college
leaders
were
meeting
a block
away at
the
London
Convention
Centre.
more... Protestors
greet college
administrators
in London
February
11, 2008
London Free
Press: As
Ontario
college
administrators
rolled into
London last
night,
protesters
braved
bitter cold
to support a
union drive
to sign up
part-time
college
teachers and
support
staff.
more...
Halton paramedics
reach impasse;
contract talks going
to mediation
February 8, 2008
Burlington Post -
Contract talks for
Halton paramedics
have broken down and
are headed for
mediation, with wage
and benefit parity
cited as key issues.
.
more...
Brockville:
OPSEU recruits
part-timers at
college
February 7, 2008
Brockville Recorder
and Times -
Part-time college
workers are the
target of a
travelling
recruitment drive by
OPSEU at
Brockville's St.
Lawrence College.
more...
Brockville:
Maple View Lodge
workers endorse
OPSEU
January 31, 2008
Brockville
Recorder and Times
Workers at Maple
View Lodge voted
yesterday to be
represented by
OPSEU, although the
certification bid
might head to the
province's labour
board before it is
decided.
more...
OPSEU eyes
part-time college
staff
January 30, 2008
Timmins Daily Press
Spurred by an
historic Supreme
Court of Canada
decision, the
Ontario Public
Service Employees
Union says it is
kicking its
membership drive
into "high gear"
this week.
more...
OPSEU fights for
part-time employees
at Durham College
January 29, 2008
Two hundred
part-time teachers
and support staff at
Durham College are
being included in
one of the largest
union membership
drives in Ontario
history.
more... College organizing
bus visits Durham
January 25, 2008 The
OPSEU college part-time
campaign met the media
in Whitby today, and
toured Durham College

OPSEU organizers
toured Durham
College today to
sign-up part-time
workers. Meeting the
media at a news
conference in Whitby,
left to right: OPSEU
First Vice
President/Treasurer
Patty Rout; Roger
Couvrette, president
of the part-time
college workers
(Centennial); CAAT
support activists
Betty Cree (Fleming)
and Rod Bemister
(Seneca). Also in
attendance at the
news conference:
Claire Rowett, EBM
Region 3, Candy
Lindsay, Vice
President of the
part-time workers
(Fleming), Rick
Nemisz (support) and
John Bisset
(academic) from
Durham College.
Watch local TV (CHEX
or Rogers), radio or
This Week newspaper
for more details.
The tour continues
Jan. 29 with visits
to Humber College
and Northern College
next.
College organizing bus
visits Peterborough
January 24,
2008 Peterborough Examiner
OPSEU seeks to represent
12,500 part-timers.
more...
More than 1,500 pack
hall to back caregivers
January 17,
2008 Hamilton Spectator:
1,500 pack hall to back VON,
St. Joe’s caregivers
more...
Staff appreciation day
in Developmental Services
January 17,
2008 Sudbury Star: OPSEU
Local 676 - Staff
appreciation day
more...
Lives Lived: Kathleen
Lawrence
September 20,
2007 Mediator, traveller,
nature enthusiast, cat
aficionado, devoted partner.
Born Jan. 11, 1951, in Ottawa.
Died July 16 in Toronto of
cancer, aged 56.
Globe and Mail
more...
Commissioner
"living in a dream world"
September 10, 2007
Toronto Star - OPSEU President
Warren (Smokey) Thomas responds to
the Ontario Human Rights
Commissioner.
More…
Talks stall for Peel paramedics
No new contract for paramedics
August 31, 2007 Mississauga
News - Negotiations have broken down
between Peel and the Ontario Public
Service Employees' Union
Talks
Break Down for Peel Regional
Paramedics
August 31, 2007 Brampton
News, - Negotiations have broken
down for 350 paramedics, members of
Local 277
Children's Aid Societies
York CAS
strike is big news in Greater Toronto
area
August 27,
2007 Following are links to news
stories about the first day of strike
action at York Region Children’s Aid
Society.
