Letter to Membership From OPSEU

To the members of OPSEU Local 278 (Casino Security Officers)
 
With the cooperation of your Local President, we have scheduled meetings for December 22. The meetings will be held at  9am, 1pm and 5pm. They will be at the Americana Hotel on Lundy's Lane in Niagara. President Thomas and myself will both be in attendance. We believe that a number of issues need to be cleared up for the membership since so many false rumours are being spread. Clearly you have been given inaccurate information and that is why meetings with other unions have had to be cancelled more than once.
 
OPSEU has never ignored your local and has always responded to requests coming from your executive. We have recently found out (when I attended a Labour Management meeting) that a number of your grievances that were filed had NOT been sent on to OPSEU. Management suggested that at a May meeting with your leadership, they found 60 grievances that had not been forwarded and they now have dozens more. It almost appeared as if there was sabotage to create problems between the membership and your union.
 
OPSEU cannot resolve problems that we do not know about nor can any other union. Standing on the sidelines attacking your union rather than standing up for the membership in representation is not any kind of leadership. We will determine by the attendance on December 22 how the membership feels. If members do not come out, we will assume they are happy with OPSEU and have no issues to raise.
 
Solidarity
 
Mike Grimaldi 
 
Trustee and Regional Vice President 
OPSEU Region 2
 
Jack Profijt, President OPSEU Local 278

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