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Printable version Update from the bargaining table Your bargaining team met with the Employer on May 6th and 7th with the expectation that the Parties would finish discussions on non-monetary issues and begin negotiating monetary proposals. Although we reached agreement on a number of non-monetary issues, the Employer was not prepared to begin monetary discussions....

Click here to download PDF version Update from the bargaining table During the writ period, your bargaining team continued working on proposals so that we would be in a position to resume bargaining once the government was back in place following the provincial election. Your bargaining team resumed negotiations with the employer on April 16,...

Dozens of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 241 children’s mental health workers facing a possible lockout as early as February 22 held an info picket earlier this week outside two Pathstone Mental Health locations to demand a fair contract for workers who provide mental health services for kids and families across Niagara region. Their message to Pathstone management...

Click here for PDF version. Progress at the table Your bargaining team met with the employer over the last two days. Back in December we tabled a comprehensive proposal package to the employer including non-monetary and monetary items. Over the last two days the parties focused on the non-monetary issues and were able to sign...

A petition signed by every OPSEU/SEFPO Local 332 retirement home worker at Kingsmere Retirement Living in Alliston, Ontario was delivered today to the headquarters of for-profit giant Sienna Senior Living, which owns Kingsmere. OPSEU/SEFPO represents PSWs, nurses and dietary workers at the retirement home.  The petition, demanding a $3/hour wage increase for every Local 332...

On Thursday, September 28, the members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 454 at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa, gathered for a rally to call for increased worker safety, better wages, and improved working conditions. The rally took place outside the offices of The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa between 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. The rally...

The Correctional Bargaining Team thanks all locals across the province for participating in the first phase of the Respect Corrections campaign. We were able to show that we remain united in all reaches of the province against the Employer. For those who missed the news release, you can read it here. You can also read...

Members flex their collective power in bold in-store rally – April 29, 2023               The dreary overcast day was no match for the enthusiasm of over 100 delegates, Alternates and Observers at the Liquor Board Employee Division (LBED) Pre-Bargaining Conference. After the OPSEU/SEFPO Land Acknowledgement and Statement of Respect,...

During the fourth week of bargaining, College Support Full-Time members and their supporters wore Blue for Bargaining for the fourth time to support their bargaining team on August 24! Enjoy some photos from members and supporters across the province below. Bargaining continues next week, from August 29 to September 2. Keep an eye on caatsftbargaining.org...

College Support Full-Time members are showing up across the province to events organized by their elected mobilizers to support their bargaining team! Our contract expires on August 31, and our bargaining team is at the table right now, from August 22 to September 2. As bargaining continues, members are getting together for all sorts of...

A large group of enthusiastic Local 5119 members working for LifeLabs assembled Friday to create picket signs. They are preparing for a strike that could come as soon as 12:01 am on Monday, March 14. The couriers and mailroom clerks voted to join OPSEU/SEFPO in 2020. Since then, they have been trying to negotiate a...

On March 10, approximately 25 OPSEU members from Canadian Blood Services (CBS) locals across the province info-picketed at CBS’s College St location in downtown Toronto. They were there to inform people about their concerns for public safety as a consequence of frontline staffing cutbacks. They were joined by OPSEU members from the Heath Care Divisional...