Transportation Enforcement Officers represented by OPSEU/SEFPO will receive long-overdue wage increases, after years of pushing for wage parity with other enforcement classifications and fighting against the now-overturned Bill 124.
Arbitrator Ian Anderson issued the award on February 10, 2026, looking at three criteria: recruitment and retention issues related to wages; public sector comparators; and the economic situation in Ontario.
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“This award is an important step forward in Transportation Enforcement Officers’ fight for better wages and wage parity,” said Chris Eckert, Ontario Public Service (OPS) Unified Special Case Committee Chair. “Our members worked hard for this. It is because of their commitment and resolve that we achieved this award and laid a solid foundation for rounds of bargaining to come. We still have further to go, but we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished.”
The special case arbitration for Transportation Enforcement Officers came out of the arbitration award issued by Arbitrator Gerry Lee in 2024, providing some specific classifications within OPS Unified to negotiate for additional wage increases due to ongoing recruitment and retention issues.
“Transportation Enforcement Officers have truly shown the power of solidarity in action, refusing to back down from yet another fight against a government who consistently has tried to shortchange workers,” said OPSEU/SEFPO President, JP Hornick. “Bill 124 was an unjust attack on workers, and we will not stop fighting until we receive justice for every worker affected.”
OPSEU/SEFPO represents approximately 260 Transportation Enforcement Officers working provincewide with the Ministry of Transportation.