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Talks between Ontario colleges and striking faculty have sputtered out, with management accusing the union of “stonewalling” Monday and asking to have striking employees vote directly on an offer from the colleges.
The Employer Council that represents 24 colleges has asked the Ontario Labour Relations Board to schedule a vote.
The union should suspend the strike and send students back to class while the vote is being organized, said a release from the Council. A vote will take five to 10 days to organize. If the strike is suspended, it would allow for the votes to be held on college campuses, where faculty have been picketing since Oct. 16.
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union’s “insistence on continuing the strike is a terrible outcome for students and faculty,” said Sonia Del Missier, the head of the colleges’ bargaining team, in a statement. “We addressed all faculty priorities and the offer that is available for faculty right now – on the table – should have ended this strike.
“We need to end this strike and get students back in the classroom.”
As the strike heads into its fourth week, there has been increasing pressure on both sides to end the dispute before the school semester is lost for hundreds of thousands of students.
The two sides returned to bargaining last Thursday.
The union had not yet made a public statement by Monday at 1:45 p.m.
“An employer vote is never a preferred path, because a settlement should be reached at the bargaining table,” said Del Missier’s statement. “But we have exhausted all efforts at the bargaining table and now our faculty will decide.”
The last publicly-released management offer included a wage increase of 7.75 per cent over four years. The union said it was fighting for an increase in the number of full-time faculty, more job security for “partial-load” instructors and academic freedom for faculty.
A new offer from management was tabled Monday morning, according to a bulletin from Humber College.
In its statement, the Employer Council said it had listened to the union, and offered better rights and job security for contract faculty, “academic freedom guarantees” and “faster compliance with Bill 148,” the provincial legislation that will prevent employers from paying lower wages to part-time employees. No details were provided, although a press conference was scheduled for Monday afternoon.
In addition, the government has agreed to establish a task force on the future of Ontario colleges to look at various issues, including staffing models and the issue of precarious work, said the council release. The union had called for a ratio of 50/50 between full-time staff and those who work part-time hours on contracts.
The union had said it was trying to improve the situation for contract employees who are paid less than full-time professors and are forced to re-apply for their jobs every semester.
The Labour Board will decide when the vote will be taken.
jmiller@postmedia.com
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The Employer Council that represents 24 colleges has asked the Ontario Labour Relations Board to schedule a vote.
The union should suspend the strike and send students back to class while the vote is being organized, said a release from the Council. A vote will take five to 10 days to organize. If the strike is suspended, it would allow for the votes to be held on college campuses, where faculty have been picketing since Oct. 16.
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union’s “insistence on continuing the strike is a terrible outcome for students and faculty,” said Sonia Del Missier, the head of the colleges’ bargaining team, in a statement. “We addressed all faculty priorities and the offer that is available for faculty right now – on the table – should have ended this strike.
“We need to end this strike and get students back in the classroom.”
As the strike heads into its fourth week, there has been increasing pressure on both sides to end the dispute before the school semester is lost for hundreds of thousands of students.
The two sides returned to bargaining last Thursday.
The union had not yet made a public statement by Monday at 1:45 p.m.
“An employer vote is never a preferred path, because a settlement should be reached at the bargaining table,” said Del Missier’s statement. “But we have exhausted all efforts at the bargaining table and now our faculty will decide.”
The last publicly-released management offer included a wage increase of 7.75 per cent over four years. The union said it was fighting for an increase in the number of full-time faculty, more job security for “partial-load” instructors and academic freedom for faculty.
A new offer from management was tabled Monday morning, according to a bulletin from Humber College.
In its statement, the Employer Council said it had listened to the union, and offered better rights and job security for contract faculty, “academic freedom guarantees” and “faster compliance with Bill 148,” the provincial legislation that will prevent employers from paying lower wages to part-time employees. No details were provided, although a press conference was scheduled for Monday afternoon.
In addition, the government has agreed to establish a task force on the future of Ontario colleges to look at various issues, including staffing models and the issue of precarious work, said the council release. The union had called for a ratio of 50/50 between full-time staff and those who work part-time hours on contracts.
The union had said it was trying to improve the situation for contract employees who are paid less than full-time professors and are forced to re-apply for their jobs every semester.
The Labour Board will decide when the vote will be taken.
jmiller@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JacquieAMiller
查看原文...
