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There may be a return to bargaining in the strike by faculty at Ontario’s 24 colleges, including Algonquin and La Cité in Ottawa.
The College Employer Council has asked the mediator in the bitter dispute to bring the two sides back to the table on Thursday.
“This strike has gone on for too long,” said a statement from Sonia Del Missier, the chair of the bargaining team for the colleges. “We need to end the strike and get our students and faculty back in the classroom. We can reach a settlement quickly and have classes start again early next week.”
The strike by 12,000 full-time professors, “partial load” instructors who work seven to 12 hours a week, counsellors and librarians is in its third week. They’re striking to increase the number of full-time faculty and improve academic freedom.
Students are increasingly upset about missing classes. An online petition started by students demanding a return of their tuition fees for every day classes are cancelled has 120,000 signatures. Student leaders from eight colleges have met with Deb Matthews, the minister responsible for post-secondary education, to pressure for an end to the strike that began Oct. 16.
The rhetoric has been heated on both sides. The Employer Council has said its offer is fair and reasonable and the strike “unnecessary.” The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has attacked management for refusing the budge on a “final offer” submitted just before the strike began.
Matthews and Premier Kathleen Wynne have repeatedly called on both sides to resume bargaining.
The Employer Council said it would provide no further comment on its request for a return to bargaining.
jmiller@postmedia.com
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The College Employer Council has asked the mediator in the bitter dispute to bring the two sides back to the table on Thursday.
“This strike has gone on for too long,” said a statement from Sonia Del Missier, the chair of the bargaining team for the colleges. “We need to end the strike and get our students and faculty back in the classroom. We can reach a settlement quickly and have classes start again early next week.”
The strike by 12,000 full-time professors, “partial load” instructors who work seven to 12 hours a week, counsellors and librarians is in its third week. They’re striking to increase the number of full-time faculty and improve academic freedom.
Students are increasingly upset about missing classes. An online petition started by students demanding a return of their tuition fees for every day classes are cancelled has 120,000 signatures. Student leaders from eight colleges have met with Deb Matthews, the minister responsible for post-secondary education, to pressure for an end to the strike that began Oct. 16.
The rhetoric has been heated on both sides. The Employer Council has said its offer is fair and reasonable and the strike “unnecessary.” The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has attacked management for refusing the budge on a “final offer” submitted just before the strike began.
Matthews and Premier Kathleen Wynne have repeatedly called on both sides to resume bargaining.
The Employer Council said it would provide no further comment on its request for a return to bargaining.
jmiller@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/JacquieAMiller
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