May 3, 2002 Final Edition Tentative Deal Signed | 'No discipline' clause covers period of strike | Ulterior motives for OPSEU clothing? | The last welcome?
May 2, 2002 Hope fills the air | Tory MPP backs union on pension, unclassified | McGuinty repeats support | Planned for failure | It is worth fighting for | Worksite reps beware management document | Child care not monitored | Mass actions in North Bay |
Why not go back in a rotating strike? | Thanks to all strikers | Be proud of your courage | Next stop Toastmasters! | Action briefs | Dedication to public services | To restore pride
May 1, 2002 From ‘doth’ to dust | Strike stalls repairs to leaky pipe | $400,000 a week not to fly | Happy May Day | A new email for Ernie! | Adventures in the private sector | These lines are strong | Trouble in
ambulance dispatch | Show my mom some respect | Telephone manners #1 | Telephone manners #2 | A big cheque | Why not let us vote on the offer? | Professional, not groupie | Hero nomination | What is Ontario becoming? | Different corporate approaches | Goderich council urges Ernie to bargain
April 30, 2002 Street party in Oshawa | Workplace deaths linked to strike | The Ernie Page | Benefits unaffected by strike | Government ignores public safety | Fertilizer spill | Regular patrols might have prevented inmate death | 2002 strike is about
union busting | Call your councillor | Tension release takes a creative turn
April 29, 2002 Shutdown of Algonquin Park a complete success | Who benefits if you cross the line? Not you! | More hatchery deaths in Nipigon | Another victory | The long walk | Ode to a Manager: Remember Me? |
Flying squads are effective | Why did we stop going to arbitration? | ‘Lowbrow gutter tactics’ | Getting there can take time | A bumpy ride for Ontario | Seniority, seniority, seniority! | We will be stronger
April 27-28, 2002 Labour to Eves: We’re backing OPSEU | A growing complex | Reaching out for Ernie | Music has union power | Ernie’s voters look for leadership | All in the family | Local 604 goes on tour | Symposium faces boycott | Mama don’ ’low no
bridge repair round here | Thanks for the colours | Why do we have essential services? | 88% means nothing to #88 | Everyone can lobby | Just a sec! | Burning Passions Theatre
April 26, 2002 Who cares about fishing? Everyone! | Bargaining continues | Pickets visit Legislature | Hamilton area MPPs get visits | Stop the sweet nothings | Poor form | Neither kinder, nor gentler | Rattling a contractor’s chains | Mandatory
redeployment | Thunder Bay’s Magnificent Seven | Pickets stall fire training | New way to trail(er) ministers | Holiday Inn picket | It’s a boy | And another | Missing the concept | Canadian Tire again agreeable | They marked their stand in Owen Sound | They marked their stand in Owen Sound | A spouse who understands | Making new friends |
Pub night in the Soo | Keeping count
April 25, 2002 Avoid Algonquin Park, unless you’re picketing | Tory staffer charged | Day of Mourning | From Hero to Zero | Barbecue and sit-in | Red alert false alarm traps managers | Nipigon Office shut; honks of support | Environmental monitoring in
limbo | Fines or imprisonment | Canadian Tire picket works | Managers doing well, thank you | One man’s strike | Mayworks: free to strikers | Shelters help shelters | Moose on the line
April 24, 2002 EXTRA: It seems to be working
April 24, 2002 Good-bye blackout, hello MPPs | 'Flirting with fun' in Orangeville | Around Ontario | Bell Mobility honours helicopter line
April 23, 2002 Unfair labour practice | Ontario’s phantom fiscal crisis | Around Ontario | Machinists slam gov’t for employing ‘freelancers’ to investigate worker’s death | What’s wrong
with Ontario? | Media wrong (not the first time) | No struck work | On the line and on the ball | Many OPS jobs carry this sense of commitment | Um... er... Yum? | How long to make a deal?
