Northern Ontario School of Medicine - Admin, O&C

Clerical, administrative and technical staff at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine will be in a legal strike position Aug. 16 after voting 97 per cent in favour of a walkout if contract negotiations fail. “We are not here to negotiate a strike; we are here to negotiate an agreement that our members can accept,”...

 More than 150 clerical, administrative and technical staff walked off the job today after contract talks with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine broke down. Picket lines have gone up at the school’s two main campuses in Sudbury, at Laurentian University, and at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. The school also operates satellite campuses in...

SUDBURY – Two consecutive days of mediation will resume Sept. 1 between striking members of OPSEU Local 677 and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. “We’re pleased to be heading back to the table but the effort will be worthless unless we see real progress on the 19 outstanding issues that the employer seems very...