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23 September

Kaplan Bargaining Award Decision Published: New CAAT-A Collective Agreement

  • Posted by Sarah Wiebe
  • Categories Uncategorized

Dear College faculty members,

15 months after our Collective Agreement negotiations began, and six months after the parties agreed to conclude the negotiations through a process of interest arbitration, Arbitrator William Kaplan has today released his award that determines our new Collective Agreement, which

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12 September

Arbitration update

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Uncategorized

College faculty arbitration update

OPSEU/SEFPO CAAT Academic and the CEC participated in a mediation/arbitration September 7-9, 2022. Following the mediation part of the proceeding, an arbitration occurred on September 9, 2022. The arbitrator’s award will form the new collective agreement and it is anticipated

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05 May

OPSEU556 Student scholarship winners 2022

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

INDIGENOUS

Nicole Laurendeau – $1,000  –  Jewelry Arts Program – Endorsed by Trisha Yeo

Ashley Hunt – $1,000 – AWCCA Program – Endorsed by Anna Willats

Jean-Claude Fillion – $1,000 – RPN Bridge to

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20 April

Bargaining Team update April 20, 2022

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining, Uncategorized

Dear CAAT-A Members,

As the semester winds to a close, we wanted to reach out to keep you posted on the latest developments related to the conclusion of a new Collective Agreement.

Mediation/Arbitration Scheduling

In March, both sides

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18 March

Joint Statement about CAAT-A Bargaining: All strike activities ended as the parties have agreed to binding interest arbitration

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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The parties have reached an agreement to enter binding interest arbitration and the strike that was scheduled to commence at 12:01 am on March 18, 2022, is called off. This also concludes all work-to-rule strike activities.

Les parties sont parvenues à un accord pour

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03 March

WORK-TO-RULE PHASE 3: DETAILS BELOW

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining, Uncategorized

Greetings faculty:

The Colleges’ team, via the CEC, continues to assert that they will not return to the bargaining table, nor agree to refer outstanding issues to interest arbitration, despite faculty having clearly rejected their final offer.  Typically in bargaining,

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02 February

video rebuttal to CEC’s captive audience strategy

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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JP does dismantles the CEC’s latest gambit

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26 January

Information about the Forced offer vote and Provincewide town hall

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Uncategorized

Dear Faculty Members,

As you likely know, the College Employer Council has called for a forced offer vote on their most recent offer.  The vote will be conducted by the Ontario Labour Relations Board, from 9:00 A.M on Tuesday, February 15th until 3:00 P.M.

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17 December

WORK-TO-RULE FAQ

  • Posted by Taras Gula
  • Categories Bargaining, Uncategorized

For CAAT-A Members

This document will be revised and updated as appropriate

Current version: December 16, 2021

1. What is Work-to-Rule?Work-to-rule is any job action in which employees do their jobs exactly as outlined by the rules

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13 December

BARGAINING TEAM UPDATE TO FACULTY MEMBERS – IMPOSITION AND WORK-TO-RULE

  • Posted by Taras Gula
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Faculty Members: (Version française en bas)The College Presidents (and their bargaining agent, the College Employer Council) have unilaterallyimposed terms and conditions of employment on all of us. They have simply refused to discuss ourremaining issues or accept our offer to refer them to binding interest arbitration;

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