College faculty hand bargaining team strike mandate
OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says a strike mandate shows the union’s college faculty members want a collective agreement reached at the bargaining table.
CEC Fear mongering continues. The Faculty Team Responds.
Greetings Faculty: Over the last two nights, the faculty bargaining team has held two provincewide bargaining update meetings, with over 2,400 faculty attendees in attendance. These meetings were in addition to …
Strike Mandate Vote FAQ
A strike vote will be held this week for college faculty members represented by OPSEU/SEFPO starting December 9.
CEC proposing Faculty GAMBLE on contract with “Final Offer Selection”.
Final Offer Selection is when the arbitrator is only allowed to choose one side’s offer or the other’s in its entirety. It allows no room for reasoned consideration around the serious issues surrounding each article. It allows no room for compromise, or for selecting the best proposals in each side’s offer. It chooses winners and losers, and therefore leads to toxic labour relations. Voluntary Binding Interest Arbitration is a very different process that examines every issue under debate within the collective agreement closely, with the arbitrator issuing a ruling on each.