Tag: Strike
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College faculty return to work in solidarity
College faculty gathered in front of their colleges on Monday morning, November 20, and walked in together in a show of solidarity as they returned to work. They will be back in classrooms with their students starting Tuesday.
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Labour needs a strong NDP to tackle precarious work: OPSEU
Toronto – Events at Queen’s Park this week show how important a strong New Democratic Party is for the labour movement’s fight against precarious work in Ontario, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) says. “The college faculty strike, which the Liberal government has just ended with legislation, put the problems of low-wage contract workers…
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Thomas slams ‘political theatre’ at Queen’s Park
Toronto – Provincial legislation aimed at forcing striking college faculty back to work is “the worst kind of political theatre” that pits workers against students while letting the real villain of the piece walk away unscathed, the President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) says. OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas was at Queen’s…
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The social movement continues – On the line: College Faculty Strike Bulletin #6
The social movement continues As you know, the government announced on Thursday that they are legislating college faculty back to work. The union did not agree to back to work legislation, it was imposed by government. College faculty will return to work next week, although we will not know the exact date until back to…
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Faculty stand with students
Dear students: We understand that the last five weeks have been very difficult for you, as they have been for us. Rest assured: we would have preferred to be in class with you. We are glad to be back working with you again. We are committed to your success. We will do what is…
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OPSEU to government: disband College Employer Council
Toronto – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) is calling on Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to disband the College Employer Council, the “private club” that represents 24 public colleges in collective bargaining. “Today, after college faculty overwhelmingly rejected Council’s latest contract offer, we hoped real negotiations would ensue,” said JP Hornick, chair of the…
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College faculty union to provide update on negotiations
Toronto – College faculty represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) will hold a news conference this evening to update the news media with regard to contract negotiations with the College Employer Council. Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017 Time: 8:00 p.m. Place: Carlyle Room, Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard Street West, Toronto OPSEU President Warren…
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College faculty strike in the news – Day 32
Striking Ontario college faculty reject offer that would have ended five-week standoff (Globe and Mail) Ontario college faculty reject latest contract offer, strike continues (Global News) Striking Ontario college faculty overwhelmingly reject latest offer (CP24)
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College faculty reject contract, call on employer to get back to the table
Toronto – Ontario college faculty have rejected a contract offer from their employer and are calling on the College Employer Council to come back to the table this afternoon and finish the job of negotiating a collective agreement. In voting this week, 86 per cent of faculty voted to reject Council’s November 6 offer. Ninety-five…
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Great solidarity at George Brown College student rally
College faculty from local 556 were overwhelmed by the energy and inspiring solidarity at today’s student solidarity rally to support the picket line at George Brown College. The message to the college presidents, the College Employer Council, and Minister Deb Mathews was that faculty are voting NO on the forced contract offer. It’s time for…
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REJECT the colleges’ contract offer – and get us back to bargaining
Dear college faculty members: On Monday, November 13, the College Employer Council made a bid to persuade college faculty to accept the contract offer they put forward on November 6. This was expected. Nothing Council said was new. Your union bargaining team is unanimously recommending that all faculty members vote to reject the offer. Our…
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REJECT the colleges’ offer
Dear faculty members: Your bargaining team is unanimous in our recommendation to reject Council's offer. The offer you are to vote on is filled with concessions that will gut our system for years to come, cost each of us more in unpaid work after the strike, and further expand the ranks of the most…
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Contract vote Q&A
Information for OPSEU members in the CAAT-Academic Division about the November 14-16 contract vote Download this document 1. Why aren’t we continuing to bargain? The bargaining teams for college faculty (the union team) and the College Employer Council (the employer team) returned to the bargaining table on Thursday, November 2 after Council asked the mediator…
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Union applauds move to make colleges help students
Toronto – Striking Ontario college faculty are applauding a move by Advanced Education Minister Deb Matthews that will make the colleges put the money saved as a result of the strike into a special fund for students. Matthews announced the plan late Friday. “What Minister Matthews has done is exactly what faculty were asking for…
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Vote NO and reject the colleges’ offer
The contract offer put forward by the College Employer Council on November 6 is a bad one for faculty – and the students we teach. It entrenches inequity and takes us backwards on academic freedom. Here’s why all faculty should vote NO: This offer allows the colleges to continue to expand the pool of contract…
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One day longer. One day stronger.
Dear friends: College faculty are making history right now. On picket lines across the province, OPSEU members are fighting for the future — the future of our colleges, and the future of work itself. I want to say a big “thank you” to every member who has walked the line these past four weeks. Your…
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Missed the college faculty tele-town hall? Listen or read here
OPSEU college faculty from across Ontario tuned in to a telephone town hall November 9 to discuss the upcoming vote on the colleges' contract offer. Click one of the "Play" buttons below to hear a recording of the entire call. Listen to the English recording of the tele-town hall Listen to the French recording…
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College presidents must move off destructive path: OPSEU’s Thomas
Toronto – The 24 college presidents who are prolonging a strike by 12,000 faculty must “move off the destructive path they are on” and start caring about the well-being of students and the faculty who teach them, the President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) says. “Any fair-minded person watching the faculty strike…
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College faculty telephone town hall: hear why we will vote NO
All college faculty members are invited to participate in a live and interactive telephone town hall this evening. Bargaining team chair JP Hornick will be on the call, along with Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President of OPSEU; RM Kennedy, chair of the College Academic Division; and Nicole Zwiers, faculty bargaining team vice-chair. The telephone town hall will…