Victory to the Strikers! More than 12,000 community college faculty, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union, have been making headlines since the start of their province-wide strike October 16. The union is fighting to improve education quality for students…
By: Julius Arscott President, OPSEU Local 532 Members of the Ontario Public Service (represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union) are being asked to ratify a three year (2015 – 2017) concessionary tentative agreement. While many of the major…
by Julius Arscott Employees of the Ontario Public Service are getting ready to hit the bricks. Negotiations for a collective agreement for the 35,000 workers, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union, are stalled. The old agreement expired on…
Following the lead of the federal Conservative regime, the Ontario Liberal government announced that, starting in 2017, it will force its public service workers to pay more and work twice as long to qualify for retirement benefits such as life…
Read More OPS benefits cut, but NDP’s Horwath silent, and OFL’s Ryan pissed
by Barry Weisleder And the downbeat goes on. In sector after sector, from auto to steel to forestry to railways to the Ontario and Federal Public Service, to the federal postal service, bosses usually get the concessions they demand…
Read More Labour Day 2013 marred by unions bowing to austerity
by Julius Arscott, former OPS Mobilizer (resigned), Region 5, currently Vice President of OPSEU Local 532 On January 9, 2013, after several months of negotiation, the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union (OPSEU) reached tentative agreements for Central, Unified and the…
Read More Vote NO to OPS deal! Concessions Cripple Labour’s Struggle Against Capitalist Austerity
