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Dear Members: You may have received a communication from your employer indicating that a settlement proposal was brought by the Employer to the Bargaining Team. The Team followed our consultation process in sharing the proposal confidentially with the Presidents of all 24 Union...

The trend towards privatization threatens education quality at Ontario Colleges, and is one of the four key issues your union has brought to the table for discussion during this round of negotiations. As most of you know, Northern has recently established a partnership with Pures...

After three days of discussions, progress has stalled with management refusing to consider some of the most important issues that were brought to the table as a result of the extensive demand setting process involving all college faculty. After opening statements on the first day...

The first week of bargaining is done and the opening positions have been presented. “College faculty enter this round of negotiations with a clear mandate for change from our members. Our faculty have passed a focused set of demands to address two major issues: the quality...

Dear college faculty members, We head into collective agreement negotiations with the colleges this summer. As we look ahead, we know that we face some significant challenges to creating a better environment for both students and faculty. We know, right now, 70 per cent of...

As many of you will recall, a group grievance was filed pertaining to the mandatory 3 days of training in September 2015. There was no resolution found at the grievance level and so we referred the grievance to Arbitration. We attended this Arbitration on September 2nd of this...

You may have read about the recent agreement between McDonald’s Canada and the 24 Ontario public colleges whereby credit for the first year of a business program will be given to McDonald’s employees who have completed their corporate training program called...

The union position regarding the “10 days PD” that all faculty are entitled to under article 11.01H has not changed since the memo written by Richard Mason back in 2002 . There has been some mention at staff meetings that managers may send back PD requests if there is...

Article 15 of our Collective Agreement outlines a somewhat odd manner of calculating vacation days. It seems to cause confusion every year for both faculty and management. Here is as simple an overview as I can put together: Just the facts: The College announced the 2016 vacation...

Please see the attached PDF for the local’s position on the new course outline template and your SWF. 2015-01- New Course Template