Category: Grievances
Ontario Superior Court of Justice rules in favour of OPSEU
OPSEU has won a victory against the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) on behalf of members who moved out of the Ministry of Finance to OPAC/MPAC in 1998.In 2016, OPSEU filed a grievance when MPAC refused to provide a special compensa...
January 24, 2020SEE MOREOPSEU to launch Charter challenge on Bill 124
Doug Ford rammed through Bill 124 last year. This legislation amounts to unacceptable interference with our collective bargaining rights enshrined in the constitution. OPSEU will not allow it to stand unchallenged.Bill 124 is a violation of section...
January 10, 2020SEE MOREArbitrator rules in OPSEU’s favour against Waypoint
Penetanguishene – An arbitrator has ruled in favour of OPSEU on the union’s allegation of an unfair labour practice against Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care.In his decision, dated June 12, 2019, Arbitrator Robert W. Kitchen ruled that Waypoin...
June 14, 2019SEE MOREPeterborough Regional Health Centre to freeze wages for clerical staff: OPSEU
Global TV is reporting on the wage freeze the Peterborough Regional Health Centre is trying to impose on the women who do clerical work at the hospital.“We’re worried for our membership. This could negatively impact our members, their families and ...
November 28, 2018SEE MOREGrievances Alleging that the Employer’s Method of Implementing the Salary Progression as of January 1, 2018 is Incorrect (Update)
As you are aware, OPSEU filed a central Ontario Public Service (OPS) policy grievance on August 24, 2017 alleging that the manner in which the Employer would be implementing salary progressions as of January 1, 2018 (when the “pay freeze” was removed...
August 29, 2018SEE MOREThe OLRB issues its final decision
On December 5, 2017, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) issued a decision regarding the composition of the new bargaining units at the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital....
May 1, 2018SEE MOREBoards of Education and Cultural Institutions newsletter- Spring into action!
The Sector 3 Boards of Education and Cultural Institutions executive met in Toronto on February 12-13, in the middle of a deep-freeze warning. The third divisional meeting of the executive proved to be productive, working toward the goals set out by ...
March 7, 2018SEE MOREOPSEU files charter challenge to defend right to strike
Toronto – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) filed a charter challenge today regarding the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Labour Dispute Resolution Act, also known as Bill 178. The union maintains this Act, which forced...
January 24, 2018SEE MOREUpdate: Pharmacy technician reclassification grievance
Your 25.01(b) central reclassification committee would like to take this opportunity to provide all pharmacy technicians with an update on the reclassification grievance process.In early June 2017, this committee sent out the Job Information Questi...
November 6, 2017SEE MOREThomas to speak to Roy Green on Royal Ottawa fine
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President of OPSEU, will be on the Roy Green radio show on Sunday, August 27 at approximately 4:05 p.m. to discuss a fine imposed on the Royal Ottawa Hospital.On August 16, the hospital was fined $75,000 - three years after...
August 26, 2017SEE MOREMemorandum of settlement clarifies OPS salary progression
On May 24, 2017, OPSEU and the Ontario government signed a memorandum of settlement (MoS) related to a policy grievance that a number of OPS employees had made regarding their progression through the salary grid.In the current OPS collective agreem...
July 21, 2017SEE MORESettlement reached on workload and SAMS-related grievances
MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT BETWEEN: Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Martin et al.) – union and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Community and Social Services) – employerWHEREAS the Union has filed the above-noted union g...
April 4, 2017SEE MOREEmployers’ duty to accommodate employees’ child care obligations reaffirmed
LONDON – A recent arbitration decision in favour of a Fanshawe college professor could help employees trying to balance variable work schedules with their child care responsibilities, says the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).Fa...
July 10, 2015SEE MORELBED human rights complaint application goes to preliminary hearing Feb. 12-13, 2015.
In May 2013, during our last round of contract negotiations, OPSEU filed a human rights complaint against the LCBO. After we reached a settlement with the LCBO it was the intention that both parties would agree to schedule mediation/adjudication meet...
September 9, 2014SEE MOREImplementation of the Court Reporter MOS (Hunt et. al.) Moving Forward
The Memorandum of Settlement (MOS) negotiated between OPSEU and the Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) on March 3, 2014 is moving forward.Hundreds of current, former, and retired court reporters have come forward to share their contact informat...
June 27, 2014SEE MORELet’s set the record straight!
OPSEU members working in numerous court houses across the province have been told by their managers that OPSEU was in agreement with the ‘new model' for transcript production. Specifically, these managers allege that we agreed to:The privati...
June 27, 2014SEE MORECourt Reporters Update – May 21, 2014
The Ministry of the Attorney General has provided OPSEU with the lists of current court reporters (Group A) and retired court reporters (Group B) as specified in the Memorandum of Settlement (MOS), March 3, 2014. The MOS states that OPSEU has 30 days...
May 22, 2014SEE MOREQ and A for the Memorandum of Settlement (MOS) for Court Reporters – March 3, 2014
Memorandum of Settlement General QuestionsQ1: What does this MOS do?A: The MOS settles a series of grievances filed regarding court reporting and transcript production.Q2: Why did OPSEU settle the grievances?A: There have been a number of GSB...
April 22, 2014SEE MOREOPSEU files application with Labour Board to save mental health jobs
BROCKVILLE - The union representing over 200 skilled professionals at the Brockville Mental Health Centre (BMHC) has filed an application with the Ontario Relations Labour Board (OLRB) in order to keep trained professionals working in the mental heal...
March 21, 2014SEE MOREOPSEU local files Labour Board complaint against Ornge
OPSEU Local 505 has filed a complaint with the Ontario Labour Board arguing discrimination, intimidation and targeting of union activists at Ornge.The union believes that Ornge failed to train two elected union officers in order to eliminate their ...
March 21, 2014SEE MORE