On Friday, OPSEU announced that a settlement has been reached as a result of the Bill-115, Charter of Rights Challenge. In April 2016, it was ruled that Bill 115 violated the Canadian Charter or Rights and Freedoms, as the government “made it impossible for true collective bargaining to take place.”

This Tuesday night, June 6th, (link to flyer) our local is hosting a “Special” General Membership Meeting with Warren “Smokey” Thomas, President of OPSEU. This is your chance to ask Smokey questions about the Bill 115 Settlement, the Benefit Trust, specific questions about OPSEU and it’s function, Central Negotiations and any other questions you may have. This is your opportunity to meet with OPSEU directly.

Please join our Local Executive on Tuesday evening to show OPSEU, that Local 330 is involved, motivated and united!

Registration beginning at 5:45 pm, with meeting called to order at 6:30 pm.

See you there!

Further to our post/email on May 11, 2017 and as announced at February's General Membership meeting, we are happy to be hosting a 'Special' General Membership Meeting with OPSEU President Warren "Smokey" Thomas as the special guest.  This meeting is one of the outcomes of Kelly, our President's work late last year, as detailed in our update here.
This is your chance to come and ask the President of the Union any questions you may have!
Please see the attached flyer with the location and details for the meeting.

 DATE MOVED - **OMERS Evening – In follow up to the post/email on April 28, 2017. SAVE THE DATE - We have also scheduled an evening group meeting, “Understanding Your Pension” for June 5th, 2017. Flyer and information will be sent out by May 12, 2017.

My apologies for not sending out notice by May 12th as noted on the previous message. I was waiting to hear back from OMERS with other possible meeting date options, respecting the challenges and busy schedules, I was hesitant to host evening meetings back to back. OMERS confirmed rescheduling the OMERS Evening, from June 5th to June 19th.

A flyer with location and information will follow, as I have to confirm a meeting location due to the change in date.
 
We hope to see you out on June 6th for our Special Membership Meeting!

Sincerely,
Kelly

opseu330@bellnet.ca

"ONE ON ONE" Sessions
Understanding Your Pension

OPSEU 330 is happy to announce that we are offering another opportunity for members to meet one on one with a representative from OMERS, to discuss your pension!  If you're thinking of retiring, or are interested in understanding your pension, see the attached flyer for more details and how to book your session. The “One to One” Sessions are being held on June 3, 2017 at our local office, at 80 Bradford St, Suite 104, Barrie, ON. ONLY 20 spaces available.

SAVE THE DATE - We have also scheduled an evening group meeting, “Understanding Your Pension” for June 5th, 2017. Flyer and information will be sent out by May 12, 2017.

For those needing the code to file for Employment Insurance over the March Break, here is the EI Code document. The applicable codes can also be found on the Staff Website in the Payroll Portal.
If you have any questions please contact the office at 705-739-7232 or by email at opseu330@bellnet.ca

Enjoy your March Break when we get there Friday!

Today, March 6th, The Ontario Council of Education Workers (OCEW) ratified the two-year contract extension that was voted on at the last General Membership Meeting.
More information can be found on the press release linked below (image).
This is also a reminder that the Special General Membership Meeting that was scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled due to the passing of Smokey Thomas' mother. Our thoughts are with Smokey and his family at this time. We will let you know when the meeting is rescheduled.

SPECIAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING CANCELLED

Due to the passing of Smokey Thomas’ mother early this morning, we are cancelling the meeting in order to allow Smokey time to grieve and be with his family.
We will look to reschedule the meeting as soon as we can and will provide details once a date and time as been set.  

Thank you for your understanding,
Kelly Martin and Local 330 Executive

Thank you to everyone who made it out to our General Membership Meeting and Ratification Vote on Feb 13th.

Thankfully we were able to get through the agenda, including; approval of our 2017 Budget, elections for OPSEU's Annual Convention and the Broader Public Sector Conference delegates and alternates, local update and the Central Extension presentation and vote.

Today we received notice of the results of the Ratification vote for the Contract Extension. 93 % of the members in OPSEU'S 7 locals supported ratified the Contract Extension Agreement.
The OPSEU representatives will take our results to the OCEW meeting on Monday, March 6th and following the meeting we will receive a press release of the final results.

Kelly Martin
President

Tomorrow is February 22nd, "Pink Shirt Day" Wear your OPSEU Pink Shirt, or a Pink shirt tomorrow.

Snap a pic of your school as a group wearing pink and send it to opseu330@bellnet.ca so we can show off our members taking part in this day.
Pictures may be used on Facebook, our website and newsletters if submitted!