Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Potential Provincial College Strike Brewing

Ontario's college support staff union warned Saturday that the beginning of the Ontario college school year is at risk.
More than 8,000 workers who are part of the Ontario Public Services Union have been in new contract talks since June, and the union warns that "there has been no meaningful dialogue from negotiators representing management."
Their last contract is set to expire the day before the start of the school year on August 31st, and OPSEU says that management is "avoiding serious negotiations until the deadline is reached. Both sides are set to return to the negotiating table for a week of talks starting tomorrow.