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Your OPSEU/SEFPO CBS bargaining team has been busy meeting with the employer over the last four months, with dates on October 2-3 and December 3-4, 2024, and again on January 22 and 23, 2025. We have continued to emphasize the importance of meaningful increases to compensation to both recognize the critical work we do as...

For Immediate Release February 20, 2024 TORONTO – OPSEU/SEFPO condemns the announcement by Canadian Blood Services that for-profit multinational pharmaceutical company Grifols will open paid plasma collection sites in Whitby, Cambridge, Hamilton in late 2024 and 2025. Grifols will be operating under an undisclosed 15-year deal with Canadian Blood Services to privatize plasma collection in...

As part of the No Paid Plasma campaign we have developed a resolution that you can take to your own local city council and encourage them to declare their city a “No Paid Plasma Zone!” The resolution is rooted in the principles of voluntary, non-remunerated blood and plasma donation, as recommended by the World Health...

Support Canadian Blood Services workers fighting for fair contracts, improved grievance procedures, stable posting and filling of permanent full-time jobs, and an end to the privatization of plasma collection! WHERE: CBS 100 Parkshore Dr. Brampton, ON L6T 5M1 WHEN: Wednesday, May 24  11 a.m. – 1 p.m. MORE INFO: Alberto Alvaro OPSEU/SEFPO Local 200 President...

Dear members, Your bargaining team is writing to provide the latest news on the status of our Collective Agreement. In our last newsletter in October, we provided an update on the progress of Interest Arbitration. As many of you are aware, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice declared the Doug Ford government’s Bill 124 legislation,...

Following efforts from OPSEU/SEFPO’s No Paid Plasma campaign partner, BloodWatch, to unearth information about the undisclosed agreement between Canadian Blood Services and the pharmaceutical giant Grifols, the Globe and Mail has written a piece confirming that the Ontario government considered lifting a ban on paid blood donation. Read the full article on the Globe and...

Ottawa – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO), the National Union for Public and General Employees (NUPGE), and BloodWatch.org are raising the alarm on secret plans to privatize plasma collection in Canada. The organizations held a protest today outside Canadian Blood Services (CBS) headquarters to demand the resignation of its CEO and Board Chair, in...

Dear members, In our last Newsletter, we advised that we were awaiting a decision from the Arbitration Board as to whether or not Bill 124 applies to CBS employees. The interim decision is now available (linked here). Unfortunately, Bill 124 was found to apply to CBS employees. As stated in the interim decision, the Board acknowledged...

To The Point: October 2022 OPSEU/SEFPO Sector 19 Newsletter Download a printable PDF version here. Greetings Sector 19 members! Your Sector Executive has been working hard to promote the Blood Services and Diagnostics sector and we have some exciting announcements to share. Congratulations to OPSEU/SEFPO Local 298 Congratulations to OPSEU/SEFPO Local 298 – LifeLabs Couriers...

TORONTO – The decision by Canadian Blood Services (CBS) to sign a 15-year contract with a for-profit multinational to collect plasma is an egregious violation of the organization’s duty to keep the blood system reliable and public. OPSEU/SEFPO leadership says the deal is a betrayal of the public trust and calls on CEO Graham Sher...

TORONTO— OPSEU/SEFPO is deeply concerned by reports that Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is positioning to privatize blood plasma collection in Canada. News outlet The Breach is reporting that Canadian Blood Services plans to sign a contract with a Spanish multinational that would collect plasma and sell it back to CBS for a profit. OPSEU/SEFPO President...

There is no place for private, for-profit companies in the Canadian blood supply chain, President JP Hornick writes in a letter to the CEO of Canadian Blood Services, co-signed by Geoff Cain, Chair of OPSEU/SEFPO’s CBS & Diagnostics sector. Canadian Blood Services should focus on stepping up the expansion of their domestic blood collection program...