Greetings all: The College Employer Council, and the college presidents who direct them, are ramping up their efforts to convince faculty to accept an offer that does not address faculty's basic demands around workload; job protections for partial-load faculty, counsellors, and librarians; equity and decolonization efforts; consent to use of course materials; or reasonable coordinator … Continue reading Latest Bargaining Video and Faculty Town Hall Reminder
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Dear Faculty, As you may be aware of by now, a forced offer vote will be held online from 9 am on February 15th to 3 pm on February 17th. You are being asked to vote on the last offer presented by the College Employer Council (CEC), which is virtually unchanged from its November 23rd … Continue reading Why Vote to Reject? Faculty and Students Deserve Better
Dear Faculty: For months, CAAT-A faculty have been bargaining for modest, realistic, but much-needed improvements to the College system. The CEC and the Colleges have refused to address these issues, resulting in our successful strike vote in December. As we predicted, the CEC has called for a forced offer vote (likely to be scheduled sometime … Continue reading Forced Offer Vote
Greetings faculty: Today, in response to escalating rhetoric from the College Employer Council and a number of colleges, OPSEU/SEFPO has filed an unfair labour practice (ULP) complaint regarding union interference with the Ontario Labour Relations Board [see below]. The filing of the ULP follows a week in which several colleges--including Niagara, St. Lawrence, Humber, and Fanshawe--have … Continue reading OPSEU/SEFPO files Unfair Labour Practice ComplaintAgainst College Employer Council
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