
BloodLines Bargaining Bulletin: June 2025
We are writing to provide an important update regarding the status of bargaining. As previously shared, your bargaining team decided to request a “no-board” report
Send a message to the CBS Board and Canada’s Health Ministers to keep our national blood collection system voluntary and public.
Stop for-profit plasma collection now!
Hema-Quebec has shown that investment in public voluntary plasma collection is key to self-sufficiency. Australia, too, has reached almost 60% self-sufficiency, with just 2 plasma-only collection centres, by upgrading the majority of blood collection centres to collect both plasma and blood – an easier, faster transition.
Instead of throwing money at a private company, CBS should invest in plasma collection centres and upgrade more blood donation centres so they can also collect plasma.
Private plasma companies have a history of exploiting vulnerable communities. Their predatory practices target young people and those facing financial difficulty. Canadian donors should never be treated as a source for private economic gain.
The Voluntary Blood Donations Act bans payment for blood in Ontario. The exemption allowing CBS to pay donors was meant for emergency circumstances; not as a legal loophole to sell off Canada’s plasma donors to private companies!
CBS cannot be allowed to quietly privatize Canada’s blood plasma. CBS is accountable to the public. CBS must uphold their mandate to treat blood and plasma as a public resource: Cancel the deal with Grifols!
We are writing to provide an important update regarding the status of bargaining. As previously shared, your bargaining team decided to request a “no-board” report
Canadian Blood Services Pension Plan – Union Trustee Vacancy The Pension Liaison Committee invites you or someone you know to get involved with the Canadian
Our long-awaited interest arbitration hearing has been scheduled! It will take place at the end of January 2026. Brian Sheehan is the Arbitrator, mutually agreed
We want to provide you with an important update following the latest bargaining session that took place on March 26, 2025, with the presence of
Wendy Lee, Local 575, inSolidarity Committee On Monday, March 3, 2025, a rally was held at the for-profit plasma Grifols Donation Centre in Whitby between
Since negotiations began, your OPSEU/SEFPO CBS bargaining team has been pushing for a fair and equitable agreement that reflects the needs and priorities of the