October 23 2012 The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has reached an agreement with the Government of Ontario to maintain joint control of pension plans and ensure their viability over the coming years. OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas said that this is a major victory over what was sure to be an all-out attack on …
Category Archive: Bargaining
Oct 19
Ontario Reaches Two-Year Deal with AMAPCEO
Highlights of the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario’s (AMAPCEO) new collective agreement include: Term — The agreement is in effect for a two-year term beginning on April 1, 2012 and ending on March 31, 2014. Salary and Wage Freezes — There will be no across-the-board wage increases during the term …
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Oct 15
A healthy country needs a healthy labour movement
Oct 12, 2012 02:52 PM Empowering every worker to ensure their workplaces is a healthy and safe one must be a priority for the Canadian labour movement, is the message long-time health and safety activist Dr. Linda Rae Murray brought to CUPE on the first day of the 11th National Health and Safety Conference. In …
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Oct 13
The Clock is Ticking – Eduardo (Eddy) Almeida
October 9, 2012 It’s that time again. It’s time to review the past year. It’s time to plan. We must strategize and prepare so we can meet upcoming challenges. Yes, it’s time to develop the 2013 OPSEU budget. What is the right course for 2013? In many cases it is steady as we go. The …
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Oct 13
OPSEU Local 232 General Membership Meeting – Oct. 16 5:30 pm
General Membership meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 Location is the OPSEU MEMBERSHIP CENTRE, A-400 Speedvale Avenue, corner of Marksam, Guelph 5:30 p.m. – food will be provided. OPS Conference and Divisional meeting has been called for December 1 & 2, 2012. To be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Toronto. We will …
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Oct 02
Bargaining teams preparing for negotiations
After a week-long training session, your OPS bargaining teams are now well under way with preparations for the upcoming round of negotiations. Training was an intensive week for the teams, and everyone came away informed and ready to get down to dealing with the issues the OPS will face in this round. Members learned about …
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Sep 27
Members making a difference in pension battle. Spread the word. Keep it up!
An astounding 18,000 members took part in our Tele Town Halls this week and last. And most of you made the commitment to take further action to stop the government takeover of pension plans. Congratulations! You are making a difference. We are having some success, but the battle is far from over. We have slowed …
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Sep 21
McGuinty pension attack “pre-meditated profiteering,” thousands of members hear
Posted on September 20, 2012 by OPSEU OPSEU called. And thousands of members picked up. Across northern and eastern Ontario on Sept. 20, members wanted to get in on the conversation about pensions – how to safeguard their retirement savings and secure pensions for those who don’t have them. In OPSEU’s first-ever Telephone Town Halls, …
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Sep 08
NDP ‘union muscle’ blamed for PC byelection loss
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Bargaining, Collective Agreement, Election, Horwath, News, OPSEU, OPSEU GUELPH
by adminNancyH
The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 7, 2012 11:20 AM ET Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak blamed “union muscle” Friday for his party’s loss of the Kitchener-Waterloo seat it held for 22 years, and predicted Premier Dalton McGuinty would quickly try to “kiss and make up” with Ontario’s public sector labour leaders. The Tories lost both …
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Sep 08
TRUTH and CONSEQUENCES
Finding the path ahead in 2012 It has been a hot summer. The provincial government that had proclaimed itself to be a peace-maker, attacked working people and the middle class. It seemed that Right Wing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker had moved to Ontario. In past months I set out the reasons for Ontario’s downward economic …
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