Collective Bargaining
Negotiations News
Current
Issue:
Talks continue
January 23, 2010
Negotiations News Strike mandate brings Colleges back to the
table; Costing analysis of union proposals,
more...
Previous Issues:
What will it take to reach a settlement?
Jan. 19, 2010 The union is hopeful that
the employer will work towards a reasonable and responsible
settlement. more...
Task force report key to quality college education
November 17, 2009 – The
principal and consistent theme of the Report of the Workload Task
Force is that Ontario College workload assignment and general
educational practices should resemble those found in Ontario
universities. more … Management breaks off talks
November 14, 2009 Negotiation News Issue 8:
Management has abruptly broken off negotiations. They have refused
the Union’s offer to continue negotiations and unilaterally imposed
new terms and conditions of employment on faculty.
more...
Report on bargaining
November 2, 2009 Negotiations News Issue 7: The
bargaining teams met October 21-23. In an effort to move talks along,
the Union bargaining team withdrew 17 previously tabled demands and made
11 substantive amendments to other demands. Nothing worked. The employer
disregarded those items that we withdrew and said we hadn’t gone far
enough. more...
York University full-time faculty
reach a settlement
September 30,
2009 Negotiations News Issue
6: "York management respected
the need for workload improvements
and economic bargaining consistent
with the established referent
groups. There will be a successful
settlement in college bargaining
when college management accepts the
same realities."
more...
Talks Recessed
September 1, 2009 Issue 5 Negotiations have been recessed by the conciliator, Mr. Greg Long of the Ministry of Labour. Talks will resume in October, and if necessary, in November. Although the contract expired on August 31, 2009, all the terms and conditions remain in place.
more...
 Negotiations continue
July 30, 2009 Issue 4 What happens if a contract settlement is not reached by August 31?
more... Bargaining is under way
June 23, 2009 Issue 3 On Monday, June 8, the union negotiating team met face-to-face with the
management group.
more... New process squeezes bargaining timelines
May 19, 2009 Issue 2
Contract talks set to start in June.
more... April 29 2009 Bargaining postponed due
to swine flu. We are in the process of confirming other dates with the
employer. more...
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