Getting down to brass tacks
Message from the President and First Vice-President Treasurer After first meeting with the College Employer Council in early July, CAAT-A bargaining resumed with the employer for three more days this week. The team laid out faculty members’ comprehensive list of ranked demands stablished at our April demand set meeting. Key issues focussed on workload, staffing, […]
Bargaining Update – August 10
The faculty bargaining team met with the employer today, for the first time after tabling nearly all of our proposals last week. We hope to be able to finish presenting our monetary proposals this week, but are still awaiting full financial disclosure from the College Employer Council (CEC), to confirm and finalize our information. On […]
Bargaining Update – August 4 & 5
As you know, the Bargaining Team is working on our behalf throughout the summer, meeting with the employer, and presenting proposals based on CAAT-A member priorities. Below are individual links to each of the proposals that have been presented so far:
Return to class announcement sparks workload and safety concerns
July 29/21 – The sudden announcement that Ontario colleges and universities can go back to classroom teaching this fall without physical restrictions or limits on class sizes has caught many faculty by surprise. And while some colleges are taking an aggressive stance on returning to the classroom, not all are rolling out more on-campus teaching […]
Important Bargaining Information from the Team: Online Learning
Over the past decade, we have seen a gradual move to online learning with this move being further exacerbated by the pandemic. Although there has been little argument from the employer that the move to online learning results in greater preparation time and other challenges for faculty, college management did not want to provide adequate […]