General Membership Meeting for Part-Time & Sessional Professors, Instructors, Counsellors, and Librarians: Thursday, May 22, 2025, 6:30pm via Google Meet
We’re pleased to welcome you to OPSEU/SEFPO! After years of organizing, all part-time and sessional faculty, counsellors and librarians at Ontario’s 24 public colleges are now officially unionized. Local 354’s …
Memorandum of Agreement, mediation-arbitration, and next steps
Following concerted efforts to see movement at the table on Tuesday, we signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to enter mediation-arbitration with the College Employer Counter (CEC) – in the …
Settlement offer averts strike, remaining issues headed to mediated arbitration
This is not the message we had expected to post today, but we are very happy for that and grateful for the hard work of the CAAT-A Bargaining Team in …
Strike preparation info and FAQ
Dear colleagues, As we move closer to the Jan. 9th deadline for labour action, it is critical that all members of the local keep close tabs on communications and prepare for the …
Strike notice starts countdown to labour action
Despite half a year of bargaining, College Faculty are entering 2025 without a contract in hand. A new year should invite progress, but the employer’s only offer on the table …
Stop distracting, start bargaining: we’re ready to make progress
On Friday, College Faculty voted to authorize strike action, if necessary, to reach a fair agreement. Through a historic turnout – 76.1% – 79% of voters delivered a strong mandate …
GMM reminder + Strike vote FAQ
General Membership Meeting (GMM) Reminder Please join us on Thursday, October 3 at 6:30 p.m. for our virtual general membership meeting (GMM) to help answer any of your remaining questions …
Important strike mandate vote info
College Faculty Strike Vote A strike vote will be held the week of October 15, 2024 for college faculty members represented by OPSEU/SEFPO starting October 15, 2024. The union …
Local 354 virtual bargaining/strike mandate info sessions happening Wed. Sept. 25
As you may have heard, bargaining has been proceeding slowly and your CAAT-A bargaining team has asked for a provincial conciliator to step in and stop the stalling from the …