The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) represents approximately 13,500 full-time members at Ontario`s 24 community colleges, including Mohawk College. *NEW* Colleges have proposed to restrict the unilateral use of pandemic-related electronic equipment by colleges. (Materials developed by teachers during the pandemic to move from in-person learning to distance learning.) In his Employer Council report, Keller noted that negotiators from the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), which represents 13,500 full-time professors, consultants and librarians from Ontario`s 24 community colleges, including Mohawk College, have reduced their application list, but an agreement has not been reached. Ontario college faculty were brought back to work after a five-week strike in 2017. Both parties have been working without a contract since September 30. “In a meeting with the college`s faculty bargaining team, it seems clear that the mediator`s report is an inaccurate characterization of the positions of the faculty team and the mediation process itself,” Giardine-Tuck said in a Nov. 1 statement. “Contrary to the report`s assertions, the faculty team negotiated in good faith, took significant steps in its proposals, and continued to work to reach a negotiated solution as soon as possible.” Beginning Oct. 19, contract negotiations between the union, which represents full-time community college faculty, consultants and librarians, and the province`s College Employer Council continued due to a news outage. With potential wage increases capped at one per cent under provincial legislation, the union had requested changes to contract wording to address various issues, including the allocation of full-time advisor and library jobs, faculty contribution to academic decision-making, and workload and preparedness time affected by the coronavirus pandemic. If you are a full-time or part-time faculty member at Fanshawe College, you are subject to the province-wide University Employees (CA) Collective Agreement. This is a legally binding contract: it sets out the rights and obligations you have as a member of the bargaining unit, as well as the rights and obligations of your employer. The contract is performed through legally binding dispute resolution procedures such as claims arbitration (Article 32) and Workload Resolution Arbitration (WRA).
Graham Lloyd, CEO of the Employers` Council, said the union had refused to bargain in good faith. Printed copies of the 2017-2021 Academic Staff Collective Agreement have been distributed to all current full-time faculties. Fanshawe will provide a copy to part-load faculties at the beginning of their next contract. Bill 124 faces a constitutional challenge by a coalition of about 40 unions claiming it violates the right to collective bargaining under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As we approach our online vote on the strike mandate this week, we are hosting two provincial faculty meetings. As this unfolds, our click-to-email initiative for your college president is also underway. Plus, your bargaining team was busy making presentations to local GMMs! Your commitment and participation in these initiatives could not be more important. […] There will be no negotiated collective agreement between the faculties of Ontario`s 24 community colleges and the Employer Council anytime soon. Part-load professors should pay particular attention to Article 26. We have also prepared a FAQ. We have proposed amendments to the collective agreement that address the concerns of both parties to ensure stability for all members of the college community, particularly students. We have proposed that both parties set aside their contentious demands and accept some reasonable changes that can be made now.
. *NEW* A joint roundtable with regional representation to advise the EERC on truth and reconciliation. Consult extensively with local Indigenous communities and review ongoing collegial initiatives. Responsible for making recommendations to amend the collective agreement by February 1, 2023. We hope that the CAAT-A team will unanimously recommend the acceptance of this settlement offer to conclude a collective agreement by September 30. Potential wage increases are limited to one per cent under provincial legislation. If you have any questions about the collective agreement and are a faculty member at Fanshawe College, please contact us. *NEW* A joint advisory group that collects data on the composition of the workforce and analyzes the collective agreement from an EDI perspective. Responsible for making recommendations to OPSEU and CEC by February 1, 2023.
Over the past two nights, the faculty`s bargaining team held two province-wide negotiation update sessions attended by more than 2,400 faculty participants. These meetings were held in addition to the general assemblies, which the team has attended over the past two weeks in seventeen different union locals. We add the presentations of each of the […] “We are deeply disappointed with the position taken by the CAAT-A team and the fact that mediation failed due to its intransigence,” he said in an Oct. 28 statement. “Colleges do not want students and employees to be harmed because the CAAT-A bargaining team is not willing to negotiate in good faith.” *NEW* Maximum increase allowed under Bill 124. One percent, each year for the next three years starting October 1, 2021. Heather Giardine-Tuck, president of OPSEU Local 240, which represents nearly 1,000 full-time professors, instructors, consultants and librarians in Mohawk, disagreed with the mediator`s findings. We were hoping to have an interest-based discussion with the CAAT-A team to find common ground. They refused, and repeatedly asked us to make a whole series of requests. We did what the CAAT-A team asked us to do and presented a comprehensive set of management proposals.
We remain concerned that negotiations will be long, difficult and likely unsuccessful when the demands of the union and management are on the table. A PDF version of your current collective agreement can be found here: Academic Collective Agreement 2017-2021. . .