Collective Agreement

TORONTO – OPSEU/SEFPO is calling it a win for hundreds of thousands of workers as the Ontario Superior Court declares Doug Ford government’s wage-stifling Bill 124 “void and of no effect.” The decision comes following a court challenge launched by a coalition of unions and associations, including OPSEU/SEFPO, seeking to declare Bill 124’s wage cap...

Dear members, In our last Newsletter, we advised that we were awaiting a decision from the Arbitration Board as to whether or not Bill 124 applies to CBS employees. The interim decision is now available (linked here). Unfortunately, Bill 124 was found to apply to CBS employees. As stated in the interim decision, the Board acknowledged...

We wanted to provide you with a report on the Interest Arbitration hearing that took place this week on Tuesday, August 23 between the Union and the Employer. Before the hearing, the Union had prepared an Arbitration brief and were ready to present the proposals in dispute so the Arbitrator, Jaspir Parmar, could proceed to make...