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2002 [ Jan 7, 2002: Public safety is focus of OPSEU ad campaign ] [ Jan 10, 2002: OPSEU wins union representation vote over CAW ] [ Jan 14, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Quinte ] [ Jan 14, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Thunder Bay ] [ Jan 14, 2002: Corrections Bargaining Backgrounder ] [ Jan 15, 2002: MPPs pledge support for renewal of the Ontario Public Service ] [ Jan 16, 2002: Casselman in London to promote renewal of the Ontario Public Service ] [ Jan 16, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Millbrook ] [ Jan 16, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Sudbury ] [ Jan 17, 2002: Premier should apologize to people of Walkerton for leak, says OPSEU ] [ Jan 21, 2002: Protect whistleblowers to protect the public: OPSEU ] [ Jan 21, 2002: Protect whistleblowers to protect the public: OPSEU ] [ Jan 23, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives ] [ Jan 24, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: London ] [ Jan 24, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Toronto ] [ Jan 25, 2002: OPSEU applies for conciliation as government balks at rebuilding the public service ] [ Jan 28, 2002: Casselman in Hamilton to promote renewal of the Ontario Public Service ] [ Jan 30, 2002: Talks stall: OPSEU health workers frustrated ] [ Feb 4, 2002: Ontario government to privatize sports funding ] [ Feb 8, 2002: Correctional officers refuse work due to possibility of drugs, weapons in jail ] [ Feb 11, 2002: Food safety at risk: province puts meat inspectors, public in danger ] [ Feb 14, 2002: Correctional officers refuse work citing dangerous conditions ] [ Feb 14, 2002: Correctional officers refuse work citing dangerous conditions ] [ Feb 15, 2002: Government offer “stuck in the past;” union urges rejection ] [ Feb 18, 2002: OPSEU “deeply disturbed” by erroneous government statements ] [ Feb 25, 2002: Public service employees vote on contract offer Feb. 26, 27, 28 ] [ February 28, 2002: OPSEU calls for non-partisan examination of sport and recreation programs ] [ March 01, 2002: OPS to government: NO! ] [ March 05, 2002: Flaherty’s priorities “out of whack,” Casselman says ] [ March 05, 2002: OHA should stop talking about layoffs and start bargaining: OPSEU ] [ March 05, 2002: Violence, overcrowding escalates at Don Jail ] [ March 05, 2002: Ontario Federation of Labour Unions Primed to Help ] [ March 05, 2002: Speaking Notes ] [ March 06, 2002: OPSEU members rally as strike deadline loomsl ] [ March 07, 2002: Strike deadline March 13 ] [ March 08, 2002: Use of unqualified inspectors “reckless,” OPSEU says ] [ March 12, 2002: Strike imminent in Ontario Public Service ] [ March 12, 2002: OPSEU members will answer 911 calls ] [ March 13, 2002: Government employees withdraw services across Ontario ] [ March 14, 2002: CAS workers head for showdown with province over workload ] [ March 15 2002: Union to continue to provide essential services ] [ March 16 2002: Province locks out jail guards ] [ March 17 2002: Media advisory: Casselman in court ] [ March 19 2002: Government trying to provoke illegal walkout, OPSEU charges ] [ March 20 2002: Corrections performing an illegal lockout? “I guess we are,” manager says ] [ March 20 2002: Confidential files shocker: Tories violate our privacy again ] [ March 20 2002: Union calls Day of Action for court workers ] [ March 21 2002: No substance to Tsubouchi remarks: government negotiator ] [ March 21 2002: Managers refuse to allow search of superjail ] [ March 22 2002: OPSEU hospital professionals begin negotiations for better wages and working conditions ] [ March 24 2002: Court workers rally for justice ] [ March 26 2002: Corrections minister floundering in wake of strike, miscues ] [ March 26 2002: OPSEU