We are very fortunate to have fantastic leadership at the divisional level of our union. Those faculty who were around during the negotiations and strike of 2017 will remember the consistent, calm and relevant messaging coming from the DivEx leadership. Our leadership team... Read More

Conflicts and complaints between students and teachers are inevitable, and it is critical to have a fair and reasonable policy in place to address these situations. Such a policy would ideally be developed in consultation with students and faculty as well as the union leaders for... Read More

The 2018 GMM has come and gone, but if you missed it you can get caught up on by reading the reports that were submitted by various members of the LEC.  There are still a few missing, but some good reading there now while we wait for the rest to come in. The full list of items is... Read More

TORONTO – OPSEU CAAT Academic and the colleges’ bargaining team participated in mediation from December 14 through December 16. Following the mediation, an arbitration took place on Saturday, December 16. The arbitrator’s award will form the new collective... Read More

Dear Faculty, Students, Parents, We fully understand your confusion and frustration with the events on Monday.  The College Employer Council has acted in bad faith and needs to get back to the table to finish the negotiations.  While more official responses will be coming from... Read More

There is a new council bulletin circulating that I am sure you will see soon if you have not already. Despite hiring a private “spin doctor” (with public money of course), the council has nothing new to offer in this latest communication. Like the previous bulletins, this one... Read More

I though it might be good to wrap up week one and start week two with a survey of some of news article that have been published about the strike. Ontario college strike spotlights ‘new norm’ of precarious labour in academia  — This is an excellent article that... Read More

Official Press Release TORONTO – More than 12,000 Ontario public college faculty will be on the picket line rather than in their classrooms on Monday morning after talks between the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and the College Employer Council failed to produce... Read More

TORONTO – The union bargaining team for Ontario public college faculty has tabled its final offer to the College Employer Council in a bid to avert a strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday. The union offer is built around three critical proposals to improve education quality for students... Read More