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Your bargaining team headed to the table this week, meeting with the employer from June 17-19. As we close out our first stretch of bargaining dates, the union has tabled all our proposals – monetary and non-monetary. The employer also tabled their own opening passes this week – and this round is unlike anything we’ve...

We are writing to provide an important update regarding the status of bargaining. As previously shared, your bargaining team decided to request a “no-board” report after the March 26, 2025, conciliation session as the employer’s position failed to adequately address the priorities and concerns identified by the membership. We are now moving forward to the...

Algoma University’s programs in Visual Art, Music, Sociology, Geography and History have made – and continue to make – invaluable contributions to the civic and cultural life of Sault Ste. Marie and Northern Ontario. These programs have encouraged students to stay in the North who might otherwise have left and have shaped generations of creative...

Bargaining Bulletin 22 Six months since we first secured dates for mediation-arbitration with the mutually agreed upon Arbitrator William Kaplan, both union and employer met from June 14-16, 2025 to settle the terms of our new collective agreement. Mediation proved unsuccessful once talks between the parties broke down, moving us into arbitration. The terms of...

Today, we head back to the table for our first bargaining dates with the employer. Our proposals come directly out of what we’ve heard from you, and thousands of other members, about the changes we need to see in our workplace and our contract to meet the current moment. To make those changes reality, our...

#Bargaining Bulletin #1 We’ve made history: on Thursday, June 12th, 2025, your union, OPSEU/SEFPO, delivered our employer the very first Notice to Bargain on behalf of part-time and sessional college faculty across Ontario. This takes an exciting step towards your first collective agreement – a central contract that will collectively bargain things like wages, working...

This is the call-out package for the Region 3 Educational to be held on September 27 & 28, 2025, at the Fern Resort Ltd. – 4432 Fern Resort Road, Ramara, ON L3V 0Z1, 1-800-567- 3376. Application for Educational Advance Request Form Human Rights Accommodation Request Educational Information Sheet Descriptions of courses being offered Statement of...

The following news release was distributed by OPTrust on June 13, 2025. View it on OPTrust’s website, linked here. Toronto, June 13, 2025 — OPTrust, one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, is celebrating 30 years of delivering service and security to members. Following a joint agreement by OPSEU and the Government of Ontario...

You are invited to join the OPSEU/SEFPO’s Coalition of Racialized Workers (CoRW) at Windsor’s Carrousel of the Nations Event Venue:  The Caribbean Village: 2410 Central Avenue, Windsor, Ontario. For Seven years OPSEU/SEFPO has Sponsored the Windsor Carrousel of the Nations  Every year at Carousel of the Nations, people from all walks of life come together to...

Pride is a celebration. Beyond that it is a time to honour not just our pride and queer joy, but also the resilience and solidarity among our 2SLGBTQIA+ members, the communities we exist in, and the allies who are part of our collective fight. This Pride month, we reflect on the moment we are in:...

OPSEU/SEFPO condemns the detention of President of SEIU California, David Huerta, who was violently apprehended as he stood as an observer during an Immigration and Customs enforcement (ICE) raid in Los Angeles. This detention is part of the Trump administration’s ongoing attempts to silence dissent and create an atmosphere of intimidation, as workers and communities...

WHO: The bargaining team would like to invite Unified members to Table Talk Thursdays. WHAT IS TABLE TALK THURSDAYS: Table Talk Thursdays are Zoom sessions where YOUR bargaining team shares updates and insights with union members about ongoing negotiations and activities. Join us to stay informed and engaged with the latest news and developments. WHERE:...

OPSEU/SEFPO is calling on Ontario’s Ombudsman to hold Maplehurst Correctional Complex’s highest decision-makers to account in their upcoming third-party investigation. The Ombudsman announced earlier this week that they will be launching a new investigation into the Ministry of the Solicitor General’s response to an incident at the jail in December 2023, citing concerns over “transparency,...

June is National Indigenous History Month – and every year, it should serve as a call to action. For millennia, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples across Turtle Island have stewarded the lands upon which we build our movements and our lives. As a white settler nation established through legacies of enduring colonial violence, Canada...

As wildfires across Ontario grow more intense and frequent, the demand for workers in Aviation and Forest Fire and Emergency Services has never been higher, yet wages are falling further and further behind. Pilots represented by OPSEU/SEFPO have resoundingly rejected an offer that would have made Ontario second to last in terms of wages for...