Faculty Meetings: Dec 7 and 8, 2021
[Version français à suivre] College faculty bargaining team invites faculty to provincewide update meetings The CAAT-A Bargaining Team will be holding two faculty meetings via Zoom (December 7 and 8) to provide an update on bargaining and the upcoming strike mandate vote. This is an excellent opportunity for members to hear the latest news and answers to their […]
Bargaining Update – 26 November 2021
We have reviewed the College Employer Council team’s latest offers, including their proposal for Final Offer Selection arbitration, received through various email channels this week. It is important to note that the faculty team offered Voluntary Binding Interest Arbitration – not Final Offer Selection, which we made clear in our presentation to the CEC on November […]
Save The Date – Upcoming Faculty Meetings
[Version français à suivre] The Bargaining Team will be holding two Faculty Meetings in the upcoming weeks: Partial-Load Faculty Meeting Tues. Dec 7, 2021 – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm All Faculty Meeting Wed. Dec 8, 2021 – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Please Save the Date! The meeting links will come shortly. In solidarity,The CAAT-A Divisional Executive […]
Bargaining Update – November 25
You have likely received a new update from the CEC, in which they “agree” to arbitration. While the faculty bargaining team will look carefully at their offer tonight and tomorrow, we should caution you that their offer is not what it appears to be on the surface, and clarify that the CEC is not agreeing […]
Bargaining Team Update – Team Calls For Strike Vote
VF à suivre Team calls for strike vote to protect members from effects of CEC-requested “no board” report Dear faculty: As you may know, the CEC team walked away from negotiations yesterday without responding to our offer for voluntary binding arbitration, and has asked the conciliator for a “no board” report. It is simply false that the […]
Bargaining Update: 18 November 2021
Employer Team Rejects Voluntary Arbitration, Abandons Negotiations Today, your faculty bargaining team returned to the bargaining table, to resume negotiations with the assistance of a Conciliation Officer appointed by the Ministry of Labour. It was the first day that we have met with the College Employer Council (CEC) bargaining team in a week, despite our […]
Bargaining Update: 17 November 2021
, as we enter into the process of conciliation, starting Thursday. This was requested during the Province-Wide town-hall last week. Additionally, we have offered the College Employer Council (CEC) team a blackout for those dates that we are at the bargaining table together, along with a voluntary agreement not to escalate via a no-board report […]
Bargaining Update: 12 November 2021
[Version francais suivre] It was a pleasure to meet last night with over 1,500 members at our Provincewide Bargaining Update. It was our first chance to provide an update and talk with members after several weeks of mediation and bargaining and we welcomed the chance to field member questions. The meeting occurred following the mutually-agreed […]
Faculty Town Hall Postponed till Thursday, November 11, 6:30pm
The CAAT-A Bargaining Team will be back at the bargaining table with the Management Bargaining Team on Monday, November 8, 2021. We are pleased that discussions will be resuming. Both parties have agreed to a communication blackout until Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 6 pm, to allow frank and open discussions to take place. In […]
CAAT-A and CEC bargaining teams to return to table
La version française suit la version anglaise. Both the CAAT-A and CEC bargaining teams have agreed to return to the bargaining table on Monday, November 8. We have also agreed to schedule additional bargaining days up to and including Thursday, November 11. During this time, it has been agreed that there will be a communications […]