OPSEU Local 527

Thanks to those who came to this morning’s rally to save hybrid work! Looks like we ended a little early as OPSEU OPS Unified team headed into the hearing. To be honest, I lost all sense of time as my hands and feet froze!

Today, OPSEU OPS members and their managers were blindsided by the announcement about the return to a 5 days per week in-office standard. This is bad news for a lot of reasons for so many of us. How do we stand up against it?

1. Fill out your OPS Bargaining Team demand set survey. Indicate that you prioritize remote work and want to see this protected.

2. Keep up to date with your OPS Unified Bargaining Team via and the Table Talk newsletters (https://opseu.org/sector/ontario-public-service-unified). Get engaged and stay involved!

3. Talk to your OPSEU colleagues, make sure they are registered to an OPSEU local, encourage them to fill out the survey and stay updated with OPS Unified and your OPSEU local.

4. Tell your MPP why remote work options make sense. Doug Ford says, “everyone needs to go back to work.” This is extremely insulting and incorrect: we have been hard at work this entire time!

Solidarity in Action! 🤝💪✊

Local 527 proudly stands with striking OCEU/CUPE Local 1750 members at the WSIB. We’re showing our ongoing support with a donation to their strike fund. Their members have been on strike for two weeks now, with the employer effectively locking them out while failing to return to the bargaining table in good faith.

The WSIB is currently funded at 118%. Instead of investing these surplus funds to improve services and better support injured workers, the Board is handing billions back to businesses – all while eliminating dozens of Canadian jobs to outsource the work to US-based Iron Mountain.

This fight is about putting injured workers and the services they rely on ahead of corporate interests. It’s about protecting good union jobs, safeguarding the integrity of public compensation services, and standing up to employers who continue to prioritise corporate profits over injured workers and frontline staff.

We stand in full solidarity with OCEU/CUPE 1750. ✊

📢 Send a letter to the WSIB Board of Directors demanding they agree to minimum staffing levels so injured workers get the help they need: https://cupe.ca/wsib