Hospital Professionals
This is OPSEU’s largest health care cluster representing more than 25,000 members in 107 bargaining units in 84 hospitals and among more than 250 health professions. We began in 1969, when medical technologists at Peterborough Civic Hospital joined OPSEU.
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Bargaining
Arbitrator awards OPSEU pharm techs big wage increase
In 2010, the Ontario government told pharmacy technicians they would be regulated by the Ontario…
OPSEU members to LifeLabs CEO: Goodbye, Charlie Brown!
OPSEU’s leaders are congratulating LifeLabs workers in the Simcoe area for fending off a series…
Arbitration award for hospital professionals at Lakeridge Health
OPSEU Hospital professionals with Local 348 at Lakeridge Health have a new collective agreement. It…
OPSEU hospital professionals in Scarborough reach deal
Toronto – OPSEU members with Local 575 at the Scarborough Health Network have a new…
OPSEU calls out Ford after major health cuts
Ottawa’s 1310 News is reporting on the OPSEU poll that found 80 per cent of…
Better pay and benefits for SickKids medical laboratory staff
Toronto – OPSEU has won a decisive victory in an arbitration award that will improve…
Letter from RPN Occupational Division in support of College Faculty
The OPSEU RPN Occupational Division sent the following letter of support to the members of the…
Hospital professionals ratify extension agreement
Toronto – Hospital professionals across Ontario have ratified a three-year extension to their central collective…
HPD ratification vote times and locations
The ratification vote on the extension agreement signed for the OPSEU Hospital Professionals Division bargaining…
Hospital Professionals: Ratification vote on extension agreement set for November 7-8
Hospital Professionals at the Table Bargaining news for OPSEU members in the Hospital Professionals Division…
Missed the telephone town hall for hospital professionals? Listen here
On Thursday evening, October 19, OPSEU health professionals tuned in to a province-wide telephone town…
OPSEU reaches tentative contract extension deal with hospitals
Hospital professionals represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) have reached a tentative…
Hospital Professionals at the Table, Issue 4, September 9, 2016
Wage increase awarded The arbitration award for the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) was finally released…
OPSEU disappointed with ONAs misleading and divisive memo
An open letter to members in the Hospital Professionals Division at OPSEU Some of you…
OPSEU hospital professionals ratify new agreement
Toronto – Members of the Hospital Professionals Division of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union…
Hospital Professionals at the Table, Issue 3, June 20, 2016
Bargaining news for OPSEU members in the Hospital Professionals Division Here’s what’s in the tentative…
Hospital professionals sign province-wide tentative agreement
Toronto – More than 12,000 hospital professionals working at 53 Ontario hospitals have reached a…
Hospital Professionals at the Table, Issue 2, May 20, 2016
Bargaining news for OPSEU members in the Hospital Professionals Division Progress made but sticking points…
Hospital Professionals at the Table, Issue 1, May 6, 2016
Bargaining news for OPSEU members in the Hospital Professionals Division Employer tables major concessions Your…
Hospital Professionals At The Table, Issue 7, November 17, 2014
Bargaining news for members of OPSEU’s Hospital Professional Division: Issue 7 Reclassifications: Where we are…
Hospital Professionals At The Table, Issue 5, September 19, 2014
Bargaining news for members of OPSEU’s Hospital Professional Division: Issue 5 Central Award Issued –…
Arbitration award issued for OPSEU Hospital Professionals
TORONTO – Arbitrator Robert Herman has issued an arbitration award for a new collective agreement…
Hospital Professionals At The Table, Issue 2, January 29, 2014
Bargaining news for members of OPSEU's Hospital Professional Division: Issue 2 Four days in…bargaining continues…
Hospital Professionals At The Table, Issue 4, June 17, 2014
Bargaining news for members of OPSEU’s Hospital Professional Division: Issue 4 Arbitration dates set Your…
