To every single Ontario college faculty: today we did something incredible. We voted, like never before. We spoke the truth. We exercised our academic freedom. And we are making a profound difference.
You know something is critically wrong with the system when some striking faculty can't even pay their rent/mortgage and still #VoteToReject the CEC forced offer. Shame on the CEC for not negotiating in good faith. Negotiating is the best path to a resolution. #aBetterPlan
College students have been in the middle of this strike for too long. Our government is taking action to get them back into the classroom https://t.co/7YMlWESRCM
"If there is going to be legislation, it should include measures to disband the College Employer Council altogether." I agree @OPSEUSmokey! https://t.co/SuJfVroMTD
"Council is a shadowy agency beyond the reach of freedom-of-information and salary disclosure laws, yet it is funded entirely by public dollars and students’ tuition" They need to account for their actions! https://t.co/HgdHZJbueQ
Dear students:when we answered emails@ 3am, gave extensions b/c you had a tough week or listened as you cried in our office about life. That wasn’t us being paid. It was us caring. You trusted us then, trust us now. The strike is so we can still be there for you #standWithFaculty
Very interesting. @Kathleen_Wynne has just said that binding arbitration is NOW AN OPTION. BUT before the vote it wasn’t. Who’s spinning what falsities. #wepaytolearn
Hey @CollegesOntario#CEC, your students are suing you, your faculty in the strongest terms has said no to a bad deal. Sorry it has been such a tough day. Maybe you could learn from your mistakes before it is too late?
@local350#YouveMadeYourOwnBed...
BREAKING: Talks now back on between colleges & faculty, @OPSEU president Smokey Thomas tells reporters. Says province asked both sides to agree to media blackout. #collegestrike https://t.co/dYPVRCgoum
If you can't pay a living wage, your business is unsustainable. #15AndFairness
If your college can't function without systematic exploitation of 70% of its faculty, it's the system that's unsustainable, not our demands for fair treatment.
Let's find a way through, together.