Ontario Public Service Employees Union

• Ontario college support staff take step toward strike with ‘no board’ request

  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says it has requested a "no board" report, and once issued it would set a countdown to a strike position.

  Education

  Aug 21, 2025
  
• ‘Dangerous’: Ontario lab closures would put lives at risk, workers warn

  OPSEU says the proposed closures would close labs in Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie, Orillia, Hamilton, Kingston, and Peterborough.

  Health

  Apr 17, 2024
  
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• Faqiri inquest recommends corrections ‘inspectorate,’ rules death a homicide

  Jurors in a coroner’s inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail have recommended the province create a designated "inspectorate" for corrections.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2023
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• Ontario college staff land retroactive Bill 124 pay after legislation struck down

  Support staff at Ontario colleges are the latest group of workers to receive retroactive pay after Bill 124 was struck down at the end of 2022.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2023
• Ontario college faculty get salary boost after Bill 124 struck down

  College faculty members represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will be receiving an additional 6.5 per cent in salary increases over three years.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2023
• Ontario forest firefighters to meet with Ford government minister over pay

  Smoke from fires in Ontario and Quebec has filtered down to Toronto and across North America, prompting air quality concerns. Firefighters say pay and conditions are untenable.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2023
• Ontario Science Centre employees ‘angry and confused’ by plan to move: union

  Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that the employees are "excited" by the prospect, but the union says that's not the case.

  Politics

  Apr 26, 2023
• Lawyer for ex OPSEU president says union’s allegations untrue

  A lawyer for the former president of the OPSEU says a lawsuit launched by the union is ``riddled with errors, falsehoods, and untrue allegations.''

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2023
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• OPSEU files lawsuit alleging financial improprieties against 3 former execs

  The union is seeking nearly $6 million it alleges was unlawfully transferred to the three, as well as millions more in damages.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2023
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• Unions express solidarity with education workers planning strike, OPSEU plans walkout

  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says its 8,000 education workers will walk off the job Friday in solidarity with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

  Education

  Nov 3, 2022