March 30, 2006
MTO staff:
DO NOT SIGN those
security check forms just yet
Many OPSEU members
in the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario have been asked
to sign consent forms related to a government plan to subject
some OPS staff to security checks.
MTO members should
NOT sign anything at this time.
As part of a
grievance settlement last December, OPSEU has a wide-ranging
agreement with the government on how these security checks are
supposed to work. MTO is not following the agreement.
First, some people
who have received the consent forms are not required to
complete them. For example, Transportation Enforcement
Officers do not have to complete them.
Second, the
questions on the form are not what was agreed to in December.
Completing the form could lead to individuals being denied
security clearance – and possibly losing their jobs – for the
wrong reasons.
OPSEU is in
communication with the Ministry of Government Services on the
security issue. The union will let members know, as soon as
possible, the date by which the consent forms must be
signed. The consent forms will not be required prior to April
10. Please stand by.
For full details
on the security screening, see the Dec. 9 edition of
FRONTlines. Read it on the OPSEU web site at
http://www.opseu.org/ops/frontlines/frontlines2dec092005.htm.
If you are an OPS
employee (in MTO or not) who will be undergoing the security
screening, and would like to have a confidential discussion
about a personal situation that you feel uncomfortable talking
to your steward about, please call OPSEU Job Security Officer
Marg Simmons at 1-800-268-7376 ext. 8377 or (416) 443-8888
ext. 8377.
Rights advocates fight to save Commission
OPSEU members at
the Ontario Human Rights Commission have a lot of friends.
When the Ministry
of the Attorney General (MAG) announced a plan to gut the
commission and make human rights complainants hire their own
lawyers, those friends sprang into action.
Members of the
OPSEU Provincial Human Rights Committee and the Disability
Caucus have been activating their contacts to let the human
rights community know exactly what Attorney-General Michael
Bryant is up to. More groups are coming on side each day in
opposition to the plan.
OPSEU has also
purchased billboard advertising in Toronto subway stations to
call on Premier Dalton McGuinty to back off on the plan.
Because of the
nature of their work, the 150 OPSEU members at the Human
Rights Commission are barred from publicly discussing the
planned changes. With enough friends, they won’t have to.
Find out more at
www.protectyourrights.ca or contact Sarah
Jordison, OPSEU Campaigns, at (416) 448-7440 or 1-800-268-7376
ext. 7440.
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