The current round of collective bargaining between the College Employer Council and your college faculty bargaining team is no ordinary round. In the colleges’ current governance structure, college administrators see faculty as employees only, not as colleagues whose voice in setting the academic direction of colleges is fundamentally important to student success. When it comes… Continue reading This is no ordinary round
September 21, 2017 TORONTO – The union bargaining team for 12,000 Ontario college faculty has asked the conciliator in its negotiations with the College Employer Council to issue a “no-board” report, a move that will put the parties in a legal strike or lockout position by mid-October. Under the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (CCBA), either… Continue reading College faculty request “no-board” report in contract talks
September 21, 2017 TORONTO – The union bargaining team for 12,000 Ontario college faculty has asked the conciliator in its negotiations with the College Employer Council to issue a “no-board” report, a move that will put the parties in a legal strike or lockout position by mid-October. Under the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (CCBA), either… Continue reading College faculty request “no-board” report in contract talks
Now is the time to be heard! Faculty, students, parents, indeed anyone who cares about public post-secondary education in our province should be concerned and speaking up about the current direction of Ontario colleges. Call or write your MPP. Sign the petition. Even better…talk about the issues with friends and family. And now a message… Continue reading Speak up!
Now is the time to be heard! Faculty, students, parents, indeed anyone who cares about public post-secondary education in our province should be concerned and speaking up about the current direction of Ontario colleges. Call or write your MPP. Sign the petition. Even better…talk about the issues with friends and family. And now a message… Continue reading Speak up!
First of all, the Local 653 Executive would like to send a sincere thank you to all members of Local 653 who participated in yesterday’s vote. Our democratic processes depend on your participation and we thank you regardless of how you voted. The local results were distributed via email by President Lad Shaba last night.… Continue reading So what’s next?
First of all, the Local 653 Executive would like to send a sincere thank you to all members of Local 653 who participated in yesterday’s vote. Our democratic processes depend on your participation and we thank you regardless of how you voted. The local results were distributed via email by President Lad Shaba last night.… Continue reading So what’s next?
The latest communication from the College Council contains a few “stretchers” (to borrow a term from Huck Finn). We will attempt to clarify some of the confusion that may be caused by this missive, and at the same time hopefully make a compelling case for voting “yes” on Thursday. 1. “Voting ‘yes’ to a strike… Continue reading Some points of clarification, and why you should vote “YES”
The latest communication from the College Council contains a few “stretchers” (to borrow a term from Huck Finn). We will attempt to clarify some of the confusion that may be caused by this missive, and at the same time hopefully make a compelling case for voting “yes” on Thursday. 1. “Voting ‘yes’ to a strike… Continue reading Some points of clarification, and why you should vote “YES”
As faculty and students return to campuses, I wanted to take a moment to provide you with some updates. First of all, last Friday, we sent a letter to the College Employer Council and the presidents of each college to extend them an invitation to join us at Queen’s Park on September 20 as we… Continue reading Message from the Bargaining Team
