College instructors give strike mandate green light

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by tpecoskie in News

TERI PECOSKIE
HUMBER ET CETERA

Ontario’s community college instructors approved their union’s strike mandate in a province-wide vote Wednesday.

OPSEU representative Greg Hamara said 57 per cent of instructors voted in favour of strike action if an agreement with Colleges Ontario can’t be reached.

Around 7,300 instructors went to the polls Wednesday and the mandate was endorsed at 18 of the province’s 24 community colleges, he added.

Hamara said he couldn’t comment on which way the vote went at Humber because results from individual schools will not be released to the public.

Even though a… ... [continue reading]

Students await results after college instructors take to polls

Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by tpecoskie in News

TANISHA DUVERNEY and TERI PECOSKIE
HUMBER ET CETERA

Thousands of Ontario community college instructors took to the polls Wednesday to vote on whether to approve their union’s strike mandate if an agreement with Colleges Ontario can’t be reached.

Around 9,000 faculty members were encouraged to vote at 24 campuses across the province after talks between the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and management collapsed midway through December.

According to its website, OPSEU is fighting for instructors to receive a 2.5 per cent pay increase in each year of a three-year contract, a reduced workload and… ... [continue reading]