Next Meeting:
January 11, 2012
Proposed Dues Increase
Please put on our website with the statement that “A general membership meeting will be held in February or March to vote on the By-Laws, to discuss the dues increase and give direction to the convention delegates and to elect delegates and alternates for convention. Please stay tuned for further details.”....read pdf
December 28, 2011
December 2, 2011
Professional Liability Insurance for OPSEU Members of a Regulated Health Profession
In December 2009, Bill 179 received Royal Assent making it law for all members of a Regulated Health Profession to carry Professional Liability Insurance (PLI). This law will be fully implemented by 2012.
The OPSEU Hospital Professional Division Executive has, in consultation with CG&B Insurance Group, arranged for members of Regulated Health Professions to get PLI at a discounted rate. For $40 per year, you can receive PLI that meets all the requirements of Bill 179.
This insurance is not only applicable to members of the Hospital Professionals Division, but for every OPSEU member who is also a member of a Regulated Health Profession.
Please see the attached form to find out more about this insurance offer. Click here to view pdf
December 1, 2011
TO: Members of OPSEU Local 329
Brothers and Sisters:
RE: BARGAINING
Members have been asking where we are at with bargaining.
As you may or may not be aware, once we start bargaining with the employer, we are under a black-out regarding information.
I can tell you that we have met with the employer and are waiting for confirmation of further dates in 2012.
I know it’s not much information but be assured we are at the table and will continue our efforts to get the best contract possible for the membership.
In Solidarity
Martha McDonald
marth329@csolve.net
President OPSEU Local 329
(705) 549-3181, Ext 2324
November 2, 2011
Good afternoon,
Below you will find links to the CLC Ontario Region's Facebook page and Twitter account.
www.facebook.com/clcontario
www.twitter.com/clcontario
From this point forward the CLC Ontario Region will be much more focused than we have in the past on social media and connecting with our activists.
We would very much appreciate your assistance in connecting the activists in your region to our pages.
The Facebook page has just gone public today.
Please help us by spreading this message to all of your lists and contacts.
In solidarity,
Chris MacDonald
Director, Ontario Region
Canadian Labour Congress
October 14, 2011
SENT ON BEHALF OF CHRIS MACDONALD, CLC ONTARIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR.
Greetings,
Please find below a link to download the CLC's Winter School 2012 brochure for your information:
http://documents.clc-ctc.ca/Winter-School-Brochure-2012.pdf
This year, the Winter School will be held at Kempenfelt Conference Centre in Barrie, Ontario. The Centre is only a 1 hour drive north of Toronto.
I encourage you to take part in this unique union education experience. Please help us spread the word around. Your support and assistance are the key to the success of the school and as always, much appreciated.
If you need a hard copy of the brochure, please do not hesitate to contact our office at: 416-441-3710 ext. 222 or 221 or by email at: ontario@clc-ctc.ca. You will also find the descriptions of the courses we are offering on our website: www.canadianlabour.ca.
Thank you and I hope to see you at the school.
In solidarity,
Chris MacDonald
Ontario Regional Director
Canadian Labour Congress
October 14, 2011
CNCC Freedom Fund
Join in on a night of fun, bonding and raising funds to assist ALL local 369 members in need.
Where: Penetanguishene Legion
When: Friday October 21, 2011
Time: 1930 – 0100
Cost: $20 single or $30 a couple
Door prizes, raffles, music and some well-deserved fun!
Please see CO’s Brandi Ostrander, Michelle Briscoe or the Local 369 office on the second floor.
Call (705) 549-1496
September 27th, 2011
September 27, 2011
TO: Members of OPSEU Local 329
Brothers and Sisters:
We held a General Membership Meeting on Monday September 19 2011 in order to complete our Demand Setting for bargaining as well as to approve the Local By-Laws that are required by OPSEU. The last set of by-laws for this local are dated March 1982 so you can see the importance of updating them.
Notices of this meeting and the reasons for having the meeting were distributed throughout the hospital as well as advertised on our website. A copy of the proposed by-laws was also available on our website.
I regret to announce that we were unable to approve the by-laws due to lack of quorum. I realize that there are many who do shift work. Out of 1030 members, we require 52 to meet the 5% rule under the constitution. It is disappointing to those members who did attend and the executive who worked hard on these by-laws, that we couldn’t even get enough members out to do the business of this local, let alone discuss the demands for YOUR NEXT CONTRACT! The time for demand setting is past as that was the most important part of this latest meeting.
It would appear the majority of members of Local 329 are satisfied with working conditions, benefits and wages. No quorum was needed for demand setting therefore those members who attended the meeting have set priorities and given your bargaining team the support and direction for this round of bargaining and I applaud them.
We will have to hold another general membership meeting in order to pass these by-laws.
In Solidarity
Martha McDonald
President OPSEU Local 329
(705) 549-3181, Ext 2324
marth329@csolve.net
August 9, 2011
Click here to view local 329's local bylaws (updated January 2011)
March 2011
UPDATE Memos
- 2011 Bargaining Demand Survey memo (pdf)
- Change of phone #, address notification to union representative filing grievances (pdf)
- Shift start times (pdf)
January 29, 2011
Satirical critique hits the mark
MIDLAND – Eighteenth-century Irishman Jonathan Swift is probably best known as the author of “Gulliver’s Travels” – especially to fans of the 2010 Jack Black movie based on that book.
But Swift also penned a razor-sharp essay called “A Modest Proposal,” which famously suggested cooking and eating poor children as a way to prevent them from becoming a burden to their parents and country.
That wickedly funny satire came to mind last week with the launch of a provincewide multimedia campaign by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), masquerading as a fictional group called People for Corporate Tax Cuts...
January 20, 2011
I’d like to thank everyone who took time out of their busy lives to attend the Membership Meeting on Tuesday, January 18 in order to elect the 2011 Bargaining Team. I appreciate that prior commitments and family issues take precedent and appreciate that some people went out of their way to explain why they couldn’t attend.
CONGRATULATIONS to the following for stepping up to the plate:
Don Childs
Blue Brent
Pete Sheehan
Dave Gibson
Trent Maracle
Dave Vajda
Martha McDonald
Alternates are:
Bruce Dunn
Sean Hazell
Dan Levesque
Lynn Duquette
Lorelie CharleboisThanks to Gus Collins, our Staff Representative, for being there to run the election and we look forward to working with him over the next while to negotiate a new Collective Agreement.
Keep an eye on our website for future meeting dates as well as information regarding Demand Setting, which is your chance to tell the Team what is most important to you. The website is the best place for us to communicate with the members as it can reach just about everyone regardless of the shift you work or the department you work in. Bulletin boards and the Hospital Bulletin will continue to be used for posting meeting dates.
Martha McDonald
President, OPSEU Local 329
marth329@csolve.net
(705) 549-3181 Ext 2324