Bargaining Update
Since May of this year, your HPD bargaining team has sat down with the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) through negotiations, conciliation and mediation. We have stood firm in our commitment to fight for the issues that matter the most to hospital professionals across Ontario while dealing with an employer who wants us to do more with less.Throughout negotiations, our approaches to bargaining for a better health care system have been rooted in different priorities. Your bargaining team has tabled proposals based in long-term solutions to the recruitment and retention crisis that keeps us overworked and understaffed while the OHA has tabled substandard wage increases and proposals that would have us stretched further than we already are.For these reasons, we have been unable to reach an agreement and are now preparing to take unresolved monetary and non-monetary items to interest arbitration.
Interest Arbitration
During interest arbitration, a neutral third-party will review submissions and evidence from the HPD bargaining team and the Ontario Hospital Association on the items that we have not been able to settle during our negotiations. The arbitrator will then issue a final and binding decision on the outstanding issues – marking the end of this round of negotiations.As of this update, we are still waiting for an arbitrator to be assigned and dates for interest arbitration to be scheduled. In the meantime, your bargaining team will be working hard with OPSEU/SEFPO researchers and negotiators to prepare our submissions.We will keep you posted as news regarding the arbitration process becomes available.
Town Hall
The HPD Central Bargaining Team held a Town Hall open to all HPD members on July 24
th where we discussed the next steps in negotiations.Your team has put together a Q&A from the Town Hall to capture key information and commonly asked questions for members who were unable to attend or would like a recap.You can access the Q&A below!English:
https://opseu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/QA-from-HPD-Townhall-July-24-EN.pdfFrench:
https://opseu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/QA-from-HPD-Townhall-July-24-FR.pdfNoCareWithoutThem.ca
As we continue our preparations for interest arbitration, your bargaining team has launched new materials to help spread the word and support bargaining!Visit our landing page NoCareWithoutThem.ca to send a message to Ontario’s health leaders, demanding real solutions to the staffing crisis – not band aid fixes.English Landing Page:
Hospital Professionals Need Your SupportFrench Landing Page:
Les professionnels hospitaliers ont besoin de notre soutien.You can also download our poster to hang on your union board or share online. Let’s make sure every member has their voice heard in our fight for better!English Poster:
https://opseu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/HPD-Poster-08-2025-NO-CARE-WITHOUT-PROS-Letter-size-ENG.pdfFrench Poster:
https://opseu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/HPD-Poster-08-2025-NO-CARE-WITHOUT-PROS-Letter-size-FR.pdfIn Solidarity,Your HPD Bargaining Team:Betty Palmieri – Chair
L206 – St. Joseph’s Health Care HamiltonBrenda Allan – Vice-Chair
L215 – Niagara Health SystemAdrian-Alexandru Balojin
L206 – St. Joseph’s Health Care HamiltonKatie Lambert
L106 – London Health Sciences CentreTanya Niemi
L227 – Headwaters Healthcare Centre OrangevilleMegan North
L373 – Peterborough Regional Health CentreBev Weaver
L4106 – Kingston Health Sciences Centre
