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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1499 .... October 20,
2017<br>
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<p>More than 12,000 Ontario public college faculty were on the
picket line rather than in their classrooms on Monday morning
after talks between the Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(OPSEU) and the College Employer Council failed to produce a
tentative collective agreement.<br>
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"On October 14, we presented Council with a streamlined offer
that represented what faculty consider to be the bare minimum we
need to ensure quality education for students and treat contract
faculty fairly," said JP Hornick, chair of the union bargaining
team. "We carefully crafted a proposal that responded to
Council’s concerns about costs in a fair and reasonable way."<br>
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"Unfortunately, Council refused to agree on even the no-cost
items, such as longer contracts for contract faculty and
academic freedom," she said. "This leaves us with no choice but
to withdraw our services until such time as our employer is
ready to negotiate seriously."<br>
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Hornick said Council is committed to a "Walmart model of
education" based on reducing the role of full-time faculty and
exploiting underpaid contract workers who have no job security
beyond one semester.<br>
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OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas called the current
impasse "regrettable" but said college faculty have the full
backing of the union’s 130,000 members and their $72-million
strike fund.<br>
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"Our union has a track record of getting deals done without work
stoppages," he said. "Unfortunately, that has not happened in
this case. Nonetheless, I encourage the colleges to get back to
the table so we can wrap this up swiftly, for the good of
students and faculty alike."<br>
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OPSEU represents professors, instructors, counsellors, and
librarians working at 24 public colleges across Ontario.</p>
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