strikers launch Inspection Day ] [ March 26 2002: OPSEU conducts information pickets, worksite inspections at area landfill sites ] [ March 28 2002: OPSEU strike holding up $500-million in clean water projects in Peel ] [ March 28 2002: Toronto West suspensions overturned by Labour Board ] [ March 28 2002: Medical laboratory technologists warn of danger to public health – heroes of Walkerton underpaid ] [ March 31 2002: Riot underway at Millbrook: "Was only a matter of time," union says ] [ April 1 2002: Ontario labour bolsters OPSEU picket lines on “Day of Solidarity” ] [ April 2 2002: Annual OPSEU Convention to go ahead April 4-6 ] [ April 2 2002: Hampton to join OPSEU strikers for picket line rally in North York ] [ April 3 2002: OPSEU convention delegates rally for justice for court workers ] [ April 4 2002: Jail chaos linked to managers’ plans for $35,000 wage hike, union believes ] [ April 7 2002: Inmate stabbing may have been preventable, union says ] [ April 9 2002: Casselman in Owen Sound to protest Savings Office gag order ] [ April 10 2002: OPSEU referring injunction to Supreme Court ] [ April 10 2002:“Sisters Step Up”: top women trade unionists join OPSEU picket lines ] [ April 10 2002: Strike could be settled in 48 hours if government wants, OPSEU says ] [ April 10 2002:Government Playing With Fire and Lives as Strike Continues ] [ April 11 2002: Managers obstructing restraining orders, OPSEU members say ] [ April 11 2002: Employer team needs new mandate to bargain: Casselman ] [ April 11 2002: Government strike leaks are repeat of 1996 ] [ April 12 2002: Thousands of strikers to greet new Premier ] [ April 15 2002:Casselman calls on Eves to give his negotiators a mandate to settle the public service strike ] [ April 19 2002: OPSEU strikers “rally for an answer” in Orangeville to mark Eves’ visit ] [ April 21 2002: OPSEU to negotiate essential services at special schools ] [ April 21 2002: Inmate escape from management-run jail “a complete outrage”, says union ] [ April 21 2002: Wild turkey hunting season should not open if strike continues ] [ Union lifts blackout to boost drive to settlement ] [ Union lifts blackout to boost drive to settlement ] [ April 24, 2002: Stay away from Algonquin Park this weekend, union advises ] [ April 25, 2002: No air monitoring; no water inspections ] [ April 26, 2002: Algonquin Park remains closed by OPSEU: picket lines are up! ] [ April 27, 2002: Inmate death at Millbrook could have been prevented, ] [ April 28, 2002: Deaths show government must accept accountability for ending strike: Casselman ] [ April 29, 2002: Provincial jail open - but criminals stayed home ] [ April 30, 2002 Peel water treatment repairs delayed due to strike ] [ April 30, 2002 Frontline CAS workers to new minister: Listen up on work overload! ] [ May 1, 2002 OPSEU strike update: talks continue on two tracks ] [ May 17, 2002: Hiring of water inspectors should only be the first step in rebuilding the public service ] [ May 2, 2002: Tentative agreement in Ontario Public Service strike ] [ May 2, 2002: NOTICE OF NEWS CONFERENCE ] [ May 2, 2002: Tentative agreement rescues pension plan, boosts wages, helps contract employees ] [ May 2, 2002: Jail security an issue for corrections staff ] [ May 22, 2002: Hire 14 new ambulance dispatchers in Hamilton now, union urges ] [ May 23, 2002: OPSEU welcomes proposed Patients’ Bill of Rights ] [ May 24, 2002: OPSEU calls for implementation plan for Walkerton Inquiry recommendations ] [ May 5, 2002: Public Service Employees Ratify Contract ] [ May 9, 2002: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health staff rally to support medicare ] [ June 13, 2002: Ontario should reopen provincial water labs in wake of private failures ] [ June 17 2002: 2002 Ontario Budget ] [ June 19 2002:Government still trying to sneak through