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Enough is Enough
Join this Ontario-wide Labour movement to let this Ontario Government know, “Enough is Enough”.
The Ontario Federation of Labour is rallying workers together to improve Ontario, and we need every worker to help fight back.
How do you get started?
IT’S SIMPLE – Sign up at HTTP://WeSayEnough.ca
Want to win 1 of 3 – $25 Gas Gift Cards?
Forward your OFL “Enough is Enough” sign-up email to leedsandgrenvillelabourcouncil@gmail.com before March 31, 2023 to be entered into the draw.
NOTE: Open to unionized workers in Leeds & Grenville ONLY
The OSBCU is excited to be hosting classification forums!
The focus will be on the central agreement entitlements and how to build beyond the bargaining tables.
Are you a lunchroom supervisor? Student Supervision Monitor?
The OSBCU is hosting a new forum just for you!
Please join us on Sunday, February 12th @ 10:00 am
We will be reviewing the central agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices!
See you there – please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZUvdO…
Calling all DECEs – OSBCU Classification Forums are back! Join us Monday, February 13th @ 6:30 pm for our DECE Forum.
We will be reviewing the central agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices!
See you there – please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZUlcOCvpjosH9bHah0rhhQRET…
Are you an ESL Instructor, Adult Learner Instructor, International Language Instructor, Music Instructor?
Join our OSBCU Instructors Forum Wednesday February 15th @ 6:30pm
We will be reviewing the central agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices!
See you there – please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZwucO2gqjovHNY1FhEswg4hxlPnb…
Are you a maintenance worker? A trades worker within our schools – we want to hear from you!
Join our Maintenance & Trades Forum on Thursday, February 16th @ 6:30 pm
We will be reviewing the central agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices.
See you there! Please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcsdO6qpjIiGtIbHFJfVFsenMJAr…
Do you work in our school libraries or learning commons?
Join our OSBCU Library Workers Forum on Saturday February 18th @ 1:00 pm
We will be reviewing the central agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices!
See you there – please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZAldOirqjwuHNEx7J0whMgjLCsCT…
Are you a custodian, caretaker or cleaner in our schools?
Our OSBCU Forums are back! Please join us Sunday February 19th @ 10:00 am
We will be reviewing the central agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices!
See you there-please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZMlde-urDkoG9Ts7Z…
Another new classification forum!
We are proud to introduce our Transportation Forum, open to members from Transportation Consortiums on February 19th @ 3:00 pm
We will be discussing where members are at, what do they need to see as a unique group moving forward and how to use our voices to achieve this!
See you there – please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZIlcOChrTgrHdYrKk2ArtoL4t…
Do you work in the capacity of a CDA or Speech Pathologist or maybe a Deaf/Blind Intervenor?
Perhaps you are a Pyschometrist or Social Worker.
Please join the OSBCU Professionals Forum Tuesday February 21st @ 6:30 pm
We will be reviewing the central agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices!
See you there- please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZMsc…
Please note that this forum has changed – registration with a college is a requirement for this forum. CYWs previously involved in this forum are now part of the EA Forum
Do you work as an office administrator, secretary, or admin support in our schools or education centres? Our Clerical Forum is for you. Please join us on Wednesday February 22nd @ 6:30 pm
We will be reviewing the central agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices.
See you there! Please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZIofuCvqzgqEtXVl8sLeySWngr6O…
Are you an EA, SNA, IA or CYW? Our OSBCU Forums are back!
The EA Forum will now include our CYW Coworkers! Join us on Thursday February 23rd @ 6:30 pm
We will be reviewing the Central Agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices.
See you there – Please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZMkde…
Do you work within the IT departments in our school boards? The OSBCU IT Forum is back online!
Please join us Saturday February 2nd @ 10:00 am
We will be reviewing the central agreement, discussing campaigns moving forward and how to continue to use our voices!
