May 5, 2002: Public Service Employees Ratify Contract
Photo Gallery Members on strike Oshawa, Local 340 - Back to work; Hearst, Local 638 -
Members Vote; Chatham Jail, Day 48; Toronto, Local 599; Ottawa, Local 424
May 3, 2002: The Real Deal Team unanimously recommends acceptance
May 3 2002:
Queen's Park and Downsview Regional Office Ratification Vote Locations and Times (for all other regions, please contact your Local Strike Committee).
May 3, 2002: The Burn Barrel:
An agreement - thanks to
you
May 3 2002: Strike News Coverage A summary of today's newspaper stories from across Ontario
May 2, 2002 Table Talk Paying the price pays off | Central Collective Agreement: Major issues | Category Issues: Unified Bargaining Unit | Category Issues: Corrections
Bargaining Unit. Includes Memorandums of Settlement, Amendments to Agreements, Summary of Return to Work Protocol and Full Text of Return to Work Protocol.
DETAILS OF SETTLEMENT
May 2, 2002 Tentative Agreement Vote Information
May 3, 2002 Frontlines: Final Edition Tentative Deal Signed | 'No discipline' clause covers period of strike |
Ulterior motives for OPSEU clothing? | The last welcome?
May 2, 2002:
Draft Speaking Notes from the May 2, 2002 news conference (posted at 12:30 p.m.)
May 2, 2002: News Release
Tentative agreement in Ontario Public Service strike
April 29, 2002: News Release Provincial jail open - but criminals stayed home
April 28, 2002: News Release Deaths show government must accept accountability for ending strike: Casselman
April 27, 2002: News Release Inmate death at Millbrook could have been prevented, locked-out correctional officers believe
April 26, 2002: News Release Algonquin Park remains closed by OPSEU: picket lines are up!
Algonquin Park members need assistance: Join them on Saturday
April 25, 2002: News Release No air monitoring; no water inspections
April 25, 2002 Queen's Park Demo: Pictures from today's demonstration at the legislature.
April 24, 2002: News Release Stay away from Algonquin Park this weekend, union advises
URGENT Fax Message to MPPs
April 22, 2002: News Release
Wild turkey hunting season should not open if strike continues
April 21, 2002: News Release
Inmate escape from management-run jail “a complete outrage”, says union
April 21, 2002: News Release
OPSEU to negotiate essential services at special schools
April 19, 2002: News Release
OPSEU strikers “rally for an answer” in Orangeville to mark Eves’ visit
April 16, 2002: April 15 Rally at Queen's Park Thousands of OPSEU members and allies turned up to greet new
Premier Ernie Eves. With Pictures.
April 12, 2002: Open letter
from Howard Hampton to Mike Harris and Ernie Eves: "Call off
your goons"
April 12, 2002: Open letter from Dalton McGuinty to
Ernie Eves regarding the OPSEU Strike
Letters Some of the letters we get
are so strong they deserve wider circulation. Here are a few of them.