Public Health Ontario

Our long-awaited interest arbitration hearing has been scheduled! It will take place at the end of January 2026. Brian Sheehan is the Arbitrator, mutually agreed by our union and the employer. OPSEU/SEFPO’s Nominee (our union’s representative at the hearing) is Michele Dawson Haber. Ryan Wood, from Bass and Associates, will be representing the employer. How...

PHO refuses to address our need for fair compensation After seven bargaining dates, where we tabled our reasonable collective demands to the employer, a negotiated deal could not be reached, despite the hard work of your bargaining team. One of the major sticking points is that the employer is refusing to address our need for...

      We have now finished three days of bargaining, which took place on December 9th, 10th and 12th. We tabled proposals based on both non-monetary and monetary priorities that were identified at the final demand set. Here are the top ten demands as voted on by delegates at the demand set meeting on...