Sisters and Brothers:
A number of you have called us regarding Dwight Duncan’s request to meet with Ontario’s unions and employers in the public sector. The spectre of a new Social Contract has been raised and you have asked us who will speak for OPSEU at the meeting. If Sister Tungatt had not raised it in an email to the Executive Board (like many of you she had read it in the newspaper) and it had not been followed up by Eddy, I and several other Board members, I’m not sure we would have been there at all. We can now confirm that OPSEU will be represented at the meeting. We have found out after a series of emails and phone calls that OPSEU was informed of the meeting last Wednesday. The Executive Board was never informed. Last week President Thomas was on vacation. The First Vice President Sister Rout has informed us today by email that she was invited to the meeting on that date. President Thomas has now notified the Executive Board that he, Sister Rout, Brother Franche (the second VP) will attend the meeting. We expect to have a conference call on Tuesday evening after the meeting for a briefing. We will do our best to keep you updated.
Solidarity The Region 2 Board Member