December 2001 Article 9

The OPSEU Strike Fund:
Are we ready?

We’ve come a long way since the 1996 OPS strike that left OPSEU with a $13-million debt to pay off. A temporary dues levy paid off that debt. Since the strike, the union has applied 10 per cent of gross revenue to the strike fund, or more than $4.5 million a year.

Compounding interest, and relatively minor strike activity since then, has resulted in a strike fund to be proud of. The fund will reach $27 million when our OPS contract expires at the end of the year.

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