Hospital Professionals At The Table, Issue 3, March 19, 2014
Bargaining news for members of OPSEU’s Hospital Professional Division: Issue 3 Off to arbitration After…
Hospital Professionals At The Table, Issue 1, March 2, 2011
Bargaining news for members of OPSEU’s Hospital Professionals Division: Issue 1 Six days in…bargaining continues…
Hospital Professionals At The Table, Issue 2, March 31, 2011
Bargaining news for members of OPSEU’s Hospital Professionals Division: Issue 2 Off to arbitration Agreement…
Hospital Professionals At The Table, Issue 1, January 13, 2014
Bargaining news for members of OPSEU’s Hospital Professional Division: Issue 1 Bargaining set to begin…
Hospital Professionals Division: Off to arbitration
After 10 days of bargaining, and another day and a half of mediation, your HPD…
Events
Information
Find Your Collective Agreement
Province-wide contracts OPSEU regularly receives requests from members covered by province-wide collective agreements for copies of their central contract. The…
HPD Scholarship Fund
Application Deadline: September 4, 2019 – The Hospital Professionals Division offers seven scholarships (one per region) of $750 each annually…
Vote OPSEU December 12 and 13
Think carefully about the union you want to represent you. Then vote OPSEU. OPSEU has the knowledge, resources and experience…
Information Session: Bring your questions
Bring your questions: we’ve got answers Lab workers need a strong union that can defend good jobs, and lobby for…
Wages comparison: Experience matters
OPSEU is the leader in bargaining for allied health professionals: Proudly representing more than 25,000 members at 90 hospitals across…
Professional Liability Insurance Coverage: Experience matters
OPSEU offers the best coverage for allied health professionals OPSEU knows allied health professionals. OPSEU knows it takes dedicated resources,…
Trust in a proven track record
Experience matters OPSEU represents the largest number of allied health professionals across Ontario; that’s because the majority of allied health…
A Voice for Allied Health Professionals at the bargaining table and beyond
Allied health professionals are often the hidden heroes of health care. OPSEU’s positive public profile helps us press for greater…
Union dues comparison
Click here for a printable version of the union dues comparison: a sampling of classifications that shows how your dues would…
Central Bargaining: Why is it important?
Background As a result of the 1974 recommendations of the Hospital Inquiry Commission in Ontario, central bargaining was established for…
OPSEU knows pay equity
Quick Facts Pay equity is the law OPSEU has been the leader in negotiating pay equity for allied health professionals…
Job Opportunities for Hospital Professionals
General Duty Technologist – Biochemistry – 1473 Requisition # 1473 Job Type: Regular Full-Time Vacancies: 1 Department: Pathology and Laboratory…
Update: Pharmacy technician reclassification grievance
Your 25.01(b) central reclassification committee would like to take this opportunity to provide all pharmacy technicians with an update on…
HPD vote times and locations
HPD Ratification Vote Dates: November 7 and 8, 2017 Updated: November 6, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. Click on your hospital below…
Template submission: Ontario Health Coalition public consultation on hospital reform
Template submission for use by members of OPSEU's Hospital Professionals Division As part of a public consultation on hospital reform,…
Contacts
Sandi Blancher
Vice-Chair
Email: sblancher@gmail.com
Betty Palmieri
Secretary
Email: prez206@hotmail.ca
Brenda Allan
Treasurer
Email: brenda.allan@opseulocal215.com
Hervé Cavanagh
Division/Sector Executive
Benefits
Email: hervecavanagh@hotmail.com
Teresa Chafe
WSIB
Email: tchafe604@gmail.com
Adrian Balojin
Job Security
Email: balojin@gmail.com
Melissa Coenraad
Public Policy
Email: melissacoenraad@gmail.com
Sara Labelle
Division/Sector Executive
Chair
Email: sassa26_ca2003@yahoo.ca
Jessica Timothy
Division/Sector Executive
Education and Communications Representative
Email: Yes
Alana Long
Division/Sector Executive
Health & Safety Coordinator
Email: alanalong@hotmail.com
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