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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.
Municipally Speaking newsletter – Autumn 2019

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Municipally Speaking newsletter - Autumn 2019

Municipally Speaking newsletter - Autumn 2019

Municipally Speaking newsletter - Spring 2019

Municipally Speaking newsletter - Spring 2019

OPSEU President: Employment services privatization and workfare will lead to more precarious work

OPSEU President: Employment services privatization and workfare will lead to more precarious work

GRCA members ratify contract with wage increases, privatization protection

GRCA members ratify contract with wage increases, privatization protection

Grand River members willing to strike for fair pay

Grand River members willing to strike for fair pay

Grand River Conservation Authority workers file for conciliation in order to avoid strike

Grand River Conservation Authority workers file for conciliation in order to avoid strike

OPSEU President demands that Northumberland CAO retract anti-democracy election memo

OPSEU President demands that Northumberland CAO retract anti-democracy election memo

Municipally Speaking newsletter for Sector 13 members: Winter 2018

Municipally Speaking newsletter for Sector 13 members: Winter 2018

Simcoe County workers request ‘no-board’ report

Simcoe County workers request ‘no-board’ report

Simcoe County workers deliver strong strike vote

Simcoe County workers deliver strong strike vote

Steering our course on the road to change: OPSEU report on income security reform

Steering our course on the road to change: OPSEU report on income security reform

Conciliation sought as Simcoe County rejects wage parity

Conciliation sought as Simcoe County rejects wage parity

Bargaining

GRCA members ratify contract with wage increases, privatization protection

GRCA members ratify contract with wage increases, privatization protection

Cambridge – The members of OPSEU Local 259 working at the Grand River Conservation Authority…
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Grand River members willing to strike for fair pay

Grand River members willing to strike for fair pay

The Brantford Expositor and the CBC are reporting that the roughly 110 OPSEU Local 259…
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Grand River Conservation Authority workers file for conciliation in order to avoid strike

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…
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Simcoe County workers request ‘no-board’ report

Simcoe County workers request ‘no-board’ report

Barrie – The 22 members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328, who…
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Simcoe County workers deliver strong strike vote

Simcoe County workers deliver strong strike vote

Barrie – The members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328, which represents…
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Conciliation sought as Simcoe County rejects wage parity

Conciliation sought as Simcoe County rejects wage parity

Barrie – The bargaining team for Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328 has…
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Outside workers in Gravenhurst aim to stop layoffs: OPSEU

Outside workers in Gravenhurst aim to stop layoffs: OPSEU

Gravenhurst, Ontario – Outside workers for the Town of Gravenhurst return to the bargaining table…
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Disruption avoided as workers ratify deal with Town of Midland

Disruption avoided as workers ratify deal with Town of Midland

Midland – Members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 328, representing outside workers…
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Midland Town OPSEU Workers Set To Strike – Want Fair Deal

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…
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NPCA workers ratify first collective agreement

NPCA workers ratify first collective agreement

(WELLAND) – Members of OPSEU Local 217 have ratified a first collective agreement with the…
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St. Clair Township workers ask for conciliation

St. Clair Township workers ask for conciliation

(SARNIA) – A unit within OPSEU Local 123 representing workers with the Township of St.…
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Midland town workers endorse strike mandate

Midland town workers endorse strike mandate

Workers for the Town of Midland have handed their bargaining team a strong strike mandate…
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Midland town workers set strike vote for Sept. 24

Midland town workers set strike vote for Sept. 24

With contract talks stalled, about 60 unionized employees for the Town of Midland are set…
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Events

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Municipalities (Sector 13) Bargaining Conference

Saturday, November 3, 2018
to Sunday, November 4, 2018
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
33 Gerrard Street West
Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority

OPSEU to hold press conference on NPCA

Wednesday, October 4, 2017
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
85 Church Street, St. Catharines, L2R 3C7, ON, CA
BPS Conference 2017 25 Years

BPS Conference and Divisional Meetings

Friday, June 23, 2017
to Sunday, June 25, 2017
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
The Sheraton Hotel

Information

OPSEU is looking for a sponsor representative for OMERS

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…
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Please contact OPSEU if you have been directly affected by SAMS

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…
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Hansard for all discussions in the Ontario Legislative Assembly to date regarding SAMS

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…
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Letter from the Honourable Helena Jaczek to OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas re: Social Assistance Management System (SAMS)

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…
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Health and Safety Issues - Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works (OW)

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…
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Letter to the Honourable Helena Jaczek re: Social Assistance Management System (SAMS)

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…
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BPS Conference 2013 Call

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…
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BPS Conference 2011 Call

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…
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BPS Conference 2013 Review

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…
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Municipalities Sector: General Information

Municipalities Sector: General Information

OPSEU currently represents members in 21 different municipal groups across the province. Your Sector Executive Tara Langford CHAIR – Local…
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Municipalities: General Information

Municipalities: General Information

OPSEU currently represents members in 21 different municipal groups across the province. Local 324 members reject final offer February 25,…
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Contacts

Theresa O’Connor
Vice-Chair
Email: theresaoconnor59@yahoo.ca
Dwayne Ebbers
Secretary
Email: jan122000@hotmail.com
Pam Schmidt
Treasurer
Email: pschmidt@cogeco.ca
Kerri Wells
Division/Sector Executive
Communications
Email: kerriwells8734@gmail.com
Tara Langford
Audit,Convention Committees
Regional Vice-President
Work: OPSEU x5842
Cell: 613-812-1970
Email: tlangford70@hotmail.com

Your Employer

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Corporation of the County of Hastings

District of Parry Sound Social Services Admin Board - FT

District of Parry Sound Social Services Admin Board - PT

Grand River Conservation Authority

Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula

Niagara Parks Commission - Park Employees

Niagara Parks Commission - Park Police

Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority

Peel Non-Profit Housing Corporation

Peel Regional Paramedic Services / Regional Municipality of Peel

The Corporation of the Town of Midland

The Corporation of the Township of Gravenhurst - Outside

The Corporation of the Township of Loyalist

The Corporation of the Township of St. Clair

Toronto Community Housing Corp - Security

Town of Muskoka Lakes