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Name: Nancy Horvath
Date registered: May 27, 2012

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  1. Don’t get use to “job churn” – saying it doesn’t make it a fact or true — October 30, 2016
  2. Wine in grocery stores ramps up privatization of the LCBO: OPSEU — October 30, 2016
  3. Don’t confuse nitpicking or snubbing with harassment. — September 24, 2016
  4. Discount Programs for OPSEU Members — September 11, 2016
  5. New Video – History of Guelph’s Labour Day Celebrations — April 9, 2016

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Oct 13

OPSEU Local 232 General Membership Meeting – Oct. 16 5:30 pm

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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

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Bargaining, Collective Agreement, News, OPSEU, OPSEU GUELPH

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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!

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Bargaining, Election, OPSEU, Pensions

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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

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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

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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

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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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Aug 30

Cash Without a Pulse – President’s Message

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Bargaining, Education, Election, News, OPSEU, OPSEU GUELPH

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August 27, 2012 “Dead money.” That’s what Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney this week called the half trillion dollars Canadian corporations have stashed away. Both Carney (and surprisingly) Finance Minister Jim Flaherty have criticized corporations for stuffing money into mattresses while our economy lays dormant. Both men have said investment in research, technology and …

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Aug 30

Labour Day celebrations to be held at Riverside Park

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GUELPH — The Guelph and District Labour Council will hold its annual Labour Day picnic on Monday, Sept. 3, at the red Pavilion in Riverside Park From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. there will be free rides and free hotdogs, corn and refreshments, sponsored by the City of Guelph. There will be children’s games, face …

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Aug 27

Legislature returns to impose contract on teachers

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The Canadian Press Posted: Aug 27, 2012 6:11 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 27, 2012 6:05 AM ET Ontario’s legislature is being recalled Monday as a labour showdown with teachers and two potentially game-changing byelections loom on the horizon. The governing Liberals are planning to introduce a bill to impose new contracts on thousands of …

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Aug 23

Region 2 Educationals October 20 & 21, 2012

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OCTOBER 20 & 21 2012 Educationals Stewards 1: Making a Difference in the Workplace Stewards 2: Facing the Employer, Building Member Involvement Basic Grievance Handling for Union Building Health & Safety: Level Three Duty to Accommodate 2: Making Accommodation Work Advancing Union Issues through Labour Management Committees   OCTOBER 20 & 21 2012 Educational APPLICATION …

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