March 3, 2004 Issue 18 Thank You Everyone. Settlement Highlights.
February 20, 2004 Issue 17 Strike mandate - 74.5%.
Strike vote percentages - by college
February 3, 2004 Issue 16 No deal despite union efforts.
ACAATO agrees that quality is eroding.
E-learning: ACAATO says it is wave of the future; Management says it is not an issue (ACAATO is right!)
January 19, 2004 Issue 15 Management is misleading: the big issue is quality education. Return to Work offer a big step backward. Workload: We won't back down
January 7, 2004 Issue 14. Unrealistic offer. Salary offer is completely inadequate. Recent secondary school settlements. Workload gains vital to quality of education.
December 9, 2003 Issue 13 Workload is a key issue... Parties wide apart on workload. Having an army of part-time staff short-changes students. Our salary demand in context.
November 26, 2003 Issue 12 Why a strike vote in February? Strong case for college spending, despite deficit. Management's workload language would erode quality. Lost drug coverage is not 'convenient'
November 12, 2003 Issue 11
Management salary comments are seriously misleading
October 22, 2003 Issue 10 No settlement - yet; Strike vote in early 2004. Colleges reject improvement to professional development. Job security a factor in quality education. E-learning makes copyright more vital.
October 10. 2003 Issue 9 Attack on the workload formula. Back to Bargaining. College presidents get nice raises. Health care costs make retirees sick. Support Staff reject 3% offer. Return to work: Our proposal would cut costs, help members back to work
September 22, 2003 Issue 8 This election matters to your contract. Support staff are voting Oct. 7. The fight for quality continues. Drug card offer is tied to concessions.
September 2, 2003 Issue 7
No settlement reached yet.
Workload formula was hard won; we're not giving it up.
Salary offer woefully inadequate
May 15, 2003 Issue 6 Overwhelming (98%) rejection. A mandate to bargain. There's time for a deal. Strike vote possible. Collective agreement must address key issues.
April 23, 2003 Issue 5
Reject management's offer May 8. Four good reasons to say NO. Management rejects return-to-work plan.
April 9, 2003 Issue 4
Colleges attack workload again; Nothing on quality of education. Management's proposals on workload. Management wants major concessions. Concession demands go beyond workload.
March 7, 2003 Issue 3
Secondary School Boards in negotiations. Strike votes. Return to Work Program a key demand. The relationship between Quality and Compensation.
February 24, 2003 Issue 2 The Double Cohort: They can't make it work without us. Workload. e-teaching. End the
Discrimination. Professional Development. Needs Getting Ready.
January 14, 2003 Issue 1 Negotiations are beginning; Current contract expires Aug. 31: Double cohort will stress the system, Salary and workload priorities, Quality of programs compromised, The key to winning negotiations, Meet your negotiation team, We're not alone.
