March 24, 2006 10:15
pm
Back to Class Monday
Striking Ontario college faculty and their students will be back in
class on Monday, March 27. OPSEU representatives will be available
at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto to discuss details.
College management and the union bargaining team signed an agreement
today that will see outstanding issues resolved through voluntary
binding arbitration. The union team first proposed the idea on
Wednesday, March 22.
“It
took two days for the employer to agree to our proposal, but the
strike is over,” said college faculty bargaining team chair Ted
Montgomery. “We are very pleased that the improvements to education
quality that we have been fighting for will now be dealt with by an
arbitrator who will consider our proposals, and the employer’s, on
their merits.”
“We
have full confidence in the research and the reasoning that went
into crafting our proposals for this round,” Montgomery said.
“Today’s news is good news.”
The
arbitrator will also consider salary issues. All other matters have
either been agreed to or will remain unchanged in the next
collective agreement.
The
current contract expired on Aug. 31, 2005.
