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08 August

A response to the offer for early settlement.

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining

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

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08 August

General Membership Meeting for September 7th from 4p.m. – 6p.m. St. James Campus (290 Adelaide Room 406)

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories 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.

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03 August

Negotiations Bulletin 5 – and a call for support from the membership through a strike vote

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining

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

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19 July

Negotiations report: Our team has taken a well-reasoned and firm stand.

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining

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

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08 July

Contract Negotiations are on the way: our opening presentation

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining

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

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13 May

Bargaining Team FAQ and timeline

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining

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:)
 

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05 May

Bargaining Team report – April 2017

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining

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

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29 March

Negotiations Update: Demand setting meeting report.

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining, From the post - new and notable

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

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26 October

Presenting the 2017 Opseu-CAAT Academic bargaining team

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining

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,

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10 September

Negotiations 2014 – archive

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining, From the post - new and notable

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

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