ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE

September 23, 2010 Lock Talk - A publication of the OPSEU Corrections Division: As a result of the numerous concerns regarding member representation during ASMPP meetings, the OPSEU Executive Board has approved training for two representatives from each Youth and Adult facility. more...

NEWS RELEASE

September 23, 2010  Members of Local 203 at Guelph Independent Living have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action if a deal on a first contract can’t be reached .  more...

HEALTH CARE

September 23, 2010  In September, 2009, in anticipation of upcoming amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), the Joint Central Committee on Health and Safety (JCCHS) surveyed acute care hospitals in the province about the status of policies, procedures and measures concerning workplace violence.  more...

NEWS RELEASE

September 23, 2010  Kitchen ‘transition’ at SBGHC upsets staff and forces one physician to use tongue depressor as cutlery .  more...

NOTICE

September 21, 2010  In celebration of Franco-Ontarian Day, and in recognition of our many Francophone OPSEU members, we will be raising our new Franco-Ontarian flag at OPSEU head office on Friday, September 24th, at 1 p.m.  more...

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR UPDATE

September 21, 2010  A recent National Post op ed expounds on the merits of the Canada Colombia Free Trade Agreement and the “human rights treaty proposed by the Liberal Party of Canada”. Meanwhile hundreds are being threatened and in many cases killed for their involvement in human rights and labour rights. . more...

September 21, 2010  This Thanksgiving weekend, support migrant workers and allies who will be marching from Leamington to Windsor, Ontario to call attention to the living and working conditions of migrant workers who grow and process our food more...

NEWS RELEASE

September 20, 2010  Four days of mediated negotiations ended Sept. 17 with some progress but no deal with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine  .more...

MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION

September 20, 2010  Its time to stop cutting beds and do an updated mental health care needs assessment in the London area says the Ontario Public Service Employees Union in a new report released today.  .more...

MEMBER EDUCATION

Experienced facilitators are invited to strengthen their facilitation skills by registering for Level 2 training. Deadline for registration is Sept. 27.  more..

FIGHTING THE WAGE FREEZE

September 17, 2010  35 questions and 35 answers about "compensation restraint" .more...

September 17, 2010  Check out the new OPSEU brochure that tells the real story behind the McGuinty wage freeze. .more...

NEWS

September 16, 2010 In a new ruling to determine terms of collective agreements covering workers at nearly 100 nursing homes, Arbritrator Norm Jesin says he cannot accept that compensation should be frozen because of the budget. .more...

NOTICE

September 16, 2010 Plans are underway for a 24-hour right-wing cable channel, funded by cable television fees..  more...

MEMBER BENEFITS

September 16, 2010 October 18, 2010 is the deadline for OHA LTD claimants and retirees to make claims for cash payment from demutualization proceeds.  more...

ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE

September 15, 2010 Lock Talk - A publication of the OPSEU Corrections Division: A number of concerns regarding the application and administration of the ASMPP were identified over the last year, and a series of meetings have taken place to resolve a number of issues.   more...

NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

September 14, 2010 Supporters from the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) joined our members on the picket line in Thunder Bay on September 13.  more...

September 10, 2010 In the News: Laurentian University graduate students and faculty rally in support of strikers more...

View photos and read extensive press coverage of the Sudbury and Thunder Bay rallies

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

September 14, 2010 Union members in Canada have a proud tradition of helping those in need. Please consider joining OPSEU in helping the workers of Pakistan and their families. All donations will be matched by the Government of Canada until October 3rd, 2010.. more...

SOLIDARITY FUNDS

Join with the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s AfriGrand Caravan as it travels to your community

September 8, 2010 From September to November, the Stephen Lewis Foundation will travel across the country with African grandmothers and granddaughters orphaned by AIDS  more...

NOTICE

September 8, 2010 For the fourth consecutive year, the Ontario Conservation Officers Association has worked with Joe Richter, owner of Horwood Lake Lodge near Timmins, to provide twenty inner-city kids from southern Ontario with an experience they will never forget.   more...

ONTARIO WAGE FREEZE

September 8, 2010 “A city that pays its taxes, and then uses them to sponsor a broader array of public goods and services (everything from first-class transit to neighbourhood clinics to parks to community housing), is a city that will be economically successful,” says CAW Economist, Jim Stanford, in the Toronto Star. more...

DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

September 7, 2010 Developmentally Speaking, OPSEU, CUPE and employer groups enter into discussions with the Ministry of Community and Social Services over a new bargaining model.more...

NEWEST MEMBERS

September 3, 2010 The multidisciplinary team at Equipe de sante familiale communautaire de l'Est d'Ottawa/ The Eastern Ottawa Community Family Health Team voted 74 per cent in favour of joining OPSEU. more...

EQUITY

August 30, 2010 The Provincial Human Rights Committee, the Provincial Young Workers Committee, the Disability Rights Caucus, the Workers of Colour, the Rainbow Alliance, and the Aboriginal Circle invite applications to the 2010 OPSEU Human Rights Conference. The deadline for applications is September 17, 2010. more...

NOTICE

August 20, 2010 CHCH News praises the work of OPSEU’s Transportation Enforcement Officers in keeping poorly-maintained, potentially dangerous trucks off Ontario roads even as the McGuinty government plans to shut three truck inspection centres as part of its plan to downsize the Ontario Public Service. more...

HEALTH AND SAFETY

August 20, 2010 Calling joint health and safety committees and locals to participate in an important project with University of Waterloo, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW), the Institute for Work & Health (IWH), OPSEU, and other unions. more...

NOTICE

August 19, 2010 OPSEU Local 548 at the Geneva Centre for Autism has begun conciliation with the employer. In a huge show of support for their bargaining team, 98% of the members voted last week in favour of a strike mandate. more...

CONFERENCES

July 19, 2010 Application and entry forms for the annual Editors’ Weekend and Newsletter Awards are now available. more...

OPSEU ENTERPRISES

OPSEU Enterprises is pleased to announce that we now have available to all members discount pricing for Toronto Argonaut game tickets .more...

CHILD TREATMENT SECTOR

Send an e-mail to Premier Dalton McGuinty and Deb Matthews, Minister of Children and Youth Services. more..