Municipalities
Sector 13 counts some 2,500 members divided among 33 bargaining units, each with its own collective agreement. Our members work for different levels of municipal government and municipally funded agencies. We are a diverse group who do things like administering Ontario Works, municipal housing, child care subsidies, road maintenance, ambulance maintenance, conservation area programming, driving buses and butterfly programs, among other areas.
Latest News
Bargaining
GRCA members ratify contract with wage increases, privatization protection
Cambridge – The members of OPSEU Local 259 working at the Grand River Conservation Authority…
Grand River members willing to strike for fair pay
The Brantford Expositor and the CBC are reporting that the roughly 110 OPSEU Local 259…
Grand River Conservation Authority workers file for conciliation in order to avoid strike
Cambridge – Facing an employer that is refusing to treat its front-line staff as fairly…
Simcoe County workers request ‘no-board’ report
Barrie – The 22 members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328, who…
Simcoe County workers deliver strong strike vote
Barrie – The members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328, which represents…
Conciliation sought as Simcoe County rejects wage parity
Barrie – The bargaining team for Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328 has…
Outside workers in Gravenhurst aim to stop layoffs: OPSEU
Gravenhurst, Ontario – Outside workers for the Town of Gravenhurst return to the bargaining table…
Disruption avoided as workers ratify deal with Town of Midland
Midland – Members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328, representing outside workers…
Midland Town OPSEU Workers Set To Strike – Want Fair Deal
OPSEU members working for the Town of Midland are ramping up their campaign for a…
NPCA workers ratify first collective agreement
(WELLAND) – Members of OPSEU Local 217 have ratified a first collective agreement with the…
St. Clair Township workers ask for conciliation
(SARNIA) – A unit within OPSEU Local 123 representing workers with the Township of St.…
Midland town workers endorse strike mandate
Workers for the Town of Midland have handed their bargaining team a strong strike mandate…
Midland town workers set strike vote for Sept. 24
With contract talks stalled, about 60 unionized employees for the Town of Midland are set…
Events
Information
OPSEU is looking for a sponsor representative for OMERS
The Pension Liaison Committee invites you or someone you know to get involved with OMERS, the Ontario Municipal Retirement System, by…
Please contact OPSEU if you have been directly affected by SAMS
On Wednesday December 17, OPSEU announced that it would be taking the government to court to seek an injunction to…
Hansard for all discussions in the Ontario Legislative Assembly to date regarding SAMS
December 1 Mr. Jim Wilson: My question is for the Premier. Your government spent over $250 million of taxpayers’ money…
Letter from the Honourable Helena Jaczek to OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas re: Social Assistance Management System (SAMS)
December 3, 2014 Mr. Warren (Smokey) Thomas President Ontario Public Services Employees Union 100 Lesmill Road Toronto, Ontario M3B 3P8…
Health and Safety Issues - Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works (OW)
December 2, 2014 Honourable Kevin Daniel Flynn Ministry of Labour 14th Floor, 400 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M7A 1T7 Dear…
Letter to the Honourable Helena Jaczek re: Social Assistance Management System (SAMS)
December 2, 2014 The Honourable Helena Jaczek Minister of Community and Social Services 80 Grosvenor Street Hepburn Block, 6th Floor…
Municipalities Sector: General Information
OPSEU currently represents members in 21 different municipal groups across the province. Your Sector Executive Tara Langford CHAIR – Local…
Municipalities: General Information
OPSEU currently represents members in 21 different municipal groups across the province. Local 324 members reject final offer February 25,…
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…
Contacts
Theresa O’Connor
Division/Sector Executive
Vice-Chair
Email: theresaoconnor59@yahoo.ca
Dwayne Ebbers
Division/Sector Executive
Secretary
Email: jan122000@hotmail.com
Pam Schmidt
Division/Sector Executive
Treasurer
Email: schmidtp1967@gmail.com
Kerri Wells
Division/Sector Executive
Communications Representative
Email: kerriwells8734@gmail.com
Tara Langford
Audit, Convention Committees, Division/Sector Executive
Regional Vice-President, Chair
Work: OPSEU x5842
Cell: 613-812-1970
Email: tlangford70@hotmail.com
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