Settlements

The CBC is reporting that GTA couriers and mailroom staff working for LifeLabs voted Saturday to end their strike and return to work today. They had reached a three-year-agreement Saturday for the period Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. The workers, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO, went on strike March 14 after negotiations failed to reach...

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario Council of Educational Workers (OCEW) reached a tentative agreement with the Council of Trustees’ Association (CTA) and the Ontario government on central terms for a new collective agreement on April 4, 2020. “During the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic the OCEW bargaining team worked tirelessly to...

In the face of the most challenging of times, the Ontario Council of Education Workers (OCEW) has reached a tentative agreement with the Council of Trustees’ Association (CTA) and the Ontario government on central terms for a new collective agreement. “We are pleased a tentative deal was reached,” says OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. “We...