April 21-22, 2002 Union moves to speed pace of bargaining | Want to reach Ernie? Here’s how: | Around Ontario | (Mostly) letters to Ernie | Setting the struggle to music
April 20, 2002 Rally for an answer in Orangeville | Bargaining continues through the weekend | OPSEU makes a farm call on Eves | Around Ontario | Strike Shorts
April 19, 2002 Leah is on the road |
They CAN back down | How do I get a job like that? Ontario Premier Ernie Eves
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Want to reach Ernie? |
Around Ontario: An exchange of email, Picket line law enforcement, They’re hopping in Kingston ,Fun, laughter, less stress, free time, We deserve better, Treat us fairly and with respect, We’ve been there, If we can return the favour...
April 18, 2002 Keeping the heat on Ernie | We’re at the table | Funny business for EES workers | Algonquin access threatened | Turning binocs on the staff | It’s time for a reality check,
Ernie | Red hot and rolling | Walkabout visits ministers | Everything worthwhile has been a struggle | Tourism affected | Strike Shorts
April 17, 2002 Talks continue | Candidate Ernie is getting pressure | Photo gallery on line | Drinking on the job in Sudbury | Worksite reps have wide latitude | Strike shorts
April 16, 2002 10,000 strong: OPSEU greets Eves | Talking to Ernie | Want to reach Ernie? Here’s how | History repeats itself | No increase in Wolfe
Island ferry runs | Why we are Here! | Strike Shorts
April 15, 2002 Why are pensions so important? |
Want to reach Ernie? |
Support and understanding |
Bargain in good faith and settle |
Our important work: Serve resources by ending strike |
Is something missing? |
Looking out for each other |
Making employees the enemy |
End OPSEU Strike: Conway |
Honour public service |
Strike Shorts
April 13, 2002 A new day? or the old way? | Make Ernie feel at ease | Want to reach Ernie? | ‘Mr. Eves, Call off
your goons’ | Strike support | Our important work | Stand strong | Weakest may not survive | Fire line to picket line | Hot off the press? You betcha! | Tories
days are numbered | Support from many quarters | Quiche, even! | And chicken, too | Many happies | Watch ’em go | Best wishes for a speedy recovery
April 12, 2002 Tory tactics: We’ve seen them before | Catch-a-Tory (not a chicken recipe) | Live like a Tory | Our important work
| Firefighters training at a standstill | Don’t bend to pressure | Solidarity: and learning about each other | Court workers walk | …sisters rock! | Box scores |
Conservation Officers are solid
April 11, 2002 Time to turn up the heat | Top women trade unionists join OPSEU picket lines | Our important work | Apprentices are
stalled | Auto industry hampered | The money kept coming | Worth fighting for | Fight for unclassified | Holding strong | Experienced linesman | Our sincere
condolences | And a warm welcome | Pothole heaven | Webmaster | A strong line at Quinte | Strengthen your resolve | The contract we deserve
April 10, 2002 Talks continue | Industrial strength irony | Worksite visits win | Half day’s training doesn’t cut it | Reasons for the ‘P&P 11’ decision | Working with the union solves childcare problem | POSO staff gag at gag rule | It’s a boy! | It’s two
boys!! | Given generously | Chips ahoy! | Another Taj Mahal! | Welcome support | Walkout gets (handwritten) cheques | Our important work | Great balls o’ fire! | Groovy, man, far out | Mail Bag | Give an editor a break
April 9, 2002 Talks continue; so does blackout | Victory in courts for the ‘P and P 11’ | Not a career | Not much has changed? | MTO: 0 OPSEU: 2 | Tips are not enough | Picketing pooches | Won’t fuel the Chevy | Former OPS group supports strike | Street
dance? Eggzactly! | Hobby picket | Creative lines | It's a girl | Flower power in Hearst | You and me too | OHIP solidarity | Mike Flynn’s excellent adventure | CEP joins a rally at Barrie Courthouse | OFL says thanks | To the editor
April 8, 2002 Widespread poaching reported | More talks; no more news | Keep the lines strong | A
welcome note | Convention 2000 | Does it take a tragedy? | No, Steve, it’s not like that at all
April 6, 2002 Jail chaos linked to managers’ plans for $35,000 wage hike: That explains a lot! | Bargaining continues -
media blackout | MTO: 0 OPSEU: 1 | Gratitude for your strength and courage | Here’s a few answers | Payroll chaos Voicemail hell | Good
news from Local 736
April 5, 2002 ‘Talks continue with a media blackout’: What does this mean? | Convention 2002: Unions are on the move |
Does a media blackout mean the union can’t talk? Heck NO! | Samuelson visits Elliot Lake | The sweatshops of the OPS | A plea from Atikokan | Walleye threat | More support from teachers
| Here’s a few clues | Payroll chaos (Theirs, not ours) | You might be a Tory if: | A survival kit | Warmth in Hearst | More good
managers | Nothing less | A grateful pres. | Costly choice
April 4, 2002 Talks continue with a media blackout | Convention plans support rallies | Words of support | OPSEU strike media | Brilliant flashes from our lines
April 3, 2002 EXTRA: Nothing has changed.
