Bargaining 2024
College Faculty Full-Time and Partial Load Bargaining Update: Our new collective agreement, layoff disclosure, and the future of our fight
Bargaining Bulletin 23: Exactly a year out from when we first gave Notice to Bargain, full-time and partial-load faculty have been awarded a three-year collective agreement, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027. Despite …
College Faculty Full-Time and Partial Load Bargaining Update: If there was ever a time to come together, it’s now.
Bargaining Bulletin 22: Six months since we first secured dates for mediation-arbitration with the mutually agreed upon Arbitrator William Kaplan, both union and employer met from June 14-16, 2025 to settle the terms of our …
OPSEU/SEFPO Scholarships
OPSEU/SEFPO awards tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships every year. These scholarships are open to all members. There are nine different scholarships – some for members themselves, and some for the children and dependents …
College Faculty bargaining update: Mediation-arbitration dates and the road ahead
Bargaining Bulletin 21 On January 7th, we signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the College Employer Council (CEC), securing agreed-to items and committing the parties to resolve all outstanding items in mediation-