Dear Members:
You may have received a communication from your employer indicating that a settlement proposal was brought by the Employer to the Bargaining Team last week. The Team followed our consultation process in sharing the proposal confidentially with the Presidents of all 24 Union Locals as well as the Bargaining
This meeting will preceed the strike vote taking place on September 14th. At least one member of the bargaining team will be present to answer any questions and concerns. Please make sure to read all negotiations bulletins from the posts below.
The issues are quite clear, but cannot be reduced to 140 characters, thus it is important that you read Negotiations Bulletin 5 carefully (in English or French) and spend time with the well reasoned call for a strike vote (in English or in French). If needed please look
Our negotiation team has decided to take a well-reasoned and firm stand on the top demands of faculty. Please make sure to read the attached bulletin (in english or in french) as it outlines how our grass-roots demands have been presented at the negotiations table, and how the
As of July 4th contract negotiations have officially begun. The negotiations team has prepared a variety of materials that will help inform the membership. First of all a negotiations bulletin which you can read in French or English.
For more information check out the following websites: www.collegefaculty.org and
Attached please find FAQ’s in English and French as well as a timeline/flowchart of the Collective agreement process plus a guideline. Please inform yourselves so that you can better understand what is coming up over the summer months…. We need to all do our homework:)
Sent on behalf of the Bargaining Team
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Dear college faculty members,
We head into collective agreement negotiations with the colleges this summer. As we look ahead, we know that we face some significant challenges to creating a better environment for both students and faculty.
We know, right
The message came across loud and clear:
Ontario’s colleges need significant changes, for the sake of both the faculty who work in them and the students who rely on the education they provide. Gathering from across the province, delegates from Ontario’s 24 public colleges came together on March
After a very democratic process and 2 days of meetings delegates from each of the colleges voted in a bargaining team that will represent us in upcoming negotiations.
Pictured from left to right: Nicole Zwiers (L354/Durham), Mona Chevalier (L470/La Cite), Ed Toivonen (Alternate, L655/Cambrian), our own JP Hornick,
Links to documents used to make decisions will be archived here for the time being. They may be useful as we work in under the contract agreed to by the full membership, but not by members of local 556.
1. The full text of the memorandum of understandingsigned by