Guelph Independent Living

(GULEPH) – Both sides in the contract dispute at Guelph Independent Living have agreed to extend a strike deadline by 60 days to Jan. 13, 2011. The extension came only hours before OPSEU Local 203, representing more than 75 staff at the facility, would have been in a legal position to walk off the job....

(GUELPH ) – Members of OPSEU local 203 have voted 88 per cent in favour of walking off the job if negotiations on a first contract with Guelph Independent Living fail to reach an agreement. “Our members have spoken forcefully and they’re saying the status quo doesn’t work anymore,” said Laura Webster, president of the...

(GUELPH ) – After more than a year of on-again, off-again bargaining, members of OPSEU Local 203 have ratified their first contract with Guelph Independent Living. The settlement includes a one per cent wage increase. "It is our first contract and it was a very tough fight to get it," said Laura Webster, president of...