2025

Well, 2024 was quite the year for many of us, and here we are starting up 2025 with our OPS Unified Bargaining, OPS Corrections Bargaining and Sandgate Bargaining ramping up!

We have a solid team of mobilizers who may contact you to get your feedback and help you feel more involved.

OPS Unified peeps please feel free to connect with Alex Miller or Chris McConnell for additional resources or to ask questions on bargaining, especially if you are one of our Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) members! They are a wealth of knowledge in general but definitely know and understand the unique perspective from being employed with MECP.

Check out this Linktree full of resources!

OPS Corrections peeps I have a contact for you too, please reach out to me first, I’m just waiting to hear back from them to confirm I can add their contact details here.

Sandgate! You also have an amazing group of mobilizers with Kelly Norbert, Ruby Taylor and Jeff Tynes. They all knows about the intricacies and nuances of being a part of the Broader Public Services (BPS) Sector 5 – Community Agencies. Kelly, Ruby and Jeff are the region 3 mobilizers for the “Worth Fighting For” Campaign. Please connect with them for additional support.

NEW for 2025 – Drop-in Sessions!

Connect with your President and Local Executives at our new bi-weekly drop-in sessions. Although they are scheduled every two weeks on Thursday evenings from 7 pm to 8 pm we are asking that you pre-register so we can accommodate any special requests or private breakout rooms. Good news, it only takes one registration for the link to be opened. Drop in to ask questions about anything from personal situations, to bargaining and sector updates, what it looks like to be a steward, how to write a grievance, work with management or just to catch up on what’s happening around our lovely Local 310!

First session is February 6, 2025 @ 7 pm and will continue every two weeks from there. pre-register today.

Spring 2025 GMM

We are doing things differently this year, as we have already elected our Convention 2025 Delegates, Alternates, and Observers, we are planning on hosting our GMM after Convention this year, so we can update everyone on all the resolutions that get passed and all the things that Convention 2025 will be, you can even REGISTER NOW for the Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7 pm.

Local 310 & Union Savings

One last thing! Local 310 has partnered with Union Savings to get our members extra discounts! First, make sure you are a signed up member of the Local by either logging into the member portal and making sure your info is up to date at member.opseu.org, or if you have never signed up, go to the NEW MEMBER SIGN UP, and once that is complete.

You can go to Union Saving and Register!

Education Opportunities for Local 310 members

Next Region 3 Educational is June 3-4, 2023 – Get your applications in now

The next Educational will be held at Fern Resort (4432 Fern Resort Rd, Ramara, ON L3V 0Z1). The courses being offered are:

  1. Health and Safety: Level 2
  2. Follow the Money – A First Course in Public Economics
  3. Social Media for Union Activists
  4. Union Skills for Workplace Investigations

If you are interested in attending please email info@opseulocal310.ca or president@opseulocal310.ca for the application and to answer any questions you may have. Application Deadline is April 6, 2023 by 4:30 p.m. for this educational.

Calling all NEW Stewards!
Our OPSEU Oshawa Regional Office is hosting a Stewards Orientation on Saturday, May 6, 2023 from 9 am to 3 pm. IF you are interested and available, you can attend either in-person or virtually. Please see your Unit Steward for the application or contact info@opseulocal310.ca or president@opseulocal310.ca for an application form. Deadline to apply is also April 6, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

The Coalition of Racialized Workers – Symposium on Black Mental Health
OPSEU’s Coalition of Racialized Workers (CoRW) is holding a Symposium on Black Mental Health on Saturday, April 1, 2023 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
This will be a hybrid event to attend please email equity@opseu.org

2023 Indigenous Circle Conference – “Discovering the Metis: The People of the Sash”
Will be held June 16 to 18 – Applications to Attend are available here: https://opseu.org/event/2023-indigenous-circle-conference-discovering-the-metis-the-people-of-the-sash/ Deadline to apply is April 16, 2023 by 5 p.m.

GMM Time!

February is always a busy month! We are hard at work getting our new local education platform set up as well as sorting out what you want to see on this new website.

Convention is just around the corner and our General Membership Meeting (GMM) is coming up very soon too scheduled for February 28, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. Virtual room will open at 7 p.m. to allow for all to enter and get set up!

Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkdOqpqzkuHdHfPxq_xugFE-DtCiqIpz-y

If you have any question please email info@opseulocal310.ca

To get on the agenda please send any topics to Allana at secretary@opseulocal310.ca

See you all on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 By 7:30 p.m.

Welcome Local 310 Members

Welcome!

It’s January 2025 and we are working hard as your newly re-elected Local executive. Bare with us while we get this site up to date and flowing for you. We have the bare bones linked below for you and there will be much more to come. As always if you have and suggestions or have website building experience please email us at info@opseulocal310.ca.

In solidarity,

Bianca President, OPSEU Local 310

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