2017 OPSEU Local 101 Labour Day Gift Card Winners
September 3, 2017 by
Happy Labour Day from OPSEU Local 101
OPSEU Local 101 Labour Day Gift Card Winners
- Melissa Fisk
- Joanne Calamita
- Tammy Dipierdomenico
- Lisa Smith
- Christine Gosslein
- Manon O’ Sullivan
- Dante DeBendictis
- Chris Kay
- Stephanie Bula
- Lisa Skeineh
- Anthony Paton
- Enrica Cote
- Monique Danelon
- Anne McLauchlan
- Claudia McCarton
- Marissa Goulet
- Rosemary Hogan-Kobrynovich
- Nancy Bencak
- Colleen Bruner- Pelletier
- Alina Baltador
- Andrea Fryer
- Judy VanNest
- Brenda Garant
- Mary Emery
- Rojan Golbaz
- Christina McCaw
- Christine Suzor
- Connie Grossett
- Denise Pace
- Angela Beaudry
- Tracy Henley
- Linda Robinson
- Leanne Pinkowski
- Daniela Lee
- Marion Burke
- Ian Taylor
- Ann Marie Huzel
- Kimberly Nantau
- Sherry Hill
- Laura Simons
- Chris Kreibich
- Angela Companion
- Christine Sole-Tetreault
- Stephanie Shaw
- Caroline Choudhry
- Shirley Lee
- Kimberley Mellow
- Mary Magic
- Rose Loscher
- Janice Sinasac
- Kristen Porto
- Patricia Nguyen
- Marylou Anderson
- Kristina McCelland
- Jessica Herdman
- Pauline Ross
- Victoria Pennetti
- Daniel Fryer
- Nicole Damboise
- Stacey Dunn
- Amanpreet Chana
- Jeff Reed
- Rosemary Simmons
- Kaela Van Ham
- Karla Marchand
- Brittany Meloche
- Sharon Timpson
- Stephanie Divecchia
- Marcy Beauchamp
- Sarah Renaud
- Lori Laughton
- Marilena Pizzo
- Lisa Jazvac
- Kerry Ann Brooks
- Shawna Williams
- Kiran Sasidharan
- Linda Card
- Candice Chevalier
- Kelly Wright
- Chantal Beausoleil
- Jayme Zukiwsky
- Jodi Lessard
- Joanne Pignanelli
- Lisa Powell
- Kimberly Donais
- Laura McNamara
- Christopher Cookson
- Heather Diotte
- Stephanie Slaught
- Joel Furlotte
- Jennifer Nugent
- Laura Renaud
- Jenna Renwick
- Manmander Matharu
- Daniel Broderick
- Emily Hicks
- Thuy Diep
- Luana Milani
- Leah Meloche
100) Kaitlyn Hicks
101) Michelle Watkins
OPSEU Local 101 President Gary Van Nest will be distributing Gift Cards at the following times and locations:
Sept. 5/17
HDGH Cafeteria: 8:00 – 9:00
Ouellette Cafeteria: 9:15 – 10:15
Met Cafeteria: 12:00 – 1:00
Sept. 6/17
HDGH Cafeteria: 12:00 – 1:00
Ouellette Cafeteria: 1:30 – 2:30
Met Cafeteria: 3:00 – 4:00
Sept. 7/17
Met Cafeteria: 12:00 – 1:00
HDGH Cafeteria: 1:30 – 2:30
Ouellette Cafeteria: 3:00 – 4:00
Further Pick-ups will be at the demand set meetings:
Fogolar Furlan WRH employees, on Oct. 10/17 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Fogolar Furlan HDGH employees, on Oct. 11/17 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Please remember your number on the list and cards that haven’t been picked up by October 31, 2017 are property of the Local.
2017 OPSEU Local 101 Scholarship Recipients
July 4, 2017 by
OPSEU Local 101 would like to say thank you to all the students who applied for the 2017 OPSEU 101 Scholarship.
There was great effort and consideration put into every application and essay.
Once again thank you for all of your hard work and we wish you all the best in your studies.
Thank you to the 2017 OPSEU 101 Scholarship Committee-Kulwinder Flora, Brenda Hunt and Sherry Hill
2017 OPSEU 101 Scholarship Recipients
| Grant Hillman |
| Makenzie Lauzon |
| Brianna Laitinen |
| Brianna Pelle |
| Stephanie Pinsonneault |
| Jamie Nicholson |
| Caleb Hooper |
| Julia Rajsigl |
| Celeste Giovanatti |
| Arianna Milani |
| Taya Guarnaccia |
| Diana Magic |
| Avery Walpole |
OPSEU Local 101 2017 Donation Recipients
May 9, 2017 by
Donation Committee Members L-R Ivana Dunn, Manmander Matharu and Jennifer Burton-Liang
OPSEU Local 101 is proud to donate $5000 per year to Charitable Organizations.
