A step in the right direction
Picket lines to continue as both sides head back to table with mediator.
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Pause for concern
Decision to pause program intake raises concern among students and OPSEU.
Strike averted
No interruptions coming to Winter 2025 semester with faculty strike avoided.
What ‘work-to-rule’ means for GBC and how students can speak up about faculty labour action
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…
“We are trying to change all that culture so that students do have that best experience” – Inside OPSEU’s complaints about GBC’s anti-racism efforts
Two weeks after OPSEU Locals 556 and 557, the unions representing George Brown College’s (GBC) faculty and support staff, sent a letter to the GBC board of governors criticizing the college’s anti-racism plan, they have yet to receive a response. But that hasn’t come as a surprise to Local 557 president Megan Carter. “I definitely…
GBC blasted by OPSEU over anti-racism inaction in letter to board of governors
On April 21, 2021, OPSEU Locals 556 and 557, the unions representing George Brown College’s (GBC) faculty and support staff, sent a letter to the GBC board of governors forcefully criticizing the college’s anti-racism efforts. “We are outlining these concerns because we are proud to be a part of a college that has been a…
“It’s just a very different experience.” – Computerized notetakers, provincial politicians say GBC’s switch to Note Taking Express shortchanges students
On December 15, 2020, 67 computerized notetakers at George Brown College (GBC) received an email that all contracts would be terminated by December 18, 2020 and replaced by a software application called Note Taking Express. Although a few staff members would still be required to provide coverage for on-campus classes, all 5 GTA virtual classes…
Ontario budget ties college funding to performance
Performance-based funding for colleges to jump from 1.2% to 60% by 2024
Union files complaint against GBC over sick days
GBC can do better for its faculty says union president
Union and Ontario colleges reach agreement for part-time staff
Union says two-year agreement is a ‘big victory’ while colleges say it maintains operational flexibility
OPSEU files charter challenge
Union alleges Ontario government’s return-to-work legislation denies rights and freedoms in Charter
Part-time support staff at Ontario colleges unionize
Multi-year effort sees 84 per cent of part-time support staff vote to unionize, says OPSEU