Monthly Archive: May 2012

May 31

OPSEU wins big at CALM

  OPSEU wins big at CALM May 30, 2012 OPSEU won numerous prizes for excellence in communications at the 2011 Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM) Awards on Friday, May 18. Our widely recognized and popular healthcare blog, the Diablogue, was awarded “Best website content produced by staff” (http://diablogue.org). The recent “How Screwed Are You” …

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May 29

Public Support of Students – Casseroles Video

May 27

Labour Start Live Newswire

May 27

Educationals for Region 2

Region Two Educationals   June 2 & 3, 2012 – Click here for application Stewards 1: Making a Difference in the Workplace Stewards 2: Facing the Employer, Building Member Involvement Health & Safety: Level Two WSIB Level 1 Interpreting Your Collective Agreement: An Activist’s Role Mental Health: Challenging the Stigma in the Workplace October 20 …

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May 27

Collective Bargaining

Collective Bargaining.

May 27

Student Protests in Montreal

Students protesting in Montreal

What started as a protest over a proposal to raise tuition fees and then morphed into a social movement in Quebec appeared closer to some sort of resolution Saturday after Leo Bureau-Blouin suggested striking students were willing to compromise. Bureau-Blouin, the president of Quebec’s College Student Federation, said in a radio interview Saturday, if the …

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