POSO sale, OPSEU says ] [ June 19 2002: Private clinics will mean profits, not better health care, says OPSEU ] [ June 25 2002: OPSEU calls for return of no-scab law ] [ July 11 2002: Tentative contracts inked at Royal Ontario Museum ] [ July 23 2002: Shortage of ambulance dispatchers putting people’s lives at risk, says OPSEU ] [ July 26 2002: CAS Workers Vote 87% to Strike ] [ July 29 2002: Tory advertising topped $3.1 million for OPS strike ] [ July 29 2002: Province drops standards in new hirings of ambulance dispatchers, says OPSEU ] [ July 29 2002: New contract for Canadian Blood Services ] [ July 4 2002: Critical point approaching in Canadian Blood Services contract talks ] [ July 4 2002: Ontario Savings Office sale plan has seniors “scared out of their wits” ] [ July 8 2002: Put new MRI, CT scan machines in public hospitals not private clinics, says OPSEU ] [ July 8 2002: Contract talks reach critical point at Royal Ontario Museum ] [ August 14 2002: Sudbury Manitoulin District CAS staff ratify tentative agreement to avoid strike ] [ August 27 2002: OPSEU sues government over pay delay ] [ August 28 2002: Public safety at risk due to understaffed air ambulance dispatch centre: OPSEU ] [ September 13 2002: Hospital professionals give Clement the facts ] [ September 13 2002: OPSEU says Teranet should keep Chatham office open for good of community ] [ September 17 2002: Corrections Task Force doomed to fail without frontline union rep ] [ September 19 2002: Union wins vote to represent correctional officers at private superjail ] [ September 21 2002: Casselman to tour province to meet with Local leaders ] [ September 27 2002: University should settle ] [ September 30 2002: Chronic staff shortages, low wages taking toll on hospital professionals ] [ October 1 2002: OHA and four hospitals charged with bad faith bargaining, unfair labour practices ] [ October 15 2002: OPSEU backs health care workers in Saskatchewan ] [ October 15 2002: Front-line staff given short-shrift by provincial corrections task force ] [ October 15 2002: Whistle-blowing protection needed for public servants after Minister threatens to fire employees ] [ October 17 2002: Employees at the Syl Apps Youth Centre in Oakville vote 84 per cent to strike ] [ October 17 2002: Royal Ottawa layoffs will affect patient care ] [ October 2 2002: Union wins certification at Cooper Lumber, Pallets and More ] [ October 23 2002: Delays in bargaining for casino security “ridiculous” union says ] [ October 25 2002: City creating chaos with ambulance services, paramedics’ union charges ] [ October 25 2002: Brant Paramedics wages falling behind neighbours ] [ October 28 2002: Hospital professionals to vote on job action ] [ October 29 2002: Water bill needs study ] [ November 18 2002: Safety net for people with mental illness is gone: OPSEU ] [ November 18 2002: Stop closing psychiatric beds: OPSEU ] [ November 18 2002: Speaking notes ] [ November 20 2002: "Angry and frustrated" hospital professionals vote 91 per cent for escalating job action plan ] [ November 20 2002: "Angry and frustrated" hospital professionals vote 91 per cent for escalating job action plan ] [ November 28 2002: Union welcomes young offender inquiry: “Our hands are tied” ] [ November 7 2002: Government must close “deadly” wage gap at provincial ambulance dispatch centres: OPSEU ] [ December 3 2002: Ballot-box surgery required to separate consultants from trough ] [ December 4 2002: Ruling slams Corrections ministry for not cleaning up “racially poisoned” workplace ] [ December 9, 2002: Coal Tar studies of Kingston building to begin ] [ December 9, 2002: CAMH lays off key outpatient workers. ] [ December 9, 2002: “Sensitive list” masks impact of downsizing at assessment agency ] [ December 11, 2002: Hospital professionals rally for contract improvements ]