Toronto
Star: Children’s Aid Workers Strike
in York
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/250183
CBC Toronto:
Strike begins at York Region
children's aid society
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/
toronto/story/2007/08/27/cas-strike.html
640 Toronto: Strike Action at
York Region CAS
http://www.640toronto.com/news/metro.cfm
cat=7428109912&rem=73195&red=80110923a
PBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=metro.cfm
680 News - Toronto: York Region's
Children's Aid Society to strike at
midnight
http://680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?
content=20070826_105551_4196
York Region Era Banner – Newmarket:
CAS talks break down again
http://www.yorkregion.com/article/44613
City TV
-Toronto: Children's Aid Society
Workers In York Region Walk Off Job
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_14116.aspx
Developmental Services
Strike begins in Meaford
July 26, 2007
Owen Sound Sun Times Strike shuts
community living programs
www.owensoundsuntimes.com/webapp/
sitepages/content.asp?contentid=626995&
catname=Local+News&classif
Tillsonburg
members make strike preparations
July 23, 2007
Tillsonburg News OPSEU strike could begin
July 29
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/News/325310.html
Save Ontario Parks
Ontario Parks Need Help
July 20, 2007
Peterborough Examiner
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/
webapp/sitepages/content.asp?
contentid=620452&catname=Editorial&classif=
Ontario Public Service
Province continues
to abandon Provincial Parks
July 19, 2007 North Bay
Nugget Park becomes battleground for Ministry,
Union
http://www.nugget.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?
contentid=617910&catname=Local+News&classif=
Sorry doesn't
cut it if you can't make ends meet: Thomas
July 19, 2007 Toronto Star Disabled suffer
because helpers are
overloaded
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/237522
Developmental Services
Hampton boosts
pickets, blasts MPP pay raise
July 13, 2007 London
Free Press Hampton blasts Premier’s pay raise
as caregivers strike
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/
2007/07/13/4336027-sun.html
Hamilton paramedics need
more resources to cut response times
July 13, 2007 Ancaster News
Consultants sound alarm on emergency response times
http://www.ancasternews.com/an/news/news_832589.html Prince Edward Community Living
staff could strike by August 7
July 13, 2007 Belleville
Intelligencer Community Living staff on the verge of a
strike
http://www.intelligencer.ca/webapp/
sitepages/content.asp?contentid=609781&catname=Local%
20News&classif=
Underfunding means high staff turnover
at Kenora Community Living agency
July 12, 2007 Kenora Miner and News Strike
looms - government underfunding blamed
http://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/
News/322713.html
Hope for Mayor’s support in Chatham-Kent
July 5, 2007, Chatham Daily News Chatham Kent
Mayor Randy Hope wants a resolution
www.chathamdailynews.ca/
webapp/sitepages/content.asp?
contentid=599387&catname=Local+News&classif=
July 5, 2007 St Thomas Times Journal Quiet
day in St. Thomas – busy day in London
www.stthomastimesjournal.com/News/320831.html “You got a 23 per cent
raise, why not help us now?”
July 4, 2007 London Free Press
Union says safety at stake
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/
CityandRegion/2007/07/04/4310961-sun.html
July 4, 2007 London Free
Press Premier Confronted
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/
2007/07/04/4310960-sun.html
July 4, 2007 Toronto Star
Parents confront Premier
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/232230
July 3, 2007 CKNX Radio, Wingham
HARC workers in Hanover could strike July 18th
http://www.am920.ca/news.php?artID=20220 July 3, 2007 London Free Press
Community Living Workers will picket event the premier
attends
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/
2007/07/03/4308232-sun.htmlJune 25, 2007 Sarnia Observer Employees on strike feel for
clients
http://www.theobserver.ca/webapp/sitepages/
content.asp?contentid=585665&catname=Local%
20News&classif= June 25, 2007 Chatham Daily News Community
Living hits the picket line
http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/webapp/
sitepages/content.asp?
contentid=585074&catname=Local+News&classif=
June 25, 2007 London Free Press More Community
Living workers hit the bricks
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/
Local/2007/06/25/4287953-sun.html
June 25, 2007 Toronto Star Hundreds of
developmental service staff on strike
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/228827
June 21, 2007 London Free Press Strike would impact
disabled: Support workers with Community Living London could walk off the
job this Saturday.
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/
2007/06/21/4278002-sun.html
Corrections
June 8, 2007 North Bay Nugget Guards rally for safety;
Protest held day after two orders issued against jail management
http://www.nugget.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?
contentid=563063&catname=Local%20News&classif
Developmental Services
June 7, 2007 London Free Press Caregivers of disabled adults poised
to strike
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion
/2007/06/07/4241202-sun.html
June 7, 2007 Chatham Daily News OPSEU strike looms;
Community Living talks break down
http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/webapp/
sitepages/content.asp?
contentid=560750&catname=Local+News&classif=
Working conditions of part time profs said to lessen quality
Part-time college teachers do not have
right to union membership: report
May 8, 2007 Macleans
http://www.macleans.ca/education/universities/article.jsp?
content=20070508_163513_9372
Prof strives to change law
March 30, 2006 The Charlatan
http://charlatan.ca/index.phpoption=com_content&
task=view&id=18712&Itemid=27
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