Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
- October 18, 2021
Toronto – After years of calling on the provincial government to take action, OPSEU/SEFPO is pleased to see legislation to protect temp agency staff, saying it’s a step in the right direction toward fairness and justice for Ontario’s most vulnerable workers. The province has announced a new licensing regime, where temp agencies will be vetted,...
- April 5, 2019
It’s ridiculous that we’re in 2019 and women have yet to achieve gender parity. It’s even more ridiculous that we have a provincial government that seems hell bent on keeping it that way. With women in Ontario currently making an average of 77 cents per man’s dollar, it takes about 16 months for women to...
- March 7, 2018
The Ministry of Labour (MOL) has launched a survey on its collective bargaining information. It will run until March 21. The survey will be emailed from [email protected] with the subject “2018 Survey on MOL’s Collective Bargaining Information.” The email will contain a link to the survey. Several MOL members have asked whether they should participate...
- December 12, 2017
Toronto – Health and safety activists for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) are celebrating a win for workers after the Liberal government at Queen’s Park dropped its plan to weaken enforcement of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) yesterday. If passed as written, Bill 177 (Budget Measures) would have reduced the autonomy...
- October 17, 2017
The union representing over 7,000 mental health care workers is calling on the province to help end “an epidemic of violence” that has caused workplace stress to skyrocket and is sending injured workers to hospital on a regular basis. “Mental health facilities and community agencies are not doing nearly enough to protect their employees from...
- 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 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 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 31, 2016
On Saturday, October 29, OPSEU delegates to the 2016 Ontario Public Service divisional meetings elected the members of their Ministry Employee-Employer Relations Committees (MERCs) for the 2016‑18 term. The following 163 members were elected by delegates from their ministries: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs ERC Mélanie Bégin, co-chair, Local 506 Marcus Rangai, vice...
- October 30, 2016
Some 600 OPSEU members from 27 ministries were in Toronto this weekend to elect leadership teams and chart the way forward for the union in the Ontario Public Service (OPS). 600 members of the Ontario Public Service meet for their 2016 divisionals President Warren (Smokey) Thomas got the ball rolling with a firebrand talk focused...
- 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...