April 3, 2002 Talks continue with a media blackout | The strike: Phase 2 | Bring your woolies to convention | Employer reneges on Factor 80 | More support | Waterbombers are not ready to fly | Different strokes for different folks | They are strong in the
Soo | Heroes | The Media page
April 2, 2002 Back to the table | Thank you for your strength | We’re keeping the pressure on! On the highways, In Gananoque, In Chatham, At OCWA , in Peel | Clerks rule! | Just having fun | The ‘write’ stuff
April 1, 2002 They understand in Walkerton | Our message is clear| Claiming space | Huge respect | Reflections on the strike | Side by side
March 29, 2002 'Super Thursday' slows real estate biz to a crawl | Use the labour board, court says | Manager charged with contempt | The news from everywhere | More snippets from our mailbag | Strike heroes
March 28, 2002 Telling the truth: It's up to all of us | Strike slogans | Quote of the day | The news from everywhere | More snippets from our mailbag | Strike heroes
March 27, 2002 Courtroom drama a hit in Windsor
| Watch for our ads: Takes two to tango
| Really drumming up support
| Support you can bank on
| The news from everywhere
| More fun with Tories
| More snippets from the mailbag
March 26, 2002 A tough strategic strike | Heroes of the strike | Steelworkers appreciated | The news from everywhere | Snippets: More excerpts from our member
communicators | Local 362 tells it like it is
March 25, 2002 Have you seen Ernie? We need to talk | Words of support | The news from everywhere | Now here's action
March 23, 2002 OPSEU protects Factor 80 to Nov. 30 | Fair and reasonable? Huh! | The news from everywhere | They don’t understand cold up there | Snippets: Excerpts from member letters to editors and MPPs | Economic boom!: Tory doom-and-gloomers wrong again | Lines for Tories | OSSTF District 18 | Public
supports OPSEU strikers
March 22, 2002 Court workers on trial | It’s not about money| More supporters| The news from everywhere
March 21, 2002 One successful search | Mea culpa | Barb Coombs | Words of support | The news from everywhere | Coming events - events to come to! | New resources to win the strike
March 20, 2002 Inside 'strike' working well | Big board win | Support | The news from everywhere
March 19, 2002 It was our fault, says gov't lawyer: Charges against Casselman dropped | Wear the t-shirts | Messages of support | The news from everywhere
March 18, 2002 Leah to court in Newmarket Monday | Support the media effort | Messages of support | The news from everywhere: It’s the government’s fault | No change from Stockwell | When in doubt - picket | No dish washing | Solidarity forever
March 16, 2002 You sent them a strong message | Pick 2! | Squash those rumours | Messages of support | The news from everywhere
March 15, 2002 Criminal confinement: Don’t stand for it | Payday! | Hit me! | Stick these numbers! | Messages of support | The news from everywhere
March 14, 2002 A great beginning | No justice! No jeans! | Messages of support
March 13, 2002 It’s about the 3Rs! | Today’s tips | Messages of support
