Community Living Trent Highlands

06/11/2026

Community Living Trent Highlands Invites OPSEU Local 358 Back to the Bargaining Table

Management Team Makes Bid to End 20 Day Old Strike and Address Union Concerns Locally

The Management Team at Community Living Trent Highlands has invited its Union Local 358 back to the bargaining table in a bid to end the 20 day old strike which began at midnight on Friday, May 22nd.
Local 358 of OPSEU represents more than 300 of CLTH's full and part-time staff.

“While we certainly are aware of the Union’s province-wide efforts to seek a retroactive increase from the provincial government, we're committed to supporting and further strengthening our relationship with Local 358 and their members in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton” said Teresa Jordan, CLTH Executive Director. “Tuesday, I reached out to the Union’s local leadership and asked them back to the table to finish negotiating a mutually agreeable contract at the local level” she said.

Founded in 2017 from three agencies that date back to the 1950s and 60s, CLTH serves approximately 1,000 people who live throughout Peterborough, the City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County. CLTH is funded primarily by the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services although it receives additional funding from the City of Kawartha Lakes and many others.

“I asked the Union to meet us because we believe this is the best way to settle this strike and get people back to work," Jordan said. “We’re willing to meet any time, as early as this afternoon” she said.

05/27/2026

05/26/2026

Today, we learned the result of our final offer vote, it was not accepted. Given this, result we are assured that unionized employees of CLTH had the opportunity to exercise their right to choose, as 301 union members cast their vote. We respect the outcome of this vote and the assurance it offers that Local 358 is fully committed to continuing their labour action against the provincial government.
In the coming days during this labour interruption our most important priority and our 100% focus is delivering services and support to our residents and the many people who rely upon us.
We continue to believe in a locally negotiated settlement. However, we await the results of the discussions between OPSEU and the provincial government. We remain ready, as we have been these past months, to go back to the table and negotiate a fair and reasonable settlement that works for both CLTH and Local 358.

05/25/2026

People with lived experience are the driving force behind what we do at Community Living Trent Highlands. Connecting with people who live with intellectual and developmental disabilities helps us – and everyone – in communities across Ontario.

05/23/2026

Our union members are now engaged in a legal strike affecting all our locations and supports.
In the absence of our trained, skilled, and expert teams, we simple cannot offer the full range of our supports. We recognize that this is a difficult and uncertain time for the community and in particular the community members that we support. CLTH remains committed to providing ongoing updates as the situation evolves.

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