A message from your bargaining team (October 28th 2021) Dear Faculty: It is with great disappointment and frustration that we report to you that mediation has failed. Attached is the final …
Press Release OPSEU/SEFPO Toronto – The Ontario government has struck an encouraging tone in today’s Throne Speech, but OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Conservatives must now turn those …
Over the course of February, members gathered in record numbers in their Locals to discuss the results of their general membership surveys, to listen to one another about the issues of concern they face in their work, and to use this information to set their priorities for this round of negotiations. These ranked demands will go forward for consideration at the provincial demand-setting meeting on April 9 and 10. These demands largely reflected key themes around workload, academic decision-making, precarity, equity, job security, and wages and benefits.
This week, we met at the bargaining table for three days with the College Employer Council (CEC) bargaining team. The week prior, we had tabled extensive proposals in an attempt to incorporate into our collective agreement the demands presented by our members at local and final demand-setting meetings. Our proposals covered a broad range of issues including workload, staffing, co-ordinators, the treatment of contract faculty, academic quality, and employment and workplace equity.
