Monthlong Faculty Strike Continues in Ontario

Inside Higher Ed
By Elizabeth Redden
November 17, 2017

A more than monthlong strike of faculty at Ontario's 24 public two-year colleges will continue after 86 percent of union members voted to reject the College Employer Council's contract offer.  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union reported Thursday that 95 percent of the 12,841 members on its voter list cast a ballot.

The union's bargaining team had called on members to reject the offer, having objected to various provisions including those relating to faculty workload and academic freedom.  The college's offer included a 1.75 percent wage increase in the first year of the contract, followed by 2 percent increases for each of the next three years.

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