Information for all Units: Vaccines Do I have to tell my manager if I have had the COVID-19 vaccine? – You do not have to disclose to your manager if you have received the vaccine or not. Currently, there is not any legislation that requires an employee to disclose their personal health information to their […]
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Doug Ford and Ross Romano are letting Laurentian University collapse. This will have devastating effects on the economies of Ontario…
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Dear USW Local 1998 members, USW Local 1998 union representatives are all working remotely and responding to member concerns. The best way to contact us is via email at info@usw1998.ca or https://www.usw1998.ca/contact-us/office-staff/
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Local 1998 recommends members consult the following links for updates and information relating to COVID-19: University of Toronto Coronavirus information page: https://www.utoronto.ca/message-from-the-university-regarding-the-coronavirus Toronto Public Health https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/health-wellness-care/diseases-medications-vaccines/coronavirus/ Public Health Ontario https://www.publichealthontario.ca/ Public Health Agency of Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html
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A coalition of Ontario unions, coordinated by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), and representing approximately 270,000 thousand employees and over forty different unions, announced today that they have filed a constitutional challenge to Bill 124, the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act. Bill 124 violates the collective bargaining rights enshrined in
We haven’t had an update on the University Pension Plan (UPP) for a while, but there has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes. There are several key legal documents which must be completed by the end of the year and the labour side and management side (along with a big cohort of
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Doug Ford Breaks Promise to ‘Get It Right,’ Renews Attacks on Ontario Families TORONTO – It has taken only a few days for Conservative Premier Doug Ford to break his promise that he would “get it right” and abandon a regressive agenda that is deeply unpopular with Ontario workers and families, the United Steelworkers (USW)
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