Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
- January 22, 2021
In one day, OPSEU/SEFPO members from the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade and the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services processed more than 10,000 small business grant applications at “light speed” according to the Finance Minister. That was the first day the Ontario Small Business Support Grant went online, on January 15....
- June 15, 2017
The provincial government has signed another quick deal giving thousands of civil servants a 7.5-per-cent raise over four years, prompting accusations the Liberals are buying labour peace for next June’s election. Read the full story on the website of the Toronto Star. Related: OPSEU in the News
- May 27, 2017
The two-step election process to elect the 2017 OPS bargaining teams began on Saturday, May 27. As a result of amendments to the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act, OPSEU bargaining teams negotiate two separate, stand-alone collective agreements: one for the Unified bargaining unit and one for the Correctional bargaining unit. Accordingly, two separate regional bargaining...
- February 24, 2017
Over 90 Belle River and Lakeshore residents came together February 18 to call on the Ontario government to provide a publicly-run ServiceOntario office in Belle River. The standing room only crowd included several Lakeshore Town Council members, Deputy Mayor Al Fazio, Essex MP Tracey Ramsey, and Windsor-Tecumseh MPP Percy Hatfield. Essex MPP Taras Natyshak was...
- February 23, 2017
The OPSEU collective agreement in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) expires on December 31, 2017. In preparation for bargaining, all OPSEU members in the OPS are invited to complete one of two 2017 demand-set surveys online. The survey will be live from February 23 to March 13, 2017. As a result of recent amendments to...
- February 18, 2017
Residents of Belle River want a publicly run ServiceOntario centre, a community meeting on Saturday heard. Check out the full story on AM800 here. Belle River residents angry over ServiceOntario office closure: see the Windsor Star story here.
- February 17, 2017
Toronto – In a stunning victory for nine Ontario communities, most of them rural, the provincial government has announced that their publicly operated ServiceOntario centres, which had been slated for closure, will remain open. The announcement comes nine months after the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services said it would permanently shutter ServiceOntario offices in...
- February 16, 2017
Belle River – Representatives of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) will welcome MPP Taras Natyshak and members of the public to a community meeting to discuss making Belle River’s ServiceOntario office – previously privately run and currently closed – a publicly operated centre. Date: Saturday, February 18, 2017 Time: 3 p.m. – 5...
- February 15, 2017
Thousands of OPSEU members took part in four recent telephone town halls for workers in the Ontario Public Service (OPS). Two were held on February 9 for members of the Correctional Bargaining Unit. It will be bargaining for a new standalone collective agreement, to be effective January 1, 2018. Two more town halls took place...
- February 9, 2017
Belle River, Ontario – New radio ads hit the airwaves today to invite residents of Belle River and area to a public meeting to discuss the future of ServiceOntario in their community. “The recent closure of the ServiceOntario office in Belle River is an opportunity for this community to get a publicly run office that...
- January 24, 2017
With the closure this week of Belle River’s ServiceOntario office and no immediate new operator on the horizon, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union is urging the province to step in to fill the gap. Read the full article in the Windsor Star. Related: OPSEU in the News
- January 20, 2017
Ignace/Atikokan – Residents of the northern towns of Ignace and Atikokan are jubilant today with the news that the government has nixed plans to cut service at their respective ServiceOntario centres. “This is a truly great day, not just for the people of Ignace and Atikokan, but for every northern resident,” said Carl Thibodeau, Region...