Your Correctional Bargaining Team is pleased to announce the five Mobilizers selected for the 2024 round of bargaining. We extend a sincere thanks to all the applicants who expressed their interest in these positions. Casey Stewart is a Food Service Helper at the Toronto South Detention Centre for the last five years. She wears many…
Your Correctional Bargaining Team officially served the employer with our notice to bargain on October 4, 2024, as per legislation. This is the first step towards securing a new collective agreement. Your team is committed to securing meaningful gains to meet the demands of the membership that were made clear through the bargaining survey. We…
Thank you for submitting your Essential and Emergency Services Forms The team received over 240 forms from more than 50 different locals. We understand that this level of engagement took a great amount of work. The OPS Unified Bargaining Team greatly appreciates your efforts. This information will help the Bargaining Team in our negotiations with the employer…
Bargaining team elected, final demands set! Our collective agreement expired on March 31, 2023, and the Bill 124 reopener negotiations caused a delay in getting back to the bargaining table. However, we are now ready to proceed and have secured dates in December with the employer. Your bargaining team has been elected! We will be…
After a few short months, Lock Talk, the voice of the Correctional Bargaining Team, is back. As we enter a fresh round of negotiations, remember that Lock Talk is your only source for accurate and up-to-date information. Although we just settled our Collective Agreement, and editing remains ongoing, the agreement expires on December 31, 2024….
Area Coordinating Group (ACGs) ACGs are a key part of the bargaining process. They are a direct line of communication between OPS Unified members and the Bargaining Team. As we continue to build our bargaining power, our unity is our strength. All OPS Unified members are encouraged to join. In November 2022, the OPS Unified…
Essential and Emergency Services Negotiations remain ongoing with the employer and under the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act (CECBA) OPSEU/SEFPO members in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) have the legal right to strike. However, during this process it also requires OPS Unified to provide essential and emergency services during a strike or employer lockout.’ Excerpts…
On June 18, 2024, OPSEU/SEFPO served notice to the employer to end all previous Essential and Emergency Service Agreements (EESA) and provided notice that we intend to bargain the new EESAs. As per the last Divisional meeting, OPS Unified members elected to change the Bargaining Procedures, which mandated that the EESA would be negotiated before issues bargaining….
OPS Unified Bargaining Team Chair (CERC Chair) Amanda Usher Amanda Usher is an Ambulance Communications Officer (ACO) with over 18 years of experience, including 8 years as a fixed-term contract employee. Amanda has achieved remarkable milestones that have made her a proud OPSEU/SEFPO member and activist. Currently serving as the elected OPS CERC Chair, Amanda has…
We have received our Bill 124 Wage Re-Opener Arbitration Award from Arbitrator Kaplan today, February 27, 2024. In this process, your Bargaining Team was seeking wage improvements, pandemic pay, improvements to benefits and classification adjustments. We are pleased to share the details of the award with all of you. Wages increases (with retro): The Employer…
