08/29/2025
OPSEU/SEFPO This Week
August 29, 2025
Labour Day 2025
Labour Day is about celebrating what we’ve won and uniting to achieve a future where all workers, families, and communities can thrive. This Labour Day, we celebrate workers fighting back!
Join an event near you
NEWS
Sector 18: Mental Health and Addictions Division
Tips N Tools Talk for Sector 18 NEW
Apply Now! Bargaining Conference and Lobby Day - October 28 to 30, hybrid NEW
Application deadline: September 22
Sector 10: Hospital Professionals Division (HPD)
HPD Bootcamp 2025 - October 15 to 16, hybrid NEW
Registration link will be provided closer to registration date
HPD Central Bargaining: Next Steps in Interest Arbitration
Sector 5: Community Agencies
Community Agencies Bargaining Conference - October 3, hybrid NEW
Application deadline: September 3
Corrections
LockTalk #16: Bargaining Team Directive – Acting Managers, Step Down NEW
College Support Full-Time (CAAT-S FT)
Bargaining Update #15: “No board” issued: FAQs & the future of our fight NEW
Key links and resources for College Support Full-Time members!
Keep up with bargaining updates on our Bargaining Hub website!
Ontario Public Service (OPS) Unified
Urgent action is needed to improve courthouse safety in northern and remote communities NEW
OPS Unified Demand Set Survey: Important Information
OPS Unified Frequently Asked Questions
Key links and resources for OPS Unified members!
Broader Public Services (BPS)
Worth Fighting For: Rally & March for Community and Social Services - September 4, Hamilton
RSVP via the link above
Coalition of Racialized Workers (CoRW)
Region 2 – Pride Hamilton 2025 – Sponsorship Report NEW
Carrousel of the Nations Windsor Report NEW
Member Education
Apply Now! Region 6 & 7 – Train the Trainer – October 21 to 23, Sault Ste. Marie NEW
Application deadline: September 5 at 4:30pm EST
Region 6 Educational (Sudbury) – November 1 and 2
Application deadline: September 17 at 12:00pm EST
JOIN THE CAMPAIGN!
From Bill 124 to defunding the services we provide, Doug Ford is trying to pull a fast one on Ontario. Ford owes community and social service workers better pay and more resources.
Learn more!
On Thursday September 4th, college faculty and support staff will launch our cross-divisional Save our Colleges "Button Up" week of action to show our employer that we are united and ready to fight for each other, and for the future of Ontario's college system.
Please reach out to your local president to get a button and join your colleagues!
Sign up to plug into the fight!
FEATURED VIDEO
College workers vow to fight back against 10,000 layoffs!
TAKE ACTION
Keep hybrid work in the Ontario Public Service (OPS)
Call to action
Show your solidarity with community support workers!
Click below to send a letter to your MPP.
Sign on now to join the fight
Send a letter to Sarnia St. Joseph Hospice’s board of directors:
Respect your workers
Show your solidarity
Send a message to the province: properly funding education should be a no-brainer, not a "place to grow"
Save Our Colleges
Tell Algoma University: re-instate admission to Geography, History, Music, Sociology, and Visual Art
Add your voice
Underfunded and unsafe: Ontario students deserve better
Send an email now
Dismantling Systemic Racism Program (DSRP)
OPSEU/SEFPO has launched the Dismantling Systemic Racism Program and is inviting all elected leaders and members to partake.
For more information on the program please visit Dismantling Systemic Racism Program – OPSEU SEFPO
Click here for the 2025-26 schedule for Organizing for Power: Dismantling Anti-Black, Anti-Indigenous, and All Forms of Racism (DSR training)
UPCOMING EVENTS
August
August 31: Labour Day 2025 - Lindsay and Belleville
September
September 1: Labour Day 2025 - Windsor, Sudbury, Hamilton, Kingston, Oshawa, Peterborough, North Bay, Ottawa & London
September 4: Worth Fighting For: Rally and March for Community and Social Services - Hamilton
Register at the link provided.
September 6: Labour Day 2025 - Halton
September 12-14: 2025 Persons with Disabilities Conference - Toronto
Application deadline has passed.
September 18: Region 6 Educational Organizing for Power - Sudbury
Application deadline has passed.
September 20-21: Region 1 Weekend Educational - London
Application deadline has passed.
September 20-21: Sector 11 Hospital Support Leadership Conference
Application deadline has passed.
September 20-21: Region 5 Weekend Educational - Toronto
Application deadline has passed.
September 24-26: Provincial Francophone Committee Conference - Sudbury
Application deadline has passed.
September 27-28: Region 3 Educational
Application deadline has passed.
September 27: Peterborough Pride!
RSVP required
October
October 2: Region 6 Educational French Organizing for Power - Sudbury
Application deadline has passed.
October 3: Community Agencies Bargaining Conference - Toronto/hybrid NEW
Application deadline: September 3
October 3-5: OPSEU/SEFPO’s 2025 Young Workers Conference - Richmond Hill
Application deadline has passed.
October 15-16: Sector 10 – HPD Bootcamp - Severn/hybrid NEW
Registration link will be provided closer to registration date
October 18-19: Apply now for Region 7 Weekend Educational - Thunder Bay
Application deadline has passed.
October 21-23: Apply Now! Region 6 & 7 – Train the Trainer – Sault Ste. Marie NEW
Application deadline: September 5 at 4:30pm EST
October 24-26: Provincial Women’s Conference
Application deadline has passed.
October 28-30: Sector 18 Bargaining Conference & Lobby Day - hybrid NEW
Application deadline: September 22
October 29-30: Sector 8 Mental Health Conference
Application deadline: October 10 by end of day
November
November 1-2: Region 6 Educational - Sudbury
Application deadline: September 17 by 12:00pm EST
November 14-16: OPSEU/SEFPO BPS Conference and Divisionals 2025 - Toronto
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Bilingual Conference Secretary
Application deadline: September 4 by 5pm EST
Occasionally, OPSEU/SEFPO has short-term opportunities available for various staff positions. We recognize the skill and experience that members have, and we invite you to submit your resume, should something come available. We will keep your resume on file, and you may be contacted further.
Please email your resume with a short note indicating your area of interest to [email protected] or by mail to 100 Lesmill Road, Toronto, Ontario, M3B 3P8 - attention Employee Relations.
MEMBER UPDATES
Organize. Fight. Win. A Guide to OPSEU/SEFPO for New Members
New grievance form and guidelines will help you and your co-workers enforce your contract
New Child Care Handbook helps more OPSEU/SEFPO members participate in their
union
OPSEU/SEFPO approved hotels in Toronto
MEMBER DISCOUNTS
Member discount programs
Get member discounts on home and auto insurance, phones, hotels, Via Rail tickets, and tickets to ROM. Click here for more info.
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