Please see the attached PDF for the local’s position on the new course outline template and your SWF. 2015-01- New Course Template

On behalf of OPSEU Local 653 Executive Committee, I would like to welcome all full-time and partial load faculty to the start of another academic cycle. This revamped website is part of our commitment to improve communication between the executive and the general membership. We plan to keep you up to date on the information… Continue reading Welcome Back

A message from your Bargaining Team: We are concluding our fifth day of bargaining with the employer today. Our next scheduled bargaining days are June 24, 25 and 26. This morning, we have advised the employer that we are scheduling a strike vote on August 28. Please see the attached flyer. This is not to… Continue reading Strike Mandate Vote – August 28 2014

Your union strongly encourages your participation in Monday’s ratification vote and asks for your support of this negotiated settlement. Please read the Collective Agreement Amendments document that outlines the changes to our collective agreement under this settlement. As you can see, it is a short read. There are two significant changes: 1. Improved job security… Continue reading Ratification Vote – Monday Sept 10th

Your union strongly encourages your participation in Monday’s ratification vote and asks for your support of this negotiated settlement. Please read the Collective Agreement Amendments document that outlines the changes to our collective agreement under this settlement. As you can see, it is a short read. There are two significant changes: 1. Improved job security… Continue reading Ratification Vote – Monday Sept 10th

August 29, 2012 College Faculty have reached a tentative agreement with the Colleges Employer Council. Pending ratification of the offer, they have accepted two years of zero wages in a bold move to improve job security for partial-load faculty and have a contract in place before the start of the school year. “College Faculty have… Continue reading College Faculty reach tentative agreement in time for school year

See the original article at collegefaculty.org Download the PDF of this bulletin for printing or sharing: Bargaining Update – August 22 College faculty and college students are naturally concerned about the upcoming strike vote so early in the school year. Many may be wondering: How has it come to this? Strike votes are normal in… Continue reading Vote YES September 10

See the original article at collegefaculty.org It’s a fact, exercised over several rounds of bargaining, that high school teachers and university professors are the comparator groups for Ontario college academics. Since the last provincial budget, tabled in March, University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) and York University Faculty Association (YUFA) have reached settlements with their… Continue reading Brief Overview of Settlements in the Education Sector

Update: Union analysis of the ‘Facilitator’ classification: Your union negotiating team has provided a detailed analysis of management’s proposal to add a new faculty classification. You can read the summary here (PDF link below), and the union’s comments on the proposed modifications to the collective agreement here. July 20th Bargaining Update (PDF) Jonathan Singer has… Continue reading Nursing Clinical Facilitators – Update

Update: Union analysis of the ‘Facilitator’ classification: Your union negotiating team has provided a detailed analysis of management’s proposal to add a new faculty classification. You can read the summary here (PDF link below), and the union’s comments on the proposed modifications to the collective agreement here. July 20th Bargaining Update (PDF) Jonathan Singer has… Continue reading Nursing Clinical Facilitators – Update