Tag: Strike
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Ontario media report on college faculty agreement with CEC
Media outlets across Ontario are reporting that OPSEU/SEFPO’s college faculty bargaining team and the Colleges Employer Council have reached an agreement to send outstanding issues to binding interest arbitration. Here is a sample of stories: CBC: Strike averted at Ontario’s colleges as both sides reach last-minute deal CP 24: Strike called off after Ontario’s colleges…
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Joint statement by OPSEU/SEFPO and the College Employer Council
OPSEU/SEFPO’s college faculty bargaining team and the College Employer Council have issued the following statement: The parties have reached an agreement to enter binding interest arbitration and the strike that was scheduled to commence at 12:01 am on March 18, 2022, is called off. This also concludes all work-to-rule strike activities.
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College faculty to resume talks with employer
Toronto – With some 16,000 college faculty set to go on strike at 12:01 Friday morning, the College Employer Council (CEC) and the faculty bargaining team have agreed to meet Thursday. “We were encouraged that the CEC replied to our letter and have agreed to meet tomorrow,” said College Faculty Bargaining Team Chair JP Hornick.…
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College faculty set strike deadline
Toronto – Some 16,000 faculty at Ontario’s 24 public colleges say they will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, March 18 if the College Employer Council (CEC) does not agree to voluntary binding interest arbitration. The faculty bargaining team sent an open letter to college presidents today, calling on them to do what is…
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LifeLabs workers hit the picket lines
TORONTO – Some 150 GTA LifeLabs couriers and mailroom staff represented by OPSEU/SEFPO are on strike this morning after negotiations failed to produce a settlement. “LifeLabs is one of the most profitable enterprises in Canada but won’t pay their staff a living wage,” said OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. “Even after the hard work and…
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LifeLabs Local 5119 gears up for a strike!
A large group of enthusiastic Local 5119 members working for LifeLabs assembled Friday to create picket signs. They are preparing for a strike that could come as soon as 12:01 am on Monday, March 14. The couriers and mailroom clerks voted to join OPSEU/SEFPO in 2020. Since then, they have been trying to negotiate a…
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OPSEU/SEFPO letter to CEC outlining Phase 3 of work to rule
Graham Lloyd Chief Executive Officer College Employer Council Dear Graham, On March 2, 2022, academic employees who OPSEU/SEFPO represents, who work at Ontario’s 24 public colleges, began Phase 3 of the work-to-rule campaign. This is part of a legal strike action pursuant to the College Collective Bargaining Act (CCBA). The implementation of Phase 3 follows membership’s rejection…
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Thomas to LifeLabs’ Charlie Brown: Couriers deserve more than peanuts
Toronto – With 150 newly unionized LifeLabs couriers and mailroom clerks ready to strike at 12:01 a.m. on March 14, OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is calling on LifeLabs CEO Charles Brown to come to the bargaining table with a decent wage offer. “LifeLabs makes almost $1 billion annually,” said Thomas. “Charlie Brown is making…
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Algonquin Times: Algonquin College begins phase three of work-to-rule after rejecting offer
The Algonquin Times is reporting that faculty at Algonquin College have begun phase three of their work-to-rule campaign following a vote to reject the employer’s latest offer. The vote, held Feb. 15 to 17, was open to some 16,000 Ontario college faculty members at Ontario’s 24 public colleges. Phase three of the work-to-rule campaign comes…
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Strike/lockout date set for LifeLabs Local 5119
Employees at Lifelabs will be in a legal strike position as of 12.01 on March 14. The Minister of Labour has granted a “no board” report to negotiators for OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5119 couriers and mailroom clerks with LifeLabs, triggering a 17-day countdown to a legal lockout or strike position. The no-board comes after talks between…
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Work to Rule: Phase 3
Started 12:01am, March 02, 2022 Focus Work-to-rule must impact the functioning of the colleges in order to work as a bargaining strategy to bring the Council back to the table to discuss faculty’s needs. The colleges and CEC have chosen to abandon negotiations and to force faculty to work only under imposed conditions. All actions…
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OPSEU/SEFPO disappointed that college management won’t come back to the bargaining table
Toronto – OPSEU/SEFPO is disappointed that the College Employer Council (CEC) is imposing employment conditions on college faculty following a strike vote this weekend. The CEC has signalled it intends to impose a series of conditions effective Monday and the faculty bargaining team has given five days’ notice that members can begin working to rule,…
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College faculty hand bargaining team strike mandate
Toronto – OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says a strike mandate shows the union’s college faculty members want a collective agreement reached at the bargaining table. OPSEU/SEFPO’s faculty members voted 59 per cent in favour of job action to back contract demands in a strike vote that was supervised by the provincial Ministry of Labour.…
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College Faculty Strike Vote
A strike vote will be held this week for college faculty members represented by OPSEU/SEFPO starting December 9. OPSEU/SEFPO asked the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) last month to schedule the online strike vote after the College Employer Council requested a “no-board” report, which would allow the CEC to impose terms and conditions on faculty or…
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College faculty bargaining team invites faculty to provincewide update meetings
The CAAT-A Bargaining Team will be holding two faculty meetings via Zoom (December 7 and 8) to provide an update on bargaining and the upcoming strike mandate vote. This is an excellent opportunity for members to hear the latest news and answers to their questions. Both meetings are open to all members, although the meeting…
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College Faculty Bargaining Team calls for strike vote to protect members from effects of CEC-requested “no board” report
The College Employer Council (CEC) bargaining team walked away from negotiations this week without responding to faculty’s latest proposal, and asked the Ministry of Labour conciliator for a “no board” report, compelling the OPSEU/SEFPO college faculty bargaining team, representing faculty at Ontario’s 24 public colleges, to call for a strike vote. The “no board” report…
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OPSEU/SEFPO disappointed by college employer’s push toward strike vote
Toronto – The College Employer Council (CEC) has rejected the most recent offer put forth by OPSEU/SEFPO’s faculty bargaining team, pushing staff and students at Ontario’s 24 public colleges closer to a possible strike or lockout. Union President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says he’s disappointed with today’s turn of events, especially after both parties had signalled…
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Black Creek Community Health Centre Workers reach tentative agreement
OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5117, representing 70 workers at Black Creek Community Health Centre, has, despite unacceptable behavior and anti-union employer tactics, succeeded in reaching a tentative agreement following a prolonged six-week strike. Local 5117’s members were forced to strike on June 12 after months of failed bargaining talks over wage increases, respect and transparency. During their…
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Today marks a labour relations milestone
Today is the 75th anniversary of the Rand Formula! Read about the history of how the Rand Formula came to be in this article by the Canadian Labour Congress.