The opportunity of a strike at Ontario’s 24 public faculties continues to loom giant over campuses, there is not any indication the 2 sides are any nearer to reaching a deal.
If something, the 2 sides seem additional aside than ever with simply two days to go earlier than professors, instructors, and librarians stroll off the job.
The School Employer Council accuses the Ontario Public Service Staff Union of “unnecessary escalation” whereas the union accuses the council of “working towards college pursuits.”
The 2 events within the labour dispute meet with a mediator once more on Tuesday.
OPSEU represents professors, instructors, and librarians, and final week gave its five-day discover of a labour motion. Its members may strike on Thursday.
In accordance with the council, OPSEU seems set on sending its members to the picket line. It stated the union has refused binding arbitration and its calls for would price over $1-billion.
“Since July, we have been explaining to the union the monetary challenges going through the school sector, together with $1.7-billion in losses, and emphasizing the significance of making certain their calls for are moderately aligned with these realities,” stated CEC CEO Graham Lloyd.
“We love our work. We need to be in our lecture rooms, labs, libraries, and places of work supporting college students,” stated OPSEU final week. “However our work cannot come at the price of floating the school system on our unpaid labour, about $24,500 per college member yearly.”
The council nonetheless hopes a deal might be reached to avert Thursday’s deliberate strike. It first proposed binding arbitration final October, “the standard method of settling previous labour disputes between the CEC and OPSEU within the post-secondary sector.”
