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 …
Bargaining Update September 23rd, 2021 TODAY’S EVENTS SUMMARY The faculty team invited the CEC team to the table today to clarify the status of bargaining, respond to their correspondence regarding …
Today, the employer team proposed language on respectful workplaces, dates for union release time, and the assignment of coordinator duties. They did not address faculty concerns around structural changes in relation to harassment and discrimination, and dismissed the need for joint union-employer committee work to be recorded on SWFs. In addition, the employer team continued in their questioning of the legitimacy of faculty demands rather than dealing with the substance of these concerns.
When COVID-19 turned education on its ear, college faculty rushed to bring learning online. But quality education isn’t done in a pinch. It requires thoughtful and thorough preparation. College execs claim it’s a slam-dunk – and compound the problem by recklessly increasing class sizes while axing librarians and counsellors: measures that are unfair to students and faculty, and which undermine outcomes. Faculty are bargaining for better – much better.
