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Collective Agreement / Negotiations / News / OPSEU

Arbitration award released, new collective agreement will run until September, 2024

Dear College faculty members, Fifteen months after our Collective Agreement negotiations began, and six months after the parties agreed to conclude the negotiations through a process of interest arbitration, Arbitrator …

Equity and diversity / News / News

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Seminar

Local 354 Equity steward Crystal Garvey is presenting on October 19 at the OPSEU Regional 3 office in Oshawa from 6:30-8:00 on Human Trafficking. The talk is open to all …

Collective Agreement / Negotiations / News / OPSEU

COLLEGE FACULTY ARBITRATION UPDATE:

OPSEU/SEFPO CAAT Academic and the CEC participated in a mediation/arbitration September 7-9, 2022. Following the mediation part of the proceeding, an arbitration occurred on September 9, 2022. The arbitrator’s award …

Negotiations / News / OPSEU

Bargaining team update

Dear CAAT-A Members, As the semester winds to a close, we wanted to reach out to keep you posted on the latest developments related to the conclusion of a new …

Convention / News / News / OPSEU

OPSEU/SEFPO welcomes new leadership: JP Hornick and Laurie Nancekivell

JP Hornick has been elected as the new President of OPSEU/SEFPO marking the first change in the union’s presidency in 15 years.  Hornick is the Coordinator of the School of …

Collective Agreement / Negotiations / News / OPSEU

Strike deadline called for Friday, March 18th

Dear faculty, Today, three months after commencing work-to-rule action, we are setting a strike deadline in an effort to compel the College Employer Council (CEC) and the College Presidents to …

Negotiations / News / OPSEU

Virtual coffee drop-in sessions available to discuss Phase 3 of work-to-rule

Phase 3 of the work-to-rule campaign began today. If you’ve got questions about what that means and how you can help apply pressure to reach a negotiated settlement, Local 354 …

Collective Agreement / Negotiations / News

CEC cries poor while DC President boasts of large cash surplus

Durham College President Don Lovisa admits the college is “a solid cash position” with a $40 million surplus, despite CEC claims that they can’t accommodate low- or no-cost improvements to …

Collective Agreement / Negotiations / News / OPSEU

Resources for understanding the bargaining process and how we got here

Message from Local 354 President Kevin Griffin Hello Members, This is a very challenging time for members as we are faced with a difficult bargaining process again on the heels …

Collective Agreement / Negotiations / News / OPSEU

Bargaining Team chair JP Hornick discusses the implications of the CEC’s refusal to bargain

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