The Donation Committee has worked very diligently reviewing and researching requests from local charitable organizations.
As a result of their meticulous work, they have selected the following organizations;
- Windsor Worker’s Education Centre
- United Way Windsor-Essex County
- Windsor Pride Committee Education and Resource Center
- Windsor Women Working With Immigrant Women
- Harmony in Action
- Downtown Mission
- Windsor Goodfellows
- Street Help
We thank the Donations Committee for volunteering their time in selecting these organizations.
Cheques were presented to the various representatives of these organizations.
We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to these charitable organizations for their work in enriching the lives of many of our residents in the Windsor and Essex County area.
Below are pictures of the presentations on May 9, 2017 to the various charitable organizations.
Presentation of $500.00 donation to Downtown Mission L-R Ivana Dunn, Manmander Matharu, Ron Dunn (Downtown Mission) and Jennifer Burton-Liang
Presentation of $500.00 donation to Harmony in Action L-R Jennifer Burton-Liang, Ivana Dunn, Anita Riccio-Spagnuolo (Harmony in Action) and Manmander Matharu
Presentation of $500.00 donation to the United Way of Windsor Essex. L-R Manmander Matharu, Jennifer Burton-Liang and Lorraine Goddard (United Way Windsor Essex)
Presentation of $500.00 donation to the Windsor Goodfellows. L-R Manmander Matharu, Ivana Dunn and Bruce Tait (Windsor Goodfellows)
Presentation of $500.00 donation to Windsor Women Working With Immigrant Women (W5) L-R Ivana Dunn, Manmander Matharu, Amina Philbert-Ives (W5), Philippine Ishak (W5) and Jennifer Burton-Liang
Presentation of $1000.00 donation to Windsor Pride Community Education and Resource Center. L-R Jennifer Burton-Liang, R.J. (Bob) Williams (Windsor Pride), Manmander Matharu and Ivana Dunn
Presentation of $1000.00 donation to the Windsor Worker’s Education Centre. L-R Jennifer Burton-Liang, Ivana Dunn, Representative from Windsor Worker’s Education Centre, Paul Chislett (Windsor Worker’s Education Centre) and Manmander Matharu.
WRH/OPSEU Local 101 Update on HOOPP Contributions
April 27, 2017 by
HOOPP contributions on retroactive pay settlements are required for both the employee portion and the employer portion. Only payments relating to prior years are considered retroactive payments. This means that any payment received in the current year, for prior years, is considered a retro. Any payment received in the current year, for the current year, is considered an adjustment to current year contributions, and is not considered retro.
WRH will provide HOOPP with details of the payments made for member contributions that have been deducted for each year of the retro payment, similar to what the hospital is required to do for current year contributions. Contributions on any retro payment will need to be reported separately from regular current year contributions. These payments will NOT provide you with additional years of service however will increase your annualized earnings for the year in which the contributions are for. This may in turn impact your 5 best years of service which is used to calculate your pension at retirement.
Retirees
Retroactive payments received by a member after they have retired and begun receiving a HOOPP pension are considered pensionable earnings and are subject to pension contributions.
WRH will submit those contributions to HOOPP and they will then recalculate a retired member’s pension to include the retroactive settlement.
MELISSA SIMAS, CHRL | WINDSOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL MANAGER, HUMAN RESOURCES
WRH/OPSEU 101 Information Sessions for the New Contract
March 9, 2017 by
Hello Sisters and Brothers,
Please find the remaining articles that, along with the Arbitrated Award, become the Collective Agreement.
For the remaining articles please click here —>Agreed to Items
The Agreement is a 2 year deal which extends from April 1, 2014 and expired on March 31, 2016.
Notice to bargain has already been filed with the Employer and that process will begin at some point down the road. More communication on that process will be posted once we are ready to begin.
In the meantime we ask that your review the attached document so that you are aware of any/all changes. To assist you with this, I will be available along with team members to answer any questions you may have.
In order to do this, we have set 4 evenings aside to answer your questions.
In order to facilitate such a large group, we have broken the evenings up into the various groups that you were in prior to this new Contract.
The sessions will be from 5 pm until 7 pm each night and will be at the OPSEU office located at 3005 Marentette Avenue ( just behind Devonshire Mall).
Drop by with your questions and one of the team or I will be happy to answer them for you.
