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Bargaining Update - Ontario colleges seek arbitration to avoid union strike
CEC today proposed binding mediation/arbitration to OPSEU after the union requested a “No Board Report” from the Ministry of Labour regarding full-time support staff at Ontario’s 24 public colleges.
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Bargaining Update - A strike cannot make unrealistic demands affordable
It is important to address some misleading and/or incomplete information that the OPSEU FTSS bargaining team recently published regarding its more than 45 demands.
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Bargaining Update - Ontario colleges stand firm in face of unreasonable demands and strike vote
CEC and OPSEU engaged in dialogue in an effort to reach an agreement that benefits college full-time support staff and respects the serious financial challenges currently facing Ontario colleges.
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Case Studies

College Demonstrates Commitment to Combat Sexual Violence

In a recent arbitration decision, a public College successfully argued that Sexual Violence in the workplace is conduct that is of such a serious nature that termination is justified in the absence of serious mitigating circumstances.    

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