BPS Corrections
The BPS Corrections Sector represents some 1,200 members in 23 locals. Most of our members work as frontline youth workers in open and secure youth detention facilities. However, many members work in adult correctional facilities, court houses and various community programs, where they are responsible for reintegration planning and ongoing supports, bail programs and several other roles, such as counselling, advocacy and referrals.
Latest News
Bargaining
Hamilton youth facility workers vote in favour of contract, ending four month lockout
Hamilton – The four month lockout at the Arrell Youth Centre in Hamilton is over. The…
Toronto Bail Program workers ratify hard-won contract with wage increases, better health coverage
Toronto – The members of OPSEU Local 548 who work at the Toronto Bail Program…
Lockout looms for Toronto bail workers
Toronto – With just 10 days before a possible lockout, Ontario Public Service Employees Union…
Thomas to Minister Coteau: Step in at Morton House
Barrie – Faced with an employer blaming the province for the low wages it pays…
Social services heroes look to the future
The 1980s glam rock anthem “Final Countdown” blared over the sound system as the executive…
Kennedy House wage cut demand could lead to job action: OPSEU
AJAX – By demanding that its workers accept 11 years of wage cuts, the board…
St. Lawrence Youth Association Local 427 stages info picket to demand fair contract
Youth justice workers at St. Lawrence Youth Association in Kingston held an information picket Tuesday,…
Local 427 Video: Zero per cent won't pay the rent!
OPSEU local 427 Youth Justice Workers at St. Lawrence Youth Association in Kingston held a…
Kingston Youth Justice Workers at St. Lawrence Youth Association to picket Board of Directors, call for safety and respect
Board Members at Kingston’s St. Lawrence Youth Association will hear directly from Youth Justice Workers…
New contract reached for workers at William W. Creighton Youth Services in Kenora
(KENORA) Workers with OPSEU local 702 at William W. Creighton Youth Services in Kenora…
Events
Monday, November 21, 2016
To Tuesday, November 22, 2016
To Tuesday, November 22, 2016
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Information
Take action to end the lockout
This labour dispute is an attack on working people. Youth justice workers are being bullied into accepting wholesale cuts to…
Deborah Gordon’s remarks to the Standing Committee on Bill 89
Remarks for Deborah Gordon, chair, OPSEU Child Treatment Sector, for a presentation to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy regarding…
The Child at the Centre: OPSEU's submission to Bill 89
An OPSEU analysis of Bill 89, An Act to enact the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2016, to amend…
Funding must rise for residential services: OPSEU report
In July 2015, the Ontario government commissioned the Residential Services Review Panel to conduct a system-wide review of the province’s…
BPS Corrections Sector Bylaws
Preamble The following bylaws are adopted by Sector 7 BPS Corrections pursuant to, and to supplement the OPSEU Constitution. The…
BPS Conference 2013 Call
OPSEU’s Broader Public Service Conference is a gathering of members from across the province who belong to bargaining units in…
BPS Conference 2011 Call
Election readiness frames 2011 BPS Conference Politics was the dominant theme of this past weekend’s BPS Conference and divisional meetings…
BPS Conference 2013 Review
2013 BPS conference tackles issues of austerity More than 600 delegates, alternates and observers attended this past weekend's Broader Public…
Justice: Elizabeth Fry Toronto - send an email
Stand up for women at Elizabeth Fry Toronto Workers at Elizabeth Fry Toronto have been without a contract since March…
Strong solidarity at Elizabeth Fry Toronto rally
More than 50 members and supporters of OPSEU Local 518 joined a rally outside of Elizabeth Fry Toronto on Thursday,…
Rally at Elizabeth Fry Toronto
Elizabeth Fry Toronto has begun shutting down services days before an October 22 strike deadline. Help tell the employer to…
BPS Corrections Sector: Who we are and what we do
BPS Corrections Chair’s Welcome Welcome to the Sector 7 Corrections website. I am thrilled to know that you have chosen…
London’s Craigwood Youth Services workers to picket Ministry office
Media Advisory Craigwood Youth Services workers are holding an information picket outside the Ministry of Children and Youth Services London…
Justice: Latest News - Child and youth workers at Craigwood to tell Board enough is enough
LONDON — March 23, 2012 Workers are holding an information picket outside Craigwood Youth Services Head Office on Monday, March…
Justice: Workers at Craigwood Youth Services call for community support
LONDON – Workers at Craigwood Youth Services are holding an information picket outside their main campus in Ailsa Craig on…
Funding must rise for residential services: OPSEU report
Read OPSEU’s response to the Report of the Residential Services Review Panel
Community Services Divisional Council
Contacts
Jonathan Guider
Chair
Email: guider@execulink.com
Jeff Tynes
Division/Sector Executive
Sector Steward
Email: jefferytynes@gmail.com
Joseph Davies
Division/Sector Executive
Vice Chair
Email: joedavies@hotmail.com
David Farrugia
Sector Treasurer
Email: ptdave2002@hotmail.com
Assunta Patsiatzis
Division/Sector Executive
Secretary
Email: suepatsiatzis@gmail.com
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