2002
[ Jan 7, 2002: Public safety is focus of OPSEU ad campaign ] [ Jan 10, 2002: OPSEU wins union representation vote over CAW ] [ Jan 14, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Quinte ] [ Jan 14, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Thunder Bay ] [ Jan 14, 2002: Corrections Bargaining Backgrounder ] [ Jan 15, 2002: MPPs pledge support for renewal of the Ontario Public Service ] [ Jan 16, 2002: Casselman in London to promote renewal of the Ontario Public Service ] [ Jan 16, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Millbrook ] [ Jan 16, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Sudbury ] [ Jan 17, 2002: Premier should apologize to people of Walkerton for leak, says OPSEU ] [ Jan 21, 2002: Protect whistleblowers to protect the public: OPSEU ] [ Jan 21, 2002: Protect whistleblowers to protect the public: OPSEU ] [ Jan 23, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives ] [ Jan 24, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: London ] [ Jan 24, 2002: Correctional staff fight for their lives: Toronto ] [ Jan 25, 2002: OPSEU applies for conciliation as government balks at rebuilding the public service ] [ Jan 28, 2002: Casselman in Hamilton to promote renewal of the Ontario Public Service ] [ Jan 30, 2002: Talks stall: OPSEU health workers frustrated ] [ Feb 4, 2002: Ontario government to privatize sports funding ] [ Feb 8, 2002: Correctional officers refuse work due to possibility of drugs, weapons in jail ] [ Feb 11, 2002: Food safety at risk: province puts meat inspectors, public in danger ] [ Feb 14, 2002: Correctional officers refuse work citing dangerous conditions ] [ Feb 14, 2002: Correctional officers refuse work citing dangerous conditions ] [ Feb 15, 2002: Government offer “stuck in the past;” union urges rejection ] [ Feb 18, 2002: OPSEU “deeply disturbed” by erroneous government statements ] [ Feb 25, 2002: Public service employees vote on contract offer Feb. 26, 27, 28 ] [ February 28, 2002: OPSEU calls for non-partisan examination of sport and recreation programs ] [ March 01, 2002: OPS to government: NO! ] [ March 05, 2002: Flaherty’s priorities “out of whack,” Casselman says ] [ March 05, 2002: OHA should stop talking about layoffs and start bargaining: OPSEU ] [ March 05, 2002: Violence, overcrowding escalates at Don Jail ] [ March 05, 2002: Ontario Federation of Labour Unions Primed to Help ] [ March 05, 2002: Speaking Notes ] [ March 06, 2002: OPSEU members rally as strike deadline loomsl ] [ March 07, 2002: Strike deadline March 13 ] [ March 08, 2002: Use of unqualified inspectors “reckless,” OPSEU says ] [ March 12, 2002: Strike imminent in Ontario Public Service ] [ March 12, 2002: OPSEU members will answer 911 calls ] [ March 13, 2002: Government employees withdraw services across Ontario ] [ March 14, 2002: CAS workers head for showdown with province over workload ] [ March 15 2002: Union to continue to provide essential services ] [ March 16 2002: Province locks out jail guards ] [ March 17 2002: Media advisory: Casselman in court ] [ March 19 2002: Government trying to provoke illegal walkout, OPSEU charges ] [ March 20 2002: Corrections performing an illegal lockout? “I guess we are,” manager says ] [ March 20 2002: Confidential files shocker: Tories violate our privacy again ] [ March 20 2002: Union calls Day of Action for court workers ] [ March 21 2002: No substance to Tsubouchi remarks: government negotiator ] [ March 21 2002: Managers refuse to allow search of superjail ] [ March 22 2002: OPSEU hospital professionals begin negotiations for better wages and working conditions ] [ March 24 2002: Court workers rally for justice ] [ March 26 2002: Corrections minister floundering in wake of strike, miscues ] [ March 26 2002: OPSEU strikers launch Inspection Day ] [ March 26 2002: OPSEU