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03 November

Voice of Reason: on consultation with membership

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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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
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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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24 October

Voice of Reason

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

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23 October

News from the lines October 22-27 (updated twice or 3 times daily)

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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Opseu Strike bulletin 1: 
Opseu Strike bulletin 2: 
Newspaper and other media Articles: 
CBC online  articles:  1   2   We’re Ready to Talk…Let’s Go.  Featuring our own Judy Lashley.
Inside higher ed:  university perspective on part time teaching
           Part time

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16 October

The Strike is on

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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Despite our bargaining team’s best efforts and willingness to compromise we will be on strike.
Press release

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14 October

Union Tables another offer for settlement

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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Please read the following 4 documents as we head down to the wire:
detailed offer of settlement
Press release English or French
Bulletin 14
 
Thanks to the bargaining team for their measured and wise approach.
 
 

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12 October

Post strike vote bargaining updates: debunking the CEC mythologizing

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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The newest final offer presented by the College Employers Council and their spin of it requires some fairly sophisticated deconstruction.  Bulletin 12 and 13 attempt to do that for those of us who are not contract law experts.

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10 October

Strike deadline has been set for October 16 12:01AM

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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Today was another frustrating day for our negotiating team and a strike deadline was set for Monday Morning October 16.  Read the press release from the negotiations team in English or in French.  This does not mean that there will

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05 October

Bulletin #11: CEC advises faculty team that they need to consider their options

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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After months of not negotiating  there may be hope for movement from the College Employment Council as they consider their options.
Please read negotiations bulletin #11.

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03 October

OPSEU strike rights and responsibilities

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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We have been inundated with questions about the possibility of a strike and what that would mean.  While we prepare answers to those questions from our local 556 perspective it would be good for all of us to get acquainted

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