THE OWNERS' MANUAL - OPSEU

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Who pays for all this Again, you do. OPSEU members pay union dues of 1.375 per cent of their pay. Union dues are fully tax deductible, and newly organized members pay no dues until a first collective agreement is negotiated and ratified. With annual revenues of more than $80 million, OPSEU has the strength and stability to support its members. Five per cent of dues goes directly to the strike fund, a powerful resource to back up members in negotiations. All the rest goes to services for members and Locals: experienced staff, member expenses, training, support for bargaining, defending contracts and more. The power of working together and pooling resources means your relatively small contribution creates a huge network of support. 4 THE OWNERS’ MANUAL www.joinopseu.org
OPSEU where you work – Your Local The purpose of establishing Locals of the Union is to encourage participation of all Members in their Union. - The OPSEU Constitution Your OPSEU Local is your primary link to the union. It represents you where you work, and you elect its leaders – your stewards, your Local president and other officers, your delegates to Convention and so on. It’s your first step to getting involved. Locals have the autonomy and resources to do what they think is important for their members. You have a vote on those decisions. What can locals do ✓✓ Participate in negotiating collective agreements ✓✓ Process grievances to enforce the collective agreement ✓✓ Establish joint labour-management committees to resolve Local or unit issues ✓✓ Control their own money ✓✓ Join the local Labour Council or other organizations ✓✓ Organize social or community activities ✓✓ Publish newsletters or websites ✓✓ Elect delegates to the OPSEU Convention ✓✓ Send members for union education and training ✓✓ Monitor workplace health and safety ✓✓ Adopt bylaws ✓✓ Help craft union policy ✓✓ Promote human rights and equity www.joinopseu.org THE OWNERS’ MANUAL 5
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Page 4 and 5: Table of Contents OPSEU, The Big Pi
Page 6 and 7: OPSEU’s resources include: ✓✓
Page 10 and 11: OPSEU has three kinds of Locals: 1.
Page 12 and 13: How do Locals work For starters, de
Page 14 and 15: Linking Locals by workplace commona
Page 16 and 17: Divisional Councils create broader
Page 18 and 19: OPSEU’s seven regions A democrati
Page 20 and 21: Specific interests Other ways to ge
Page 22 and 23: Communication Unique to OPSEU is a
Page 24 and 25: Connect with OPSEU OPSEU is organiz
Page 26 and 27: OPSEU’s Head Office The union’s
Page 28 and 29: Region 1 Region 1 OPSEU in the Regi
Page 30 and 31: Region 2 Region 2 Owen Sound Milton
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