conducts information pickets, worksite inspections at area landfill sites ] [ March 28 2002: OPSEU strike holding up $500-million in clean water projects in Peel ] [ March 28 2002: Toronto West suspensions overturned by Labour Board ] [ March 28 2002: Medical laboratory technologists warn of danger to public health – heroes of Walkerton underpaid ] [ March 31 2002: Riot underway at Millbrook: "Was only a matter of time," union says ] [ April 1 2002: Ontario labour bolsters OPSEU picket lines on “Day of Solidarity” ] [ April 2 2002: Annual OPSEU Convention to go ahead April 4-6 ] [ April 2 2002: Hampton to join OPSEU strikers for picket line rally in North York ] [ April 3 2002: OPSEU convention delegates rally for justice for court workers ] [ April 4 2002: Jail chaos linked to managers’ plans for $35,000 wage hike, union believes ] [ April 7 2002: Inmate stabbing may have been preventable, union says ] [ April 9 2002: Casselman in Owen Sound to protest Savings Office gag order ] [ April 10 2002: OPSEU referring injunction to Supreme Court ] [ April 10 2002:“Sisters Step Up”: top women trade unionists join OPSEU picket lines ] [ April 10 2002: Strike could be settled in 48 hours if government wants, OPSEU says ] [ April 10 2002:Government Playing With Fire and Lives as Strike Continues ] [ April 11 2002: Managers obstructing restraining orders, OPSEU members say ] [ April 11 2002: Employer team needs new mandate to bargain: Casselman ] [ April 11 2002: Government strike leaks are repeat of 1996 ] [ April 12 2002: Thousands of strikers to greet new Premier ] [ April 15 2002:Casselman calls on Eves to give his negotiators a mandate to settle the public service strike ] [ April 19 2002: OPSEU strikers “rally for an answer” in Orangeville to mark Eves’ visit ] [ April 21 2002: OPSEU to negotiate essential services at special schools ] [ April 21 2002: Inmate escape from management-run jail “a complete outrage”, says union ] [ April 21 2002: Wild turkey hunting season should not open if strike continues ] [ Union lifts blackout to boost drive to settlement ] [ Union lifts blackout to boost drive to settlement ] [ April 24, 2002: Stay away from Algonquin Park this weekend, union advises ] [ April 25, 2002: No air monitoring; no water inspections ] [ April 26, 2002: Algonquin Park remains closed by OPSEU: picket lines are up! ] [ April 27, 2002: Inmate death at Millbrook could have been prevented, ] [ April 28, 2002: Deaths show government must accept accountability for ending strike: Casselman ] [ April 29, 2002: Provincial jail open - but criminals stayed home ] [ April 30, 2002 Peel water treatment repairs delayed due to strike ] [ April 30, 2002 Frontline CAS workers to new minister: Listen up on work overload! ] [ May 1, 2002 OPSEU strike update: talks continue on two tracks ] [ May 17, 2002: Hiring of water inspectors should only be the first step in rebuilding the public service ] [ May 2, 2002: Tentative agreement in Ontario Public Service strike ] [ May 2, 2002: NOTICE OF NEWS CONFERENCE ] [ May 2, 2002: Tentative agreement rescues pension plan, boosts wages, helps contract employees ] [ May 2, 2002: Jail security an issue for corrections staff ] [ May 22, 2002: Hire 14 new ambulance dispatchers in Hamilton now, union urges ] [ May 23, 2002: OPSEU welcomes proposed Patients’ Bill of Rights ] [ May 24, 2002: OPSEU calls for implementation plan for Walkerton Inquiry recommendations ] [ May 5, 2002: Public Service Employees Ratify Contract ] [ May 9, 2002: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health staff rally to support medicare ] [ June 13, 2002: Ontario should reopen provincial water labs in wake of private failures ] [ June 17 2002: 2002 Ontario Budget ] [ June 19 2002:Government still trying to sneak through POSO sale, OPSEU says ] [ June 19 2002: Private clinics