OPSEU This Week

Your guide to the OPSEU website - www.opseu.org - April 6, 2009


LIQUOR BOARD EMPLOYEES DIVISIONOPSEU files for conciliation to encourage employer to bargain2009 Bargaining Bulletin, Issue 4: "Filing for conciliation means we’re at the table to bargain and we’re serious." more...

PART-TIME COLLEGE WORKERS Colleges continue to block vote count at Labour BoardThe Part-Time Times: Colleges fail to provide key information; next meeting set for June 12. more...

NEWS RELEASE Niagara Parks Commission slashes hours of low income earnersThe Niagara Parks Commission will slash hours for up to 500 seasonal workers, a move that will not only hurt the workers but will contribute to the ever-worsening conditions of Niagara’s parklands. more...

HEALTH CARE DIVISIONAL COUNCIL Upcoming protests and town hall meetings around hospital cutsDespite more than $4 billions in corporate tax cuts announced in the provincial budget, the McGuinty government could not find $268 million (1.4%) more to stem the cuts to Ontario's hospitals. more...

HEALTH CARE DIVISIONAL COUNCIL Durham Summit to discuss Central East LHIN Clinical Service PlanThe Ontario Health Coalition is organizing a regional summit April 20 to plan a response to the Central East LHIN’s Clinical Services Plan. more...

SAFER NEEDLES Needle safety regulation expandedOPSEU is providing detailed information to assist Joint Health and Safety Committees (JHSCs) and Health and Safety (H&S) Representatives with their work convincing employers to remove or control, as appropriate, medical sharps hazards in their workplaces. more...

NEWS RELEASE Ontario must follow Canada-Québec model on tax harmonizationOPSEU opposes a blended GST-PST tax, but if it goes ahead we must follow the Canada-Québec model to save public sector jobs. more...

HEALTH AND SAFETY National Day of Mourning April 28, 2009Join us on April 28, as we remember those killed or injured at work and recommit to the challenge of preventing, reducing and eliminating workplace deaths and injuries. more...

ORGANIZING Welcome to our newest membersOPSEU welcomes our newest members at Huron House Boys' Residential Home in Brights' Grove, near Sarnia. more...

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