In a Twitter update released by the bargaining team on Monday morning, the college faculty team – which represents faculty at 24 Ontario colleges including George Brown – announced that they will be setting a strike deadline to push the CEC to either continue with negotiations or enter binding interest arbitration. If neither option is…
From February 15-17, OPSEU-O members participated in a referendum following the college employer’s initiation of a ‘Forced Offer Vote‘ (FOV). Of the faculty members who voted, 62 per cent were opposed to the CEC’s offer. The FOV can only be used once, and is therefore considered to be their ‘final’ offer. The request contains virtually…
In February of last year, we witnessed the very first sparks of what would become a tense, hostile and ultimately unsuccessful bargaining round. The College Employer Council (CEC) proposed an offer to extend their collective agreement with the provincial college union OPSEU-O despite faculty concerns over the need to review and update its terms. The…
Last week, the College Employer Council (CEC) commenced the process required to initiate a ‘Forced Offer Vote,’ (FOV) which is a union-wide vote on collective agreement terms. College administrators will have OPSEU-O members vote virtually on their most recent settlement offer between February 15-17. Employees have since received copies of the terms to review in…
Illustration by Katie Doyle As of January 3, college faculty have entered into the second phase of their labour action campaign, which will focus on a work-to-rule push. According to Jeff Brown, acting chief steward at OPSEU Local 556 and professor at George Brown, this event will be the first of its kind in the…
This past Saturday, OPSEU filed an unfair labour practice (ULP) complaint against college administrators. The complaint was filed following a letter issued to the bargaining team on January 13, the content of which union members qualify as having “blatantly interfered with the rights of OPSEU’s members to choose to demonstrate support for their bargaining agent’s…
