Contract Faculty Forward

Non-unionized, precarious Ontario college faculty fiercely devoted to fairness and equity on campus.

[Contract Faculty Forward @ContractFaculty]

It's about time! After almost 7 years our votes will finally be counted!
#Fairness4CF
@OPSEU @CAATfaculty

[OPSEU Local 354 @354Local]

Big news in our bid to unionize all part-time faculty at Ontario's 24 community colleges after nearly seven years of stalling tactics. https://t.co/CTOr4wSLVC

[College Faculty @CAATfaculty]

Exactly a year out from when we first gave Notice to Bargain, full-time and partial-load faculty have been awarded a three-year collective agreement, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027.

Read the latest Bargaining Bulletin:
https://t.co/TsS3qjrlfW

[OPSEU Local 242 @opseulocal242]

The Kaplan Award to resolve this round of bargaining is in!
https://t.co/32s9mvSODE

[College Faculty @CAATfaculty]

Petition: Stop the Shutdown of George Brown College’s EAP Program
Education Is a Right, Not a Business SIGN BELOW 👇
https://t.co/oKcJ6ztgdv

[Contract Faculty Forward @ContractFaculty]

We did it!!
📣🎉👇
#onpse @OPSEU

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

After a 20 year battle - we won! With 88% of ballot-casters voting "yes" we can finally say: over 16,000 part-time & sessional college faculty across Ontario will join OPSEU/SEFPO in one of the largest organizing drives in Canadian history. #onted #onpoli #onlab #cdnpoli

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

After a 20 year battle - we won! With 88% of ballot-casters voting "yes" we can finally say: over 16,000 part-time & sessional college faculty across Ontario will join OPSEU/SEFPO in one of the largest organizing drives in Canadian history. #onted #onpoli #onlab #cdnpoli

[OPSEU Local 242 @opseulocal242]

Wonderful news!!
https://t.co/0gc2qHs742

[College Faculty @CAATfaculty]

“The big issue...is the lack of provincial support for the sector as a whole."
#pse
As Ontario colleges lay off staff and close campuses, executive pay climbs | https://t.co/vQYfD3g1Pf https://t.co/BkqvUp8fmQ

[OPSEU Local 242 @opseulocal242]

"It’s important to understand how colleges became so dependent on the revenue from international tuition.

It’s because the Ontario government has been underfunding college education for over 15 years."
https://t.co/soaIc56gbq

[OPSEU Local 242 @opseulocal242]

"A Star analysis of the provincial salary database of public employees going back to 2014 reveals the number of people with vice-president or dean in their titles has increased 54 per cent at Ontario colleges (double the rate of enrolment)..."
https://t.co/QCmeZ5xsiX

[OPSEU Local 242 @opseulocal242]

“We have been using international students as ATMs,” says Nigmendra Narain, the president of OCUFA. “That doesn’t just degrade the student experience, it degrades us.”
https://t.co/gxMb9Sjm1I

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Going to college in Ontario shouldn't make you feel like just a number. And working at one shouldn't end as just another tally in a list of layoffs.

It doesn't have to be this way. Do something about it at: https://t.co/41MNa2Lel2 ✅

[OPSEU Local 242 @opseulocal242]

How the Doug Ford government has affected college faculty over the past 7 years:
1. Cancelled our collectively-bargained college task force on 1st day in office
2. Substantially increased privatization of our system
3. Has made the post-secondary funding crisis far worse

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[OPSEU Local 242 @opseulocal242]

"In 2019, Ontario Premier Doug Ford imposed a 10 per cent tuition cut, then froze domestic tuition, hamstringing post-secondary budgets. Ford touted lower costs as a win for students and families. It’s not looking like a big win now."
https://t.co/AQpH8tRvfF

[Contract Faculty Forward @ContractFaculty]

@CECouncil @CAATfaculty How you doing with that Unfair Labour Practice complaint filed against you for bargaining in bad faith? Thanks for nothing.

[College Faculty @CAATfaculty]

Using the leverage of a historic strike mandate, faculty were able to compel the CEC to withdraw significant concessions.
CAAT-A members have flexed our collective power in service of a better system.
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[College Faculty @CAATfaculty]

*BARGAINING UPDATE*
Following progress at the table, College Faculty agree to settle outstanding contract issues in mediation-arbitration. 1/2
https://t.co/VoGkE58Ivr

[College Faculty @CAATfaculty]

*BARGAINING UPDATE*
No Board report issued. Defending quality education starts now.
It's time for the colleges and the CEC to drop harmful concessions and start engaging in meaningful bargaining.

Read the full bulletin:
https://t.co/9XjQfm79l3

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

“Our college system is crumbling – we can’t sit back and let its failed stewards bulldoze education,” said Michelle Arbour, acting chair of the faculty bargaining team. “Our basic demands are an antidote, aimed at protecting Colleges as places of education, not cash-grabs.”

[College Faculty @CAATfaculty]

*IMPORTANT BARGAINING UPDATE*

Today the College Faculty Bargaining Team:
-requested a No-Board report from the Ministry of Labour
-filed an Unfair Labour Practice (ULP) complaint with the Ministry of Labour
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Read the Team's full update:
https://t.co/71M6lRIrNz

[Contract Faculty Forward @ContractFaculty]

@CECouncil @CAATfaculty You bargain in bad faith and leave damaging concessions on the table during mediation and you're 'shocked' that faculty are using the only tool they have at their disposal to fight for a fair contract against an intransigent bargaining agent?
Huh.