Bargaining Update: 29 October 2021
Message from the Bargaining Team: We have heard from a number of you asking questions about what’s next, now that mediation has failed. Your bargaining team met today with the Local Presidents and Bargaining Advisory Committee. We discussed the mediator’s report, the faculty team’s offer of settlement, and sought direction on next steps. The Local […]
IMPORTANT BARGAINING TEAM UPDATE ON MEDIATION
It is with great disappointment and frustration that we report to you that mediation has failed. Attached is the final report of the mediator, along with the offer of settlement we tabled during mediation. We absolutely disagree with the finding of the mediator’s report, most of which paints the faculty bargaining team as recalcitrant and unreasonable, as well […]
Mediator imposes communications blackout on CAAT-A contract talks
La version française suit la version anglaise. Mediator Brian Keller has imposed a “total communications blackout on negotiations” as mediation continues between Ontario’s public college faculty, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO, and the employer, the College Employer Council. Until the blackout is lifted, OPSEU/SEFPO will be unable to provide further information on the progress of negotiations. Le […]
Bargaining Update: 21 September 2021
What are the issues with the employer’s offer of settlement? The CAAT-A Bargaining Team met with Local Presidents and the Bargaining Advisory Committee on Monday, September 20, to review the College Employer Council team’s offer of settlement, tabled last Friday. Below is a summary chart of the CEC team’s current offer of settlement, along […]
Bargaining Update: 17 September 2021 Part 2
Attached please find Faculty’s Notes on Management’s Settlement offer, in addition to the tabled proposals M09, M10a/b, and M11 which were sent out earlier this evening. All of these proposals were tabled by the CEC team on Wednesday at 4pm. This attachment contains a comprehensive review of the language the CEC team has proposed. Please […]
Bargaining Update: 17 September 2021
The faculty and employer teams met today to discuss the additional proposals and an offer of settlement tabled by the College Employer Council on Wednesday at 4pm. We were pleased that the CEC responded to faculty’s request to table their complete package, and that they chose to include a settlement offer at the same time. […]
Bargaining Update: 14 September 2021
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. The CEC team has proposed the formation of committees that would report to the Employee/Employer Relations Committee […]
Bargaining Update: September 9, 2021
The faculty bargaining team wishes all faculty the best for the start of the Fall semester and recognizes the enormous amount of work and anxiety that professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians are experiencing this September. The team was back at the table today and will return again tomorrow. Today, we met with the employer and […]
Bargaining Update – August 12: Workload, Academic Quality, Counsellor Class Definition & Equity
Workload Today, we presented our preliminary response to the College Employer Council (CEC) team’s initial proposal for a taskforce on workload, along with some of their questions and assertions. In their presentation yesterday, the CEC team has proposed deferring all workload issues to a three-person taskforce that would report on its findings in February 2023. […]
Bargaining Update – August 11: Workload, Equity and College Finances
Workload Today, the College Employer Council (CEC) team presented a series of questions about the workload proposals that the Union presented last Wednesday. As in the case of their response yesterday to our tabled equity proposals, many of those questions presented challenges to the Union’s claim about faculty workload needs. The CEC team also presented […]