No strike at colleges in Mississauga, Brampton and Hamilton
Published March 18, 2022 at 12:15 am
At the literal 11th hour, a strike was averted at public colleges in Ontario, including campus in Mississauga, Brampton and Hamilton.
Late Thursday night, just over an hour before a strike deadline, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) college faculty bargaining team and the College Employer Council (CEC) announced they will enter binding interest arbitration to resolve all outstanding issues. After a year of negotations, and work-to-rule campaigns, the college teachers were due to strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday, leaving students at campus such as Centennial in Brampton, Sheridan in Mississauga and Mohawk in Hamilton wondering when they would receive their final grades for the term.
Binding interest arbitration was what OPSEU has suggested in order to hammer out a new collective agreement for the some 16,000 full-time college teachers across Ontario. It was also used in 2017 to resolve a five-week-long strike that was the longest in the history of Ontario’s public colleges.
The agreement also means that all work-to-rule activity will cease.
The CEC and @OPSEU/ @SEFPO @CAATfaculty have reached an agreement to enter binding interest arbitration and the strike that was scheduled to commence at 12:01am on March 18, 2022, is called off. This also includes all work-to-rule strike activities. pic.twitter.com/HxCWGEG72I
— College Employer Council (@CECouncil) March 18, 2022
*CAAT-A BARGAINING ANNOUNCEMENT*
The parties have reached an agreement to enter binding interest arbitration and the strike that was scheduled to commence at 12:01 am on March 18, 2022, is called off.
This also concludes all work-to-rule strike activities. pic.twitter.com/ab9966pVXh— College Faculty (@CAATfaculty) March 18, 2022
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INsauga's Editorial Standards and PoliciesOPSEU/SEFPO’s college faculty bargaining team and the College Employer Council have issued the following statement: https://t.co/2iq8zKgJh2 #OnLab #OnPoli pic.twitter.com/P9TXfgVCZx
— OPSEU (@OPSEU) March 18, 2022