See you there – please register https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZctceqgrT4sHdIlOXATcspyQ…
| Supervision | Keith Levere | February 12 10:00 am | Supervision Forum Registration Link |
| DECE | Jessica Sheahan
Erin Provost |
February 13 6:30 pm | DECE Forum Registration Link |
| Instructors | Melissa Martin | February 15 6:30 pm | Instructor Forum Registration Link |
| Maintenance/Trades | Chris DeMelo | February 16
6:30 pm |
Maintenance/Trades Forum Registration Link |
| Library Worker | Alyssa McGee | February 18 1:00 pm | Library Worker Forum Registration Link |
| Custodial/Caretaking | Mike Galipeau
Laurie Lucciola |
February 19 10:00 am | Custodial/Caretaking Forum Registration Link |
| Transportation | Devin Klassen | February 19 3:00 pm | Transportation Forum Registration Link |
| Professional
(requires affiliation to college other than CECE & Trades) |
Lori Ann Richards | February 21 6:30 pm | Professional Forum Registration Link |
| Clerical | Catherine Taggart | February 22 6:30 pm | Clerical Forum Registration Link |
| EA/CYW | Jenn Eckert
Joe Tigani |
February 23 6:30 pm | Educational Assistant/Child & Youth Worker Forum Registration Link |
| IT | Todd Canning | February 25 10:00 am | Information Technology (IT) Forum Registration Link |
REMINDER: GMM Sat. Jan 21, 2023
The General Membership Meeting is a registered event if you are attending online.
This is the link to register for the General Membership Meeting Saturday, January 21, 2023 if you are attending online.
General Membership Meeting Saturday January 21, 2023
Registration Required for the GMM Sat. Jan 21, 2023
We need you to add your voice to the call telling the Ford Conservatives: don’t appeal the Bill 124 decision!
In November, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice overturned Bill 124, finding that the law violated workers’ rights to free collective bargaining. The decision affirmed that workers’ rights are human rights and is a victory for all workers.
True to form, the Ford government has announced that it plans to appeal the court’s decision, instead of respecting it and working to provide fair compensation to the hundreds of thousands of workers whose rights were violated by Bill 124 and whose wages were unjustly capped for years under the legislation.
Click here to send a message to the Ford Conservatives using e-action
Strike & Top Up Pay
You should have received $60/day of strike pay for picketing Friday November 4th and Monday November 7th to a maximum of $120.
Top up pay is $15 a day to a maximum of $30 if you did picket duty for 4 hours a day. Top up is paid separately, some members Top Up was not processed until Monday – this should be received in your bank account by the end of the day Wednesday.
You must notify secretary.treasurer@cupe5678.ca by 10 am on Friday December 2, 2022 if you are missing Strike or Top up pay.
This will be the final notice as the money must be sent back to National.
FORM E
This is a link for Form E Strike Pay – Do NOT fill this out if you have already done so ! This is if you have not filled in a Form E yet.
Tell Doug Ford – Hands Off Workers’ Rights !
Doug Ford’s government is launching a full-frontal attack on basic labour freedoms in Ontario.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce wants to pull the plug on bargaining while it’s still underway and use legislation to forcibly impose a contract on education workers. Will you help us stop this?
Here’s two actions you can take:
» Join an emergency rally in Toronto tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1 @ 5PM
» Send a message to tell Ford’s Conservatives: Hands Off Workers’ Rights!
The right to free and fair collective bargaining is a fundamental freedom, protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Ford’s attack on education workers is an attack on all workers in Ontario. If he gets away with it, all other workers will face the same threat: contracts imposed by law instead of free collective bargaining.
Tell Doug Ford: Hands off workers’ rights! Stop the attack on education workers!
Then, RSVP to take emergency action.Together, we will defend workers’ rights in Ontario.
https://ofl.ca/event/hands-off-emergency-rally/
In solidarity,
Ontario Federation of Labour
416-441-2731 | 1-800-668-9138
info@ofl.ca
15 Gervais Dr, Suite 202, Toronto, ON M3C 1Y8