Visit the new Scholarship time again...
OPSEU Local 736 is accepting applications for the James Watson Memorial Scholarship award. Please submit applications by 11:59pm January 15, 2012 via online WEBform or by application to an executlive officer / steward. The successful applicant will receive their award by February 15, 2012.
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More OPS jobs being cut... who's next?
Jobs being cut, positions cancelled and OPS shrinks. Saves lots of month up front for the government - wright? WRONG. The managers that make the decisions make minimum twice what a worker earns. So 5 managers earns the same salary as approx 10 staff. At a time where the government says they are moving away from a amnager staff subordinate model to a leadership model, where they are no different then staff but with a title - money does talk. They get their money and they get rid of staff. Get paid more for less is their motto.
Read the new blast as of November 17, 2011.
OPS cutting more jobs by OPSEU President Warren "Smokey" Thomas
Pension Envy
OPSEU is is now 1 year away from the expiration of the Collective Agreement. Talks are on to change pensions and how they work. The public thinks OPSEU pensioners are rolling in the money and has it too good. Pensions is the only source of income people have after working to live off of and put back into the economy. The government thinks they can save a penny today by slashing pensions, benefits etc only to find there is little money being put back intp the economy. And with the baby boomer generation retiring, that is alot of money to be invested, alot of money to be put back into the economy. Little do people realize that pension amounts paid out are still below the poverty line.
Pensions and benefits are there for a reason, agreed upon by the employer and the union to ensure a standard quality of life for employees as well as longer term economic sustainability. Now the government wants to slash our earned and paid for benefits and spend the money like it is their own piggybank.
Consider this - you work for your whole life trying to make a life, retire with pension and benefits - but politicians just have to be elected 2-3 terms (approx 2-12years) and they have wicked annual paychecks, pensions paid and great benefits. Now, breakdown the money spent on politicians in office and how much can be saved and invested back into the public service without affecting the bottom line. Greed has blinders - and we elected them!
Watch The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Pension Envy. You can listen to the podcast as well.
OPTRUST Retirement Options
Get Connected
OPSEU is online and easier to access. We all know OPSEU's website is: www.opseu.org, but did you know there are more places to learn, read and get heard? Try a few of these on...
OPSEU's own Facebook page
OPSEU is on Twitter
OPSEU is on Youtube too
Your Contact Information
The employer will not share staff contact information as it would be a viloation of protection of privacy. Because of this, Local 736 executive has designed a WEBform to collect and update all staff contact details. If there are any changes in your address / contact info - please remember to update your info here as well as WIN.
No information collected this way will be shared with anyone other then the Local Executive committee and sworn designees. If you have any questions or concerns about this - then please do not hesitate to ask.