Monday March 20th—For members previously in the Lab Xray group – Unifor- Met Hospital
Tuesday March 21st– For members previously in the OPSEU Local 142 group- Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital (Ouellette Campus)
Wednesday March 22nd– For Members previously in the Unifor Pharmacy Tech group and the Non Union group at the Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital ( Ouellette Campus)
Thursday March 23rd-For members previously from the OPSEU Local 143 group Windsor Regional Hospital (Met Campus)
Again, these are for you to drop by with any questions you may have and you are not required to remain for the full 2 hours. There will be no formal presentation, but simply to answer any questions.
As well, I would like to update you with the following information;
Wage increases– are targeted to be on or about the March 10th pay . Retro will follow within a few pay periods after that. Since both processes are quite complicated, every attempt is being made to ensure accuracy. However, if after you receive your increase or retro payment, you have any questions you can forward them to myself, at mforsyth@opseu.org or Sharon Morris at smorris@wrh.on.ca and we will get an answer to you as soon as possible keeping in mind that there are numerous issues that still need to be implemented, so your patience would be greatly appreciated.
Benefits—Benefit changes were effective on March 1st, however it will take a couple of months for Green Shield to move everyone into one group in their data system. Please keep any receipts that you have from March 1st with regard to benefit coverage and send into Green Shield for reimbursement. Further information will be forthcoming.
Vacations– Due to the fact that the award did not come down until February, and the fact that vacation planners/processes had already begun, any changes to vacations will not take effect until 2018. The new Vacation Planner process will begin in January 2018 and changes to vacation entitlement, lump sum etc will be in the 2018 vacation year. Therefore the vacation process for this year will remain intact.
Holidays—For those that had Easter Monday as a holiday, this year this will now be a ‘business as usual” day and instead you will have Remembrance Day as a holiday effective immediately. If there are any issue that arise with regard to the upcoming Easter Monday, please let your steward or contact me so that we can try to resolve the issue
Schedule changes—As the changes to schedules including the equalization of hours, rotation through shifts etc, is complicated, we will first need to determine the best possible time to start this. We are in the process of determining current schedule practices and attempting to set a date as to when we will begin the new process in all areas. Further information will be forthcoming once we have finalized this.
Again, I thank you for your patience and support as we make our way through the implementation of this new Collective Agreement and look forward to answering your questions at the sessions.
In Solidarity,
Marisa Forsyth
Staff Rep. Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Windsor Office
3005 Marentette Ave Suite 130
N8X 4G1
Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare Recognizes OPSEU 101 Steward Stephanie Robinson
October 2, 2015 by
Social Worker Stephanie Robinson, MSW, has been working as a service coordinator at the Regional Children’s Centre (RCC) since 2010. Over the past five years she has helped countless families access the services they need for their child or youth experiencing mental health issues. Earlier this year, Stephanie was handed a case that was extremely severe. It involved an immigrant single mother (who didn’t speak English), and her children, some of which required treatment at the RCC. The children had experienced horrific violence and trauma before coming to Canada and are now dealing with post-traumatic stress symptoms. Stephanie’s job was to assess the family’s needs and coordinate services in the community and at the Regional Children’s Centre to meet those needs. She organized a collection of clothing, household items and food that was overwhelmingly successful and in the end delivered 17 bags and boxes of items to the family. She worked with community agencies to get the family language services, transportation assistance to appointments, and helped find them a family doctor with the Windsor Family Health Team. Stephanie introduced the family to a counsellor from the Sexual Assault Crisis Centre and therapists at the RCC. Even more, she arranged for them to benefit from the United Way Luncheon program which provided mom and the children with lunch when they came for their treatment here. When asked to comment on Stephanie’s involvement with this family, Kerri Ann Cowan, Manager of Intake and Service Planning at the RCC said, “Stephanie Robinson is the consummate professional. Each and every day at the Regional Children’s Centre, Stephanie is faced with challenging scenarios and families in need. Most recently Stephanie has done an exceptional job working with an immigrant family and coordinating their treatment needs. When this family required translation services, Stephanie found them. When the family struggled with transportation, Stephanie accessed rides for them to their appointments. She also provided the family with necessities such as food and clothing. What a perfect example of “Changing Lives Together”. Kudos to you Stephanie! I hope you know how much your work is valued and appreciated.” Stephanie said the family has been great to work with, and that they have made a positive impact on her. “I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity to work with this family. They are a wonderful family, so grateful, polite, and thankful – they have made a difficult job easier just by their sheer resilience. The children are thriving here already, it is just amazing. They are now into sports, have joined clubs and are doing well academically –thanks to the great team we have working with them.” Thanks to Stephanie, our therapists at the RCC and our partners in the community are Changing Lives Together. (from the 2014/2015 HDGH Annual Report)
OPSEU Local 101 – 2015 Labour Day Gift Card Winners
September 6, 2015 by
Happy Labour Day from OPSEU Local 101!
