We are pleased to announce that, after years of delays, the Ontario Labour Relations Board will finally count ballots that were cast in 2017 by Part-Time and Sessional Faculty at Ontario’s 24 Colleges, to be represented by OPSEU as a bargaining unit.
The counting of these ballots will finish on April 17. Following a positive result, OPSEU will begin bargaining improved for Part-Time and Sessional Faculty with the College Employer Council within 90 days.
Negotiating a first collective agreement would see Part-Time and Sessional Faculty mobilizing and standing together to improve their collective terms and conditions of employment, including workload, salary, and job security.
At Seneca, Part-Time and Sessional Faculty would become new members of Local 560, which currently represents Full-Time and Partial-Load Faculty.
To help prepare for the possibility of certification and negotiations, OPSEU is holding a Town Hall for Part-Time and Sessional Faculty on March 19th, from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. This town hall will introduce members to OPSEU, explain what it means to be unionized, and help to prepare for upcoming negotiations.
Current and prospective Part-Time and Sessional Faculty can register for this Town Hall using their non-Seneca email, here.
Please also take a moment to sign up to receive information from the Local, at: https://opseu560.org/part-time-and-sessional-faculty-sign-up-form/
We urge all Full-Time and Partial-Load Faculty to reach out to your Part-Time and Sessional colleagues, to inform them of the upcoming vote count, the Town Hall, and the importance of providing their non-Seneca e-mail address to Local 560.