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Table Talk Newsletter Issue #8 Precarious Workers – Get Empowered Fixed Term (FXT), Seasonal (SE), Seasonal Recurring, Contract and Part Time (PT)  You are OPS Unified, and you are an integral part of the public service in Ontario. A significant number of our members deliver services in parks, courts, wildland fire, fisheries, education, ambulance, communications, Service...

Click here for PDF version. Your bargaining team has secured December 18 and 19 to meet with the Employer to exchange opening statements and proposals. The Correctional bargaining team will be supported by labour lawyer Nini Jones of Jones Pearce LLP throughout this round of negotiations. Nini brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in...

TORONTO, ON –  With no real progress towards a contract which improves the working lives of college faculty across Ontario, the faculty bargaining team requested a “no board” report this morning. As 2024 draws to an end, Ontario college faculty will enter a legal position to call for labour action in the new year. “Our...

Bargaining Bulletin 16 Despite nearly 30 days of bargaining, 4 days of conciliation, a historic strike mandate, and 3 days of mediation, the College Employer Council (CEC) continues to table a contract that amounts to a step backward for college faculty, worsening our working conditions – all while helping manufacture a crisis that threatens cuts...

December 10 is International Human Rights Day. This marks the anniversary of the United Nations adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The Declaration of Human Rights enshrines the inalienable rights that should be protected and sets the standard for all peoples and nations. The OPSEU/SEFPO Provincial Human Rights Committee...

Bargaining Bulletin 15 Over December 6 – 8, we entered non-binding mediation with the College Employer Council (CEC). While mediation has now ended, the parties have agreed to meet again in non-binding mediation on January 6-7, 2025. At this point in time, we have allowed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) regarding no-escalation to expire. While we...

Toronto, ON – OPSEU/SEFPO is once again calling out the Ford government for its shady handling of public dollars, following a 2024 Auditor General Report that highlighted government misspending and ‘irregular’ decision-making processes. “The Auditor General’s 2024 report put in writing what we already know about Doug Ford: he throws public dollars at his already-wealthy...

On Tuesday, December 3, the Hospital Professionals Division (HPD) held a healthcare public policy conference titled ‘Better Care for our Future’. Local Presidents and Highest-Ranking members of HPD attended the full-day event. Panel discussions focused on: From dead last in Canada to the average: restoring public hospital capacity, stopping closures and protecting local services. Rolling...

This week the employer provided us with an update on the progress in implementing our new wage grid and retroactive payments following our Bill 124 wage re-opener award. While we are pleased that all OPS Unified members are now being paid at their new rate, one quarter – 25% – of our members have yet...

Jonathan Guider, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 166 President and BPS Corrections Chair, spoke with The Middlesex Banner regarding chronic short-staffing, low wages, heavy workloads and insufficient safety equipment at Craigwood Youth Services. Their employer’s response has consistently been that there is insufficient funding from the Ministry to resolve these issues. This puts both workers and youth at...

Printable PDF and application form Region 3 Weekend Educational February 1 and 2, 2025 Deadline: Please complete this form and email it to [email protected] by 4:30 pm, Friday, Dec 6. The Region 3 Educational to be held on February 1 & 2, 2025 at the Fern Resort Ltd. – 4432 Fern Resort Road, Ramara, ON...

Two sessions of the OPSEU/SEFPO Local Presidents/Vice- Presidents Orientations are scheduled on February 19-21, 2025, and February 24-26, 2025. This three-day workshop will give Local Presidents and Vice-Presidents the skills and tools they need to help them fulfill their leadership role within the union and navigate OPSEU/SEFPO’s organizational structure, systems, supports and resources. Session 1...

The OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle invites OPSEU/SEFPO members who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nation, Metis or Inuit) to apply for a position on the OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle to fill vacancies in Regions 1, 2, 4 and 7. The role of the regional representative on the Indigenous Circle is to create and maintain networks within the region, to...

Printable PDF and application form Region 1 Weekend Educational March 15 and 16, 2025 Deadline: Please complete this form and email it to [email protected] by Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 The Weekend Educational will be In-Person at the St Clair College Centre for the Arts and will run from Saturday, March 15th from 9:00am-4:30pm & Sunday,...

Printable PDF and application form Region 1 leadership conference for Local Presidents, Highest Ranking, Region 1 Equity Representatives, Retiree Committee Chair and Convention Committee Members Monday, March 17 and Tuesday March 18, 2025 Deadline: Please complete this form and email it to [email protected] by Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 You are invited to attend the OPSEU/SEFPO’s...