Please find below the 101 Winners of OPSEU Local 101’s Annual Labour Day Gift Card Draw*
1. Jenna Peltier- WRH
2. Janet Frederick- HDGH
3. Jasmine Brzoska- HDGH
4. Rose Loscher- WRH
5. Lauren Merritt- WRH
6. Louise Lafleur- WRH
7. Brenda Hunt- WRH
8. Andrew Lombardo- WRH
9. Jennifer Beausoleil- WRH
10. Pamela Golish-WRH
11. Joseph Pignanelli-HDGH
12. Logaraaj Karalasingam-WRH
13. Jene Xin Ying Chen- WRH
14. Kerry O’Neil-WRH
15. Anhthy Vu-WRH
16. Kimberlee Kourtsidis-WRH
17. Alexander Reidel-HDGH
18. Donna Keegan- HDGH
19. Kelly Gomer- WRH
20. Krislyn Schiefer- HDGH
21. Erika Denzinger- WRH
22. David Nadalin- WRH
23. Elaine Haas- WRH
24. Donna Serifi- HDGH
25. Shari Tosic- WRH
26. Janice Thomas- WRH
27. Anne MacIntyre- WRH
28. Sarah Renaud- HDGH
29. Zoe Solet- HDGH
30. Andrea Golob- WRH
31. Lisa Greenwood- WRH
32. Jenna Renwick- HDGH
33. Christine Suzor- WRH
34. Misty Katona- WRH
35. Melanie Houchen- WRH
36. Sharon Letourneau- WRH
37. Sally Bratt- WRH
38. Dawn Fenton- WRH
39. Pawel Kita- WRH
40. Stephanie Beneteau- HDGH
41. Amanpreet Chana- WRH
42. Carla Milevski- HDGH
43. Stephanie Meloche- WRH
44. Sean Purton- WRH
45. Giuseppe Colella- HDGH
46. Katerina Clancy- WRH
47. Dora Donlon- HDGH
48. Rosemarie Stephen- WRH
49. Giselle Hillman- WRH
50. Christine Cervi- WRH
51. Donna Pilutti- WRH
52. Stephanie Shaw- WRH
53. Jessica Cadotte- WRH
54. Megan Maheson- HDGH
55. Connie Grossett-WRH
56. Ian Taylor- WRH
57. Christopher Desimone- WRH
58. Shirley Lee- HDGH
59. Jennifer Brzozowski- WRH
60. Lidia Yrigoyen-Dacruz- WRH
61. Lisa Ruthven- WRH
62. Sheila Zangari- WRH
63. Daniel Balcomb- WRH
64. Rodolio Beltran- WRH
65. Greg Feys- WRH
66. Bozena Kolanska- WRH
67. Lisa Siimes- WRH
68. Robert Angus- WRH
69. Brendan Docherty- HDGH
70. Brenda Bartosek- HDGH
71. Alice Nishizaki- WRH
72. Jeff Liebrock- WRH
73. Lucia Tintoi- WRH
74. Ivanka Vanschaik- WRH
75. Erin Balyo- WRH
76. Julie Laing- HDGH
77. Stephanie Slaught- WRH
78. Claudia McCarton- WRH
79. Kristina McClelland- WRH
80. Nadia Rennert- HDGH
81. Jonathan Leung- HDGH
82. Jennifer Cipkar- WRH
83. Michelle Knezic- WRH
84. Nancy Hannon- WRH
85. Denise Desbien- HDGH
86. Maciej Jaglarz- HDGH
87. Cheryl Singer- WRH
88. Amy Zanetti- WRH
89. Jackie Sauerwein- WRH
90. Margaret Leblanc- WRH
91. Joanne Reaume -WRH
92. Nancy Joan- O’Brien- WRH
93. June Reid- HDGH
94. Morena Gjecovic- HDGH
95. Shawna Williams- WRH
96. Dominique Hart- HDGH
97. Paulette Meseck- HDGH
98. Katherine Renaud- WRH
99. Laurie Masse- HDGH
100. Krista Skiba- HDGH
101. Jessica Bauman- WRH
*Times and Locations of Gift Card distribution will be announced later this week.
Region1Weekend Educational February 7-8, 2015
December 15, 2014 by
There will be a OPSEU Region 1 Weekend Educational open to OPSEU 101 members on February 7-8, 2015
Courses include:
- The Aboriginal Journey: Walking Together
- Basic Grievance Handling for Union Building
- Local Treasurers’ Course
- Public Speaking – Finding your voice and connecting with your audience
- Stewards 1: Making a Difference in the Workplace
- Workers Health & Safety Training – Modules: Principles of Control; Indoor Air; Cancer
For more information or to register, please click here
