Ministry of Indigenous Affairs
- 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 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...
- October 25, 2016
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas has sent the letter below to all OPSEU members in the OPSEU Pension Trust pension plan. Action memo To: All OPSEU members in the OPSEU Pension Trust pension plan From: Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President Date: October 25, 2016 Re: OPSEU to file for interim relief from retiree benefit changes if...
- April 22, 2015
It has been more than five months since the Ministry of Community and Social Services launched the deeply flawed Social Assistance Management Sytem (SAMS) in November 2014. To date, SAMS continues to be a nightmare for front-line workers and recipients of provincial and municipal social assistance supports. OPSEU has compiled a report which speaks to...
- May 7, 2014
Members of all three OPS unions at the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs' office in Toronto got together today to take a solidarity picture. They are members of ALOC, (Association of Law Officers of the Crown), AMAPCEO and OPSEU. "Members of all three unions at 160 Bloor St. E. thought it was really important to show...