The bargaining teams met again today. The CEC team introduced counter-proposals on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, as well as a proposal on “Truth and Reconciliation.” These proposals conclude their responses to the full equity proposals tabled by faculty.
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.
The team met with the College Employer Council team on Monday and again yesterday. Please see the attached Bargaining Update. The College Employer Council’s proposal on Workload, unsurprisingly, sounds very …
The Bargaining Team presented proposals on academic freedom, intellectual property rights, shared governance and staffing. Proposals on the class definitions of a professor and counsellor were tabled.
