Ontario civil servants get retroactive salary increases after Bill 124 renegotiation
Quote from opseuadmin on February 7, 2024, 10:08 pmTens of thousands of Ontario civil servants will get salary increases totalling nearly 10 per cent following wage renegotiation prompted by the province’s wage-cap law being ruled unconstitutional.
This week, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), which represents 30,000 people who work for the ministries and agencies of the Ontario Public Service, that an arbitrator awarded what it is calling the “largest increases” the union has seen since 2012.
The arbitrator awarded civil servants a retroactive three per cent wage increase for 2022 and a retroactive 3.5 per cent increase for 2023. They also got a further three per cent increase for this year. The union noted that the increases replace the one per cent already agreed upon in its 2022-2024 collective agreement, which was put into place when the wage-capping legislation was still on the books.
“This award is a direct result of the unwavering solidarity of OPS Unified members who refused to back down,” said OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick in a news release. “Their perseverance is what moved the needle in our favour and what enabled to win the largest increases these workers have seen in nearly 12 years!”
The union added that the increases would help reverse the harmful impacts of the Ford government’s Bill 124(opens in a new tab) – the 2019 law that capped public sector wage increases at one percent for a period of three years.
As a result of a recent mediation and arbitration (and your unwavering support and persistence), Arbitrator Gerry Lee issued an Award of 9.5% across the board over three years, inclusive of the 3% members have already received.
Join our townhall to hear the wage increase breakdown as well as how we can continue to organize and connect with each other as we continue to ramp up for bargaining in 2024.
Because we are stronger together – and if we fight together, there’s no stopping us from achieving the fair wages we deserve! If you have any questions about the townhall or our organizing efforts more broadly, please email opseucommunications@opseu.org.
Tens of thousands of Ontario civil servants will get salary increases totalling nearly 10 per cent following wage renegotiation prompted by the province’s wage-cap law being ruled unconstitutional.
This week, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), which represents 30,000 people who work for the ministries and agencies of the Ontario Public Service, that an arbitrator awarded what it is calling the “largest increases” the union has seen since 2012.
The arbitrator awarded civil servants a retroactive three per cent wage increase for 2022 and a retroactive 3.5 per cent increase for 2023. They also got a further three per cent increase for this year. The union noted that the increases replace the one per cent already agreed upon in its 2022-2024 collective agreement, which was put into place when the wage-capping legislation was still on the books.
“This award is a direct result of the unwavering solidarity of OPS Unified members who refused to back down,” said OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick in a news release. “Their perseverance is what moved the needle in our favour and what enabled to win the largest increases these workers have seen in nearly 12 years!”
The union added that the increases would help reverse the harmful impacts of the Ford government’s Bill 124(opens in a new tab) – the 2019 law that capped public sector wage increases at one percent for a period of three years.
As a result of a recent mediation and arbitration (and your unwavering support and persistence), Arbitrator Gerry Lee issued an Award of 9.5% across the board over three years, inclusive of the 3% members have already received.
Join our townhall to hear the wage increase breakdown as well as how we can continue to organize and connect with each other as we continue to ramp up for bargaining in 2024.
Because we are stronger together – and if we fight together, there’s no stopping us from achieving the fair wages we deserve! If you have any questions about the townhall or our organizing efforts more broadly, please email opseucommunications@opseu.org.
