As you may remember, our current collective agreement expires at the end of 2017. That means, yes, that we’re getting ready for bargaining a new contract again. This step is an important one – it is the Demand Set Survey. This year it is online – and is open for a short window – This …
Category Archive: News
Oct 25
No Free Ride – PC proposal not to pay union dues
March 20, 2013 TORONTO – Award-winning Canadian film and television director Bruce McDonald is sending a message to Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak about that party’s plans for the province’s unions. McDonald’s latest short film, a comedy called No Free Ride, takes issue with a PC proposal to allow workers in union shops to receive …
Apr 20
Time to change the conversation on austerity
By Sid Ryan and Alex Himelfarb Ottawa Citizen Opinion Editorial February 24, 2013 7:04 PM There is an absence of confidence in politics these days. Each new government budget offers a new austerity menu of what we cannot do, what we must cut and who must tighten their belts. This agenda, frantically pursued by so …
Apr 19
The weakening state of Canadian labour unions
JANET McFARLAND The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Sep. 02 2012, 10:50 PM EDT Last updated Sunday, Sep. 02 2012, 11:40 PM EDT Although four million Canadians are members of unions, organized labour is nonetheless facing shrinking coverage across Canada’s work force. Unions are coping with growing pressure from employers and governments to accept wage …
Mar 04
Corporate tax cuts create job
TORONTO – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is reacting with shock and surprise after learning that corporate tax cuts implemented by the province have actually created a job. “We have always maintained that the Liberal government’s corporate tax cuts would not create jobs for Ontarians, but the news that former Finance Minister Dwight Duncan …
Nov 30
NUPGE / OPSEU file complaint with CBC Ombudsman over offensive anti-union comments by Kevin O’Leary
“Mr. O’Leary’s wilful promotion of contempt and hatred towards unions reflects a viewpoint that has often ended in violence perpetrated against union members and leaders around the world.” Ottawa (14 October 2011) – The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), along with its Ontario Component, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), today …
Oct 25
Grievance Settlement Board releases ruling on court reporters
October 19, 2012 Message from the Chair, Issue 1, Ministry of the Attorney General MERC Chair Shelly McCormick explains to member court reporters the implications of a recent ruling by the GSB in the Hunt et al case Download .pdf Read the Hunt Decision Transcript Production and Certification Tracking tool .xls