will mean profits, not better health care, says OPSEU ] [ June 25 2002: OPSEU calls for return of no-scab law ] [ July 11 2002: Tentative contracts inked at Royal Ontario Museum ] [ July 23 2002: Shortage of ambulance dispatchers putting people’s lives at risk, says OPSEU ] [ July 26 2002: CAS Workers Vote 87% to Strike ] [ July 29 2002: Tory advertising topped $3.1 million for OPS strike ] [ July 29 2002: Province drops standards in new hirings of ambulance dispatchers, says OPSEU ] [ July 29 2002: New contract for Canadian Blood Services ] [ July 4 2002: Critical point approaching in Canadian Blood Services contract talks ] [ July 4 2002: Ontario Savings Office sale plan has seniors “scared out of their wits” ] [ July 8 2002: Put new MRI, CT scan machines in public hospitals not private clinics, says OPSEU ] [ July 8 2002: Contract talks reach critical point at Royal Ontario Museum ] [ August 14 2002: Sudbury Manitoulin District CAS staff ratify tentative agreement to avoid strike ] [ August 27 2002: OPSEU sues government over pay delay ] [ August 28 2002: Public safety at risk due to understaffed air ambulance dispatch centre: OPSEU ] [ September 13 2002: Hospital professionals give Clement the facts ] [ September 13 2002: OPSEU says Teranet should keep Chatham office open for good of community ] [ September 17 2002: Corrections Task Force doomed to fail without frontline union rep ] [ September 19 2002: Union wins vote to represent correctional officers at private superjail ] [ September 21 2002: Casselman to tour province to meet with Local leaders ] [ September 27 2002: University should settle ] [ September 30 2002: Chronic staff shortages, low wages taking toll on hospital professionals ] [ October 1 2002: OHA and four hospitals charged with bad faith bargaining, unfair labour practices ] [ October 15 2002: OPSEU backs health care workers in Saskatchewan ] [ October 15 2002: Front-line staff given short-shrift by provincial corrections task force ] [ October 15 2002: Whistle-blowing protection needed for public servants after Minister threatens to fire employees ] [ October 17 2002: Employees at the Syl Apps Youth Centre in Oakville vote 84 per cent to strike ] [ October 17 2002: Royal Ottawa layoffs will affect patient care ] [ October 2 2002: Union wins certification at Cooper Lumber, Pallets and More ] [ October 23 2002: Delays in bargaining for casino security “ridiculous” union says ] [ October 25 2002: City creating chaos with ambulance services, paramedics’ union charges ] [ October 25 2002: Brant Paramedics wages falling behind neighbours ] [ October 28 2002: Hospital professionals to vote on job action ] [ October 29 2002: Water bill needs study ] [ November 18 2002: Safety net for people with mental illness is gone: OPSEU ] [ November 18 2002: Stop closing psychiatric beds: OPSEU ] [ November 18 2002: Speaking notes ] [ November 20 2002: "Angry and frustrated" hospital professionals vote 91 per cent for escalating job action plan ] [ November 20 2002: "Angry and frustrated" hospital professionals vote 91 per cent for escalating job action plan ] [ November 28 2002: Union welcomes young offender inquiry: “Our hands are tied” ] [ November 7 2002: Government must close “deadly” wage gap at provincial ambulance dispatch centres: OPSEU ] [ December 3 2002: Ballot-box surgery required to separate consultants from trough ] [ December 4 2002: Ruling slams Corrections ministry for not cleaning up “racially poisoned” workplace ] [ December 9, 2002: Coal Tar studies of Kingston building to begin ] [ December 9, 2002: CAMH lays off key outpatient workers. ] [ December 9, 2002: “Sensitive list” masks impact of downsizing at assessment agency ] [ December 11, 2002: Hospital professionals rally for contract improvements ]
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