Agreement for Mimico laterals reached

With the decision already made to stop the decommissioning process at Mimico C.C., an agreement has been reached dealing with lateral transfers at the facility.

The agreement, dated June 29, 2007, outlines the following:

Members who accepted a lateral transfer from Mimico, but who are still at Mimico, will have the choice to either remain at Mimico or go to the facility they were approved to go to.

Members who accepted a lateral transfer from Mimico, and who have already reported to their new work location, will have the choice to either remain where they are or can request to be placed on a priority lateral transfer list back to Mimico. Members who choose to lateral back to Mimico will have to notify the employer no later than 5 p.m. on July 20, 2007.

Lateral requests must be sent by fax to both Sandra Harper at (416) 448-7462 (OPSEU) and Jasmine Surty at (416) 327-0863 (Ministry).

You can read the agreement by going to http://www.opseu.org/ops/ministry/locktalk/mimico2007.pdf 

Rally moves to Hamilton

July 6, 2007 is the date for the next big corrections rally, this time set at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre. Officers there are facing the same situation as the brothers and sisters in North Bay, being threatened with discipline for performing a valid health and safety refusal.

Since it has become apparent that our minister can’t focus on anything other than traffic enforcement these days, we ask that as many members as possible come to this rally and remind Monte Kwinter that the words “Correctional Services” are in his ministry’s name.

The rally begins at 11:30 a.m. at 165 Barton St. East, with a barbecue lunch to follow. OPSEU president Smokey Thomas, Corrections MERC Chair Dan Sidsworth and members of the Corrections MERC and Health and Safety Teams will also be there to show their support.

Make plans to be there. Discipline for health and safety refusals must stop now.

For more information, call Don Ford (ext. 7442) at 1-800-268-7376 or (416) 443-8888. e-mail: dford@opseu.org

Original authorized for distribution by Warren (Smokey) Thomas, president.