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10 November

Faculty Union applauds move to make colleges help students

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Uncategorized

This is the first of many victories  coming in the next week:)
Publication Date
Friday, November 10, 2017 – 6:45pm

Toronto – Striking Ontario college faculty are applauding a move by Advanced Education Minister Deb Matthews that

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08 November

All the latest news for Nov 8.

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Strike

You can read the latest bulleltin here in english or french.
Also,  here is a longer article from the folks at Humber describing just how much of a set back this latest offer is and our own Noor Kabani’s analysis.

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08 November

Why we are saying NO!

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Strike

Why we are saying no was created by faculty at Confederation college.  

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06 November

A voice from north of the 401…

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Strike

This letter came across our desk from Neal McNare from Northern College (local 653), which is not only North of the 401, but stretches from Lake Temiskaming all the way up to Moosonee. It is his attempt to distill the

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06 November

Our bargaining team’s press release on the breakdown in talks.

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 6, 2017
 
Colleges should get back to bargaining table, faculty say
 
TORONTO – The College Employer Council should be working out a deal at the bargaining table instead of calling a strike-prolonging vote on

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06 November

Week starts out with another breakdown in talks

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Uncategorized

On November 1, Day 17 of the strike, the College Employer Council (CEC) finally announced that they were prepared to return to the bargaining table. While this was welcome news at the time, their actions since returning indicate that this

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03 November

Voice of Reason: on consultation with membership

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Uncategorized

Negotiating Team, Consult Your Members
from the pen of Ed Ksenych
This is going to be a risky article for many reasons. So if you’re not up for it in the midst of a college faculty – college management dispute,

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01 November

College Education and Trees on Madison Avenue in Toronto

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Uncategorized

Here is a letter that nicely sums up the issues of quality from Allan Esser
Dear premier
A few weeks back, I was walking down Madison Avenue in Toronto’s Annex Neighborhood.  Madison Avenue is a beautiful tree lined street that

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01 November

On the line: week 3 Oct 30 – Nov. 3 (updated regularly)

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining, Strike

This week started off briskly with a flying picket rally at a downtown hotel in Toronto on top of the pickets at our campuses.
We also had representatives at Bill 148 hearings and are awaiting a report.
Halloween was somewhat

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24 October

Voice of Reason

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Uncategorized

Please read the following article written by one of our elders: Ed Ksenych.
you can get it here

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