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 College, a private career college in Toronto. If you are… Continue reading The Real Costs of Privatization
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 of negotiations, the second day found the two sides exchanging… Continue reading College faculty file for conciliation as management refuses to consider proposed improvements
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 of negotiations, the second day found the two sides exchanging… Continue reading College faculty file for conciliation as management refuses to consider proposed improvements
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 of education in the Colleges of Applied Arts and… Continue reading Bargaining Update: July 2017
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 of education in the Colleges of Applied Arts and… Continue reading Bargaining Update: July 2017
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 faculty are working in precarious, under-paid contract positions. When we… Continue reading Message and Video from our Bargaining Team
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 year. Here are the results. The Arbitrator… Continue reading Group Grievance: Mandatory PD Days in 2015
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 “Managers Development Program 2”. The union local at Fanshaw has done a fantastic (and… Continue reading The McDonald’s/Ontario Colleges Agreement
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 not enough detail provided about the… Continue reading Professional Development days, Article 11.01H
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 period as June 22nd – August 23rd inclusive.… Continue reading Vacation Days
