OPSEU/SEFPO Pay Equity Committee

Central HPD Pay Equity Process and New Central HPD Pay Equity Plan: FAQs

March 31, 2023

Q1: What is the new Central Participating Hospitals HPD Pay Equity Plan? Answer: OPSEU/SEFPO and the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) have been engaged in active negotiations on pay equity for the last decade, with the goal to reach a pay equity plan for all HPD positions currently covered by HPD central bargaining. In 2020, the parties reached an impasse and the Union...

Close up of nurse wearing PPE. Text says: Hospital Professionals Division (HPD/DPH)

OPSEU/SEFPO Hospital Professionals Division achieve progress for Pay Equity

November 17, 2022

A significant milestone has been achieved in the nearly 20-year fight to achieve pay equity for thousands of members in OPSEU/SEFPO’s Hospital Professionals Division (HPD). The union and the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) have come to an agreement over male comparators in disputed pay bands, avoiding a lengthy Pay Equity Tribunal process. The two parties...

OPSEU/SEFPO concerned about Bill 106 implications for pay equity, bargaining

April 14, 2022

Toronto – OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick is expressing deep concern over the passage of Bill 106, the Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022, saying it has troubling implications for collective bargaining and pay equity. “Parts of this bill circumvent the union and collective agreements, and that is entirely unacceptable,” said Hornick. “I’m also greatly concerned...

Pay Equity Now: 30 years and still waiting

Update to HPD members re pay equity

March 31, 2022

Dear HPD members, Following our communication dated December 3, 2021, your union has been working diligently to respond to the Pay Equity Commission’s refusal to address outstanding issues related to the Central HPD Pay Equity Plan. On March 22, 2022, OPSEU/SEFPO submitted a formal application on these outstanding areas of dispute to the Pay Equity...

Hospital Professionals Division pay equity update – February 2020

February 28, 2020

OPSEU’s Hospital Professionals Division (HPD) pay equity team is made up of the following member representatives: Sandi Blancher (Local 106), Betty Palmieri (Local 206), Susan Head (Local 464), Peggy Burke (Local 662) and Bryan Mitchell (Local 570). The employer team is made up of the following representatives from the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA): Clarence Willms,...

CMHA Cochrane-Timiskaming: another pay equity victory

August 1, 2017

Timmins – Some 170 workers with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Cochrane-Timiskaming will receive pay equity adjustments – 23 years after a pay equity plan was first negotiated in 1994. The settlement comes just a month after Local 386 at Community Living Newmarket/Aurora received retroactive pay equity payments going back to 2010. OPSEU Local...

Wynne reaction to human rights concerns took 10 months too long: Thomas

January 22, 2016

TORONTO – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has taken “10 months too long” to respond to human rights concerns around Ontario colleges operating in Saudi Arabia, the President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. “I wrote Kathleen Wynne about Algonquin College’s campus in Saudi Arabia over 10 months ago,” Warren (Smokey) Thomas said today....

Closing the Gender Wage Gap: A frontline public sector perspective

January 15, 2016

OPSEU’s submission today to the Ministry of Labour’s Gender Wage Gap Strategy Steering Committee is available here.

Wynne policies widen wage gap for women: OPSEU

January 15, 2016

TORONTO – Liberal government cuts to public services and pay equity are widening the wage gap between women and men, the President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. “Premier Kathleen Wynne claims she wants to reduce the gender wage gap in Ontario, and we want her to, but five years of austerity have...

Unions best route to equal pay, forum hears

November 26, 2015

Unionization is one of the most effective ways to ensure that women are paid fair wages, Deb Tungatt, OPSEU Region 2 Vice-President, told a town hall meeting of the provincial government’s Gender Wage Gap Steering Committee in Burlington Nov. 23. “A lot of people, especially in the retail, hotel, and home care industry don’t have...

Have your say on closing the gender wage gap

October 9, 2015

It’s a fact: on average, women in Ontario get paid less than men. Women are more likely to work in low-wage industries. They are less likely to be promoted into higher-paid jobs. And sometimes, no matter what job they do, they get paid less than men doing the same work. The Ontario government says it...

Notice of Interest: LBED Pay Equity – Joint Job Evaluation Committee (JJEC)

March 21, 2014

LBED's divisional executive is looking for four candidates to serve, for a period of one month, on the joint job evaluation committee, Notice of Interest Pay Equity – Joint Job Evaluation Committee (JJEC) Requires 4 temporary replacements (Approximately 1 month duration) The JJEC is preparing to review and evaluate the Retail Division and specifically the...

inSolidarity Committee, 2024-2026

The editorial committee of inSolidarity is elected every other year at the biennial Editors’ Weekend event, which is open to all OPSEU/SEFPO members in good standing to attend.

inSolidarity Committee members:

Craig Hadley, L 5109
Michael Hamilton, L 376
Wendy Lee, L 575
Alexandrea Seggewiss, L 715
Lorinda Seward, L 351, editor

Alternates:

Christopher Arndt L 241 (1)
Angela Speers, L 684 (2)
Duc Vu, L 230 (3)
Michele Morrison, L 222 (4)
Lorrie Scuffell, L 4100 (5)

Ex-officio:

Vikki Poirier – Executive Board Liaison
Andy Pedersen – OPSEU/SEFPO Communications Staff Liaison

How to submit an article to inSolidarity

The editorial committee of inSolidarity welcomes contributions from OPSEU/SEFPO members and retirees in good standing. Please read the Editorial Policy below for content guidelines.

To contribute an article to an upcoming issue of inSolidarity, please send it by email to [email protected]. Your submission should include your full name and local number.

Editorial Policy

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Where an article has a byline, the views are those of the author and not necessarily the views of OPSEU/SEFPO. While we welcome your contributions, we ask that they be constructive. All articles should be signed and include your local number, and should contribute positively to OPSEU/SEFPO’s mission.

We encourage thoughtful discussion of all related issues and reserve the right to edit for libel, length and clarity, and to reply to those that seem to reflect a misunderstanding of the union and its policies.