Anne Makela: All Locals in Region 7
Your bargaining team
The OPSEU bargaining team for the Liquor Board Employees Division consists of seven members:
Vanda Klumper, Chair, OPSEU Local 165 [email protected]
Denise Davis, Vice-Chair, Local 378 [email protected]
Dora Robinson, Local 376 [email protected]
Tracy Vyfschaft, Local 377 [email protected]
Lori Davis, Local 499 [email protected]
Colleen MacLeod, Local 5107 [email protected]
Laurie Miller, Local 682 [email protected]
The bargaining team is assisted by OPSEU Senior Negotiator Rob Field, Senior Researcher Joyce Hansen, and other assigned staff.
Stay informed
As negotiations pick up speed, make it your priority to stay on top of bargaining news.
1. Attend upcoming bargaining information meetings (see listing on the OPSEU web site at www.opseu.org/lbed/collective.htm ).
2. Receive this bargaining bulletin (and our regular newsletter, the Echo) directly by e-mail. Just call OPSEUdirect at 1-800-268-7376 or (416) 443-8888 and give the operator your name and e-mail address.
3. Bookmark the address at www.opseu.org/lbed/collective.htm on the OPSEU website to learn more about what’s happening inside the Liquor Board Employees Division.
EAP Hotline: 1-800-263-1401
The LCBO Employee Assistance Program is a confidential, hassle-free counseling service for eligible LCBO employees and their immediate families. For assistance, call 1-800-263-1401. To find out more about the program, visit: https://opseu.org/lbed/eap .
Your 2009 Bargaining Bulletin is authorized for distribution by:
Vanda Klumper, Chair,
Liquor Board Employees Division
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President, OPSEU
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
No file Id
OPSEU members at the LCBO are sending their bargaining team back to the table with a strong strike vote.
The LCBO has finally delivered its 2007-08 Annual Report — nine months past its due date. The annual report, which provides details of LCBO sales, profits, and taxes collected, normally appears in August following the fiscal year just completed. But last year, the report never appeared. At the bargaining table, OPSEU complained that the employer was holding back information that could have an impact on bargaining. On May 8, the union filed an unfair labour practice complaint and demanded that the LCBO hand over the report and other documents. Then a few things happened. Certain MPPs were contacted. A certain reporter filed a Freedom of Information request. And on May 21, the report was tabled in the Ontario Legislature and appeared on the LCBO web site at http://www.lcbo.com/aboutlcbo/annual/2007_2008.pdf. Turns out the LCBO’s dividend to the province, which was $1.345 billion last year, will be $1.4 billion for 2008-09 – a $55 million increase. “The appearance of this annual report shows that the LCBO will respond to pressure, properly applied,” says OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. “When the union, the media, and politicians are all on the same page, big things can happen. “As our bargaining team heads back to the table, we need to increase the pressure on the employer to settle,” he said. “Now you’ve got a big strike mandate, and that means government has to start thinking about losing $5 million a day in profits and taxes if you go on strike. “We’re putting plans together now to talk to every politician we can find and tell them to get on board with our good jobs agenda. It’s what our members need, it’s what our families need, it’s what our communities need, and it’s what this province needs.” What an interesting chain of events. On May 8, the OPSEU bargaining team for the Liquor Board Employees Division announced that it would ask its members for a strike vote. On May 11, news stories began to appear saying that LCBO employees were being ordered to stop accepting free gifts from suppliers. On May 18 – just before the strike vote began – another story appeared saying that the LCBO had fired 10 people for swiping Air Miles that didn’t belong to them. Is it just a coincidence that these stories appeared just as OPSEU was trying to draw attention to the plight of casuals and the employer’s attack on permanent jobs at the LCBO? No. “The members I’ve been talking to over the last two weeks are very angry that the LCBO chose to launch this kind of a smear campaign,” says OPSEU bargaining team chair Vanda Klumper. “The LCBO wants people to think that we spend our days going to free hockey games and drinking free liquor from suppliers. The LCBO wants people to think we’re defrauding the Air Miles program so we can buy new plasma-screen TVs. “We all know none of that is true,” she said. “Any organization is going to have a few people who just aren’t with the program, but OPSEU members at the LCBO are honest, hardworking people who don’t deserve this kind of slander. “The people in LCBO management who dreamed up this smear campaign should be ashamed of themselves,” Klumper said. The two stories leaked by the LCBO were old news, Klumper noted. The report on the Air Miles firings was from October 2008 and the policy on free gifts had actually been announced almost a year ago. CEO Bob Peter announced the policy on July 16, 2008. This was well after the Association of Canadian Distillers paid his daughter’s university tuition. OPSEU members should not to be distracted by the LCBO’s bully tactics, Klumper said. “The only reason the LCBO is doing all this is to try to stop us from exposing their real agenda, which is to destroy full-time jobs and run all their operations with a completely casual workforce,” she said. “We are not just fighting for good jobs for our members and our families, but for our communities and our province. “Our cause is just. We will win.” Your union is looking for video clips of members of the Liquor Board Employees Division to use in a video for this round of bargaining. We are looking for: Please mail your footage on disk to OPSEU Communications, 100 Lesmill Road, Toronto, M3B 3P8. Be sure to include your name and OPSEU local – and be sure to tell the people you’re shooting that they’ll be in a music video! OPSEU mobilizers are your co-workers at the LCBO. They’re the direct link between you and your bargaining team. The following people are assigned as mobilizers in the OPSEU locals indicated. Guy Jeremschuck: Local 162 Dave Holmes: Local 1633 Mike Robertson: Local 164 Mike Sullivan: Local 165 Bonnie Jolley: Local 284 Paula Sossi: Local 285 Deb Altoft: Local 286 Shawn Swayze: Local 287 Matt Savelli: Local 287 Frank Gullace: Local 288 Maria Bauer: Locals 375, 3766 Doug Parks: Locals 377, 378 Eileen Allen: Local 379 Terri Taylor: Locals 497, 498 Devon Ford: Locals 499, 4100 Kevin Ramsay: Locals 5107, 5110 Roberto Ianni: Locals 5108, 5111 Craig Hadley: Locals 5109, 5110, 5111 Mellisa Jackson: All Locals in OPSEU Region 6 Anne Makela: All Locals in Region 7 The OPSEU bargaining team for the Liquor Board Employees Division consists of seven members: Vanda Klumper, Chair, OPSEU Local 165 [email protected] Denise Davis, Vice-Chair, Local 378 [email protected] Dora Robinson, Local 376 [email protected] Tracy Vyfschaft, Local 377 [email protected] Lori Davis, Local 499 [email protected] Colleen MacLeod, Local 5107 [email protected] Laurie Miller, Local 682 [email protected] The bargaining team is assisted by OPSEU Senior Negotiator Rob Field, Senior Researcher Joyce Hansen, and other assigned staff. As negotiations pick up speed, make it your priority to stay on top of bargaining news. 1. Attend upcoming bargaining information meetings (see listing on the OPSEU web site at www.opseu.org/lbed/collective.htm ). 2. Receive this bargaining bulletin (and our regular newsletter, the Echo) directly by e-mail. Just call OPSEUdirect at 1-800-268-7376 or (416) 443-8888 and give the operator your name and e-mail address. 3. Bookmark the address at www.opseu.org/lbed/collective.htm on the OPSEU website to learn more about what’s happening inside the Liquor Board Employees Division. The LCBO Employee Assistance Program is a confidential, hassle-free counseling service for eligible LCBO employees and their immediate families. For assistance, call 1-800-263-1401. To find out more about the program, visit: https://opseu.org/lbed/eap . Your 2009 Bargaining Bulletin is authorized for distribution by: Vanda Klumper, Chair, Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President, OPSEU No file Id OPSEU members at the LCBO are sending their bargaining team back to the table with a strong strike vote. The LCBO has finally delivered its 2007-08 Annual Report — nine months past its due date. The annual report, which provides details of LCBO sales, profits, and taxes collected, normally appears in August following the fiscal year just completed. But last year, the report never appeared. At the bargaining table, OPSEU complained that the employer was holding back information that could have an impact on bargaining. On May 8, the union filed an unfair labour practice complaint and demanded that the LCBO hand over the report and other documents. Then a few things happened. Certain MPPs were contacted. A certain reporter filed a Freedom of Information request. And on May 21, the report was tabled in the Ontario Legislature and appeared on the LCBO web site at http://www.lcbo.com/aboutlcbo/annual/2007_2008.pdf. Turns out the LCBO’s dividend to the province, which was $1.345 billion last year, will be $1.4 billion for 2008-09 – a $55 million increase. “The appearance of this annual report shows that the LCBO will respond to pressure, properly applied,” says OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. “When the union, the media, and politicians are all on the same page, big things can happen. “As our bargaining team heads back to the table, we need to increase the pressure on the employer to settle,” he said. “Now you’ve got a big strike mandate, and that means government has to start thinking about losing $5 million a day in profits and taxes if you go on strike. “We’re putting plans together now to talk to every politician we can find and tell them to get on board with our good jobs agenda. It’s what our members need, it’s what our families need, it’s what our communities need, and it’s what this province needs.” What an interesting chain of events. On May 8, the OPSEU bargaining team for the Liquor Board Employees Division announced that it would ask its members for a strike vote. On May 11, news stories began to appear saying that LCBO employees were being ordered to stop accepting free gifts from suppliers. On May 18 – just before the strike vote began – another story appeared saying that the LCBO had fired 10 people for swiping Air Miles that didn’t belong to them. Is it just a coincidence that these stories appeared just as OPSEU was trying to draw attention to the plight of casuals and the employer’s attack on permanent jobs at the LCBO? No. “The members I’ve been talking to over the last two weeks are very angry that the LCBO chose to launch this kind of a smear campaign,” says OPSEU bargaining team chair Vanda Klumper. “The LCBO wants people to think that we spend our days going to free hockey games and drinking free liquor from suppliers. The LCBO wants people to think we’re defrauding the Air Miles program so we can buy new plasma-screen TVs. “We all know none of that is true,” she said. “Any organization is going to have a few people who just aren’t with the program, but OPSEU members at the LCBO are honest, hardworking people who don’t deserve this kind of slander. “The people in LCBO management who dreamed up this smear campaign should be ashamed of themselves,” Klumper said. The two stories leaked by the LCBO were old news, Klumper noted. The report on the Air Miles firings was from October 2008 and the policy on free gifts had actually been announced almost a year ago. CEO Bob Peter announced the policy on July 16, 2008. This was well after the Association of Canadian Distillers paid his daughter’s university tuition. OPSEU members should not to be distracted by the LCBO’s bully tactics, Klumper said. “The only reason the LCBO is doing all this is to try to stop us from exposing their real agenda, which is to destroy full-time jobs and run all their operations with a completely casual workforce,” she said. “We are not just fighting for good jobs for our members and our families, but for our communities and our province. “Our cause is just. We will win.” Your union is looking for video clips of members of the Liquor Board Employees Division to use in a video for this round of bargaining. We are looking for: Please mail your footage on disk to OPSEU Communications, 100 Lesmill Road, Toronto, M3B 3P8. Be sure to include your name and OPSEU local – and be sure to tell the people you’re shooting that they’ll be in a music video! OPSEU mobilizers are your co-workers at the LCBO. They’re the direct link between you and your bargaining team. The following people are assigned as mobilizers in the OPSEU locals indicated. Guy Jeremschuck: Local 162 Dave Holmes: Local 1633 Mike Robertson: Local 164 Mike Sullivan: Local 165 Bonnie Jolley: Local 284 Paula Sossi: Local 285 Deb Altoft: Local 286 Shawn Swayze: Local 287 Matt Savelli: Local 287 Frank Gullace: Local 288 Maria Bauer: Locals 375, 3766 Doug Parks: Locals 377, 378 Eileen Allen: Local 379 Terri Taylor: Locals 497, 498 Devon Ford: Locals 499, 4100 Kevin Ramsay: Locals 5107, 5110 Roberto Ianni: Locals 5108, 5111 Craig Hadley: Locals 5109, 5110, 5111 Mellisa Jackson: All Locals in OPSEU Region 6 Anne Makela: All Locals in Region 7 The OPSEU bargaining team for the Liquor Board Employees Division consists of seven members: Vanda Klumper, Chair, OPSEU Local 165 [email protected] Denise Davis, Vice-Chair, Local 378 [email protected] Dora Robinson, Local 376 [email protected] Tracy Vyfschaft, Local 377 [email protected] Lori Davis, Local 499 [email protected] Colleen MacLeod, Local 5107 [email protected] Laurie Miller, Local 682 [email protected] The bargaining team is assisted by OPSEU Senior Negotiator Rob Field, Senior Researcher Joyce Hansen, and other assigned staff. As negotiations pick up speed, make it your priority to stay on top of bargaining news. 1. Attend upcoming bargaining information meetings (see listing on the OPSEU web site at www.opseu.org/lbed/collective.htm ). 2. Receive this bargaining bulletin (and our regular newsletter, the Echo) directly by e-mail. Just call OPSEUdirect at 1-800-268-7376 or (416) 443-8888 and give the operator your name and e-mail address. 3. Bookmark the address at www.opseu.org/lbed/collective.htm on the OPSEU website to learn more about what’s happening inside the Liquor Board Employees Division. The LCBO Employee Assistance Program is a confidential, hassle-free counseling service for eligible LCBO employees and their immediate families. For assistance, call 1-800-263-1401. To find out more about the program, visit: https://opseu.org/lbed/eap . Your 2009 Bargaining Bulletin is authorized for distribution by: Vanda Klumper, Chair, Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President, OPSEU No file Id High strike vote sends team back to the table with solid backing OPSEU members at the LCBO are sending their bargaining team back to the table with a strong strike vote. The LCBO has finally delivered its 2007-08 Annual Report — nine months past its due date. The annual report, which provides details of LCBO sales, profits, and taxes collected, normally appears in August following the fiscal year just completed. But last year, the report never appeared. At the bargaining table, OPSEU complained that the employer was holding back information that could have an impact on bargaining. On May 8, the union filed an unfair labour practice complaint and demanded that the LCBO hand over the report and other documents. Then a few things happened. Certain MPPs were contacted. A certain reporter filed a Freedom of Information request. And on May 21, the report was tabled in the Ontario Legislature and appeared on the LCBO web site at http://www.lcbo.com/aboutlcbo/annual/2007_2008.pdf. Turns out the LCBO’s dividend to the province, which was $1.345 billion last year, will be $1.4 billion for 2008-09 – a $55 million increase. “The appearance of this annual report shows that the LCBO will respond to pressure, properly applied,” says OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. “When the union, the media, and politicians are all on the same page, big things can happen. “As our bargaining team heads back to the table, we need to increase the pressure on the employer to settle,” he said. “Now you’ve got a big strike mandate, and that means government has to start thinking about losing $5 million a day in profits and taxes if you go on strike. “We’re putting plans together now to talk to every politician we can find and tell them to get on board with our good jobs agenda. It’s what our members need, it’s what our families need, it’s what our communities need, and it’s what this province needs.” What an interesting chain of events. On May 8, the OPSEU bargaining team for the Liquor Board Employees Division announced that it would ask its members for a strike vote. On May 11, news stories began to appear saying that LCBO employees were being ordered to stop accepting free gifts from suppliers. On May 18 – just before the strike vote began – another story appeared saying that the LCBO had fired 10 people for swiping Air Miles that didn’t belong to them. Is it just a coincidence that these stories appeared just as OPSEU was trying to draw attention to the plight of casuals and the employer’s attack on permanent jobs at the LCBO? No. “The members I’ve been talking to over the last two weeks are very angry that the LCBO chose to launch this kind of a smear campaign,” says OPSEU bargaining team chair Vanda Klumper. “The LCBO wants people to think that we spend our days going to free hockey games and drinking free liquor from suppliers. The LCBO wants people to think we’re defrauding the Air Miles program so we can buy new plasma-screen TVs. “We all know none of that is true,” she said. “Any organization is going to have a few people who just aren’t with the program, but OPSEU members at the LCBO are honest, hardworking people who don’t deserve this kind of slander. “The people in LCBO management who dreamed up this smear campaign should be ashamed of themselves,” Klumper said. The two stories leaked by the LCBO were old news, Klumper noted. The report on the Air Miles firings was from October 2008 and the policy on free gifts had actually been announced almost a year ago. CEO Bob Peter announced the policy on July 16, 2008. This was well after the Association of Canadian Distillers paid his daughter’s university tuition. OPSEU members should not to be distracted by the LCBO’s bully tactics, Klumper said. “The only reason the LCBO is doing all this is to try to stop us from exposing their real agenda, which is to destroy full-time jobs and run all their operations with a completely casual workforce,” she said. “We are not just fighting for good jobs for our members and our families, but for our communities and our province. “Our cause is just. We will win.” Your union is looking for video clips of members of the Liquor Board Employees Division to use in a video for this round of bargaining. We are looking for: Please mail your footage on disk to OPSEU Communications, 100 Lesmill Road, Toronto, M3B 3P8. Be sure to include your name and OPSEU local – and be sure to tell the people you’re shooting that they’ll be in a music video! OPSEU mobilizers are your co-workers at the LCBO. They’re the direct link between you and your bargaining team. The following people are assigned as mobilizers in the OPSEU locals indicated. Guy Jeremschuck: Local 162 Dave Holmes: Local 1633 Mike Robertson: Local 164 Mike Sullivan: Local 165 Bonnie Jolley: Local 284 Paula Sossi: Local 285 Deb Altoft: Local 286 Shawn Swayze: Local 287 Matt Savelli: Local 287 Frank Gullace: Local 288 Maria Bauer: Locals 375, 3766 Doug Parks: Locals 377, 378 Eileen Allen: Local 379 Terri Taylor: Locals 497, 498 Devon Ford: Locals 499, 4100 Kevin Ramsay: Locals 5107, 5110 Roberto Ianni: Locals 5108, 5111 Craig Hadley: Locals 5109, 5110, 5111 Mellisa Jackson: All Locals in OPSEU Region 6 Anne Makela: All Locals in Region 7 The OPSEU bargaining team for the Liquor Board Employees Division consists of seven members: Vanda Klumper, Chair, OPSEU Local 165 [email protected] Denise Davis, Vice-Chair, Local 378 [email protected] Dora Robinson, Local 376 [email protected] Tracy Vyfschaft, Local 377 [email protected] Lori Davis, Local 499 [email protected] Colleen MacLeod, Local 5107 [email protected] Laurie Miller, Local 682 [email protected] The bargaining team is assisted by OPSEU Senior Negotiator Rob Field, Senior Researcher Joyce Hansen, and other assigned staff. As negotiations pick up speed, make it your priority to stay on top of bargaining news. 1. Attend upcoming bargaining information meetings (see listing on the OPSEU web site at www.opseu.org/lbed/collective.htm ). 2. Receive this bargaining bulletin (and our regular newsletter, the Echo) directly by e-mail. Just call OPSEUdirect at 1-800-268-7376 or (416) 443-8888 and give the operator your name and e-mail address. 3. Bookmark the address at www.opseu.org/lbed/collective.htm on the OPSEU website to learn more about what’s happening inside the Liquor Board Employees Division. The LCBO Employee Assistance Program is a confidential, hassle-free counseling service for eligible LCBO employees and their immediate families. For assistance, call 1-800-263-1401. To find out more about the program, visit: https://opseu.org/lbed/eap . Your 2009 Bargaining Bulletin is authorized for distribution by: Vanda Klumper, Chair, Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President, OPSEU No file Id
LCBO finally coughs up annual report
Smear campaign angers members
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Liquor Board Employees Division
Ontario Public Service Employees Union LCBO finally coughs up annual report
Smear campaign angers members
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Liquor Board Employees Division
Ontario Public Service Employees Union93 per cent said YES
LCBO finally coughs up annual report
Smear campaign angers members
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Meet your mobilizers!
Your bargaining team
Stay informed
EAP Hotline: 1-800-263-1401
Liquor Board Employees Division
Ontario Public Service Employees Union