Member news from across the province
Visit us here for news and updates specifically about and for our members. If you have something you’d like to share, please send it to correctionsdivision@opseu.org. For media reports about the Corrections Division, please visit Institutional News or Probation & Parole News.
Member news from across the province
Visit us here for news and updates specifically about and for our members. If you have something you’d like to share, please send it to correctionsdivision@opseu.org.
For media reports about the Corrections Division, please visit Institutional News or Probation & Parole News.
Milton, Ont. jail won’t accept new inmates due to COVID-19 outbreak
The Ontario government has decided that a provincial jail in Milton, Ont. will not accept new inmates while it continues to fight a major COVID-19 outbreak. This decision comes after the union that represents correctional officers called for a halt to new...
Union says that there are at least 90 positive cases of COVID-19 at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton
A COVID-19 outbreak at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton has resulted in at least 90 positive cases and the union that represents workers at the jail is now calling for a pause on the admission of new inmates. OPSEU/SEFPO Local 234 President Peter...
Five guards at the Thunder Bay District Jail now have COVID-19
Thunder Bay — Five correctional officers at the Thunder Bay District Jail have been diagnosed with COVID-19, while others wait for the results of their tests to come back from the lab. Bill Hayes, president of OPSEU/SEPFO Local 737, says the number of...
Time to put the politics of division aside – and invest in our common future
On December 17, a Quebec-based union called la Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) announced it was shutting down its campaign to raid OPSEU/SEFPO’s 9,000 Correctional Bargaining Unit members. As your Ministry Employee Relations Committee (MERC),...
Raid on Ontario correctional officer union fizzles
For More Information, Visit: Fizzled Raid Ontario Public ServiceEmployees Union 100 Lesmill Rd.Toronto, ON M3B 3P8 Monday to Friday8:30 am to 4:30 pm416-443-88881-800-268-7376correctionsdivision@opseu.org Ontario Public ServiceEmployees Union 100...
New staff coming to Sarnia Jail
The jail in Sarnia is about to get a boost in staffing. Two full-time correctional officers, a mental-health nurse, a social worker, two rehab officers and a recreation officer will be hired in the coming months, said the president of the union that...
Welcome to 2021, time to focus on building on our successes and bargaining
Happy New Year! The open period has come and gone, and you’ve made your choice very clear – OPSEU/SEFPO! The attempted raid has been a distraction from the issues that really matter, and we’re glad we can head into 2021 with a clear focus on what’s...
No loss of pay for OPS and Corrections members who test positive
OPSEU/SEFPO members working in the OPS and Corrections are now protected from losing pay if they test positive for COVID-19 and have to quarantine. “Front-line workers in the OPS and Corrections are risking their lives getting Ontarians through this...
Ontario Hires 23 New Correctional Officers
For More Information, Visit: Newsroom Ontario Public ServiceEmployees Union 100 Lesmill Rd.Toronto, ON M3B 3P8 Monday to Friday8:30 am to 4:30 pm416-443-88881-800-268-7376correctionsdivision@opseu.org Ontario Public ServiceEmployees Union 100 Lesmill...
Ontario Public Service
Employees Union
100 Lesmill Rd.
Toronto, ON M3B 3P8
Monday to Friday
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
416-443-8888
1-800-268-7376
correctionsdivision@opseu.org
Ontario Public Service
Employees Union
100 Lesmill Rd.
Toronto, ON M3B 3P8