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Thousands of community and social service workers across the province walked off the job, demanding more funding and back pay. OPSEU, the union representing the workers says years of underfunding have left staff stretched thin, and those seeking their services waiting longer for help. Lexy this is what I was thinking for intro. Lexy Benedict...

Community Living Trent Highlands employees have been on strike for nearly six weeks. But on June 30, the employer and OPSEU Local 358 bargaining team returned to the bargaining table. Madeleine Mcoll has the latest.

Striking Community Living Trent Highlands workers are in their third week of picketing. On Wednesday, OPSEU members and allies rallied outside of MPP Dave Smith’s office in Peterborough to continue advocating for increased wages and support from the provincial government. Madeleine McColl reports:

Support staff at colleges across Ontario are heading back to work Thursday after nearly five weeks on strike. A tentative deal between OPSEU and the college employer council means picketing stops today. Marc Woodhouse has more including reaction at Fleming College.

Talks between striking Ontario college support workers and their employer resume on Friday. But tensions remain high, with the Ontario Public Service Employees Union holding a rally Thursday morning outside the College Employer Council’s offices in downtown Toronto. Nicole Di Donato takes us there.

Support staff at Ontario’s colleges hit the picket lines this morning as OPSEU and the College Employer Council have failed to reach a deal in contract negotiations. St. Lawrence College staff made their voices heard today on the first day off the job. Kaytlyn Poberznick spoke to striking staff and has more on what they’re...

Dozens of OPSEU members rallied at Loyalist College Wednesday calling attention to ongoing staff cuts and what they say is at stake for the future of post-secondary education. Kaytlyn Poberznick was there and has the story.

OPSEU Local 428 president says wages and benefits aren’t competitive with the private sector making employee retention and attracting new staff difficult.

OPSEU says everyone will need to work together to get back after so much lost time during the 5-week old strike.

Tue, Nov 7: A day after negotiators for Ontario colleges broke off talks to force a vote on its final offer, the union representing faculty says it is time to get back to the bargaining table. As Sean O’Shea reports, OPSEU says members will reject the current offer and the management tactic threatens to wreck...

As the deadline for a potential strike at colleges across the province looms, the union representing thousands of faculty members and college management remain at the bargaining table. Brittany Rosen has the latest on the negotiations.

OPSEU and the Liberal Ontario government have settled on an agreement for a new contract for correction services workers.

OPSEU released the results of a new poll which found that the majority of those asked prefer pot to be sold by a public retailer like the LCBO. Marianne Dimain has the details.

OPSEU squarely put the blame on the college council saying they wouldn’t budge during negotiations.

OPSEU president Warren “Smokey” Thomas says he’s hopeful that the Ontario legislature’s plan to introduce back-to-work legislation to end a nearly five-week strike by college faculty will be passed.

Mediation talks resumed between OPSEU and the College Employer Council Monday as contract negotiation continue for Ontario college teachers continue. As Jaden Lee-Lincoln reports, it comes after the union issued a strike notice set for this Thursday.

It’s business as usual for students and faculty, at the 24 colleges across Ontario. This comes after a strike by college faculty members, was averted. The College Employer Council, and OPSEU have agreed to enter binding arbitration after months of bargaining, and a narrow escape from labor action. Lexy Benedict has the latest.

Wed, Oct 11: OPSEU says it’s an effort to get the colleges back to the bargaining table, but that’s it’s willing to walk out if there’s no progress. Mark Carcasole reports.

Warren “Smokey” Thomas issued a challenge Thursday to Premier Doug Ford. The OPSEU President says he’s willing to debate whether or not a LCBO-based or private model is appropriate in the wake of a poll indicating Ontarians trust the public model more.

A spike in deaths in a number of long-term care homes in Ontario has sparked calls for an OPP investigation. It’s been months since the military was sent in, revealing major issues in the province’s nursing homes. As Caryn Lieberman reports, second wave coronavirus outbreaks now have some asking why action was never taken.