Northern Ontario School of Medicine - Admin, O&C

Striking administrative, clerical and technical workers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine have rescheduled their vote on a tentative contract to Oct. 12. Members of Local 677 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union had originally planned to vote on the deal Oct. 7. “There has been considerable delay in getting agreement on the...

Striking administrative, clerical and technical workers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine have voted by a margin of 76.8 per cent against a tentative contract deal reached last week. “Our members have spoken clearly and their message is that this deal is not good enough,” said Tyler England, chair of the bargaining team for...

Management’s decision to release to the media details of a tentative agreement with OPSEU Local 677 at the Northern Ontario School was a deliberate move designed to sour public opinion against the workers, says the chair of the union bargaining team. “Labour relations experts advise against using the news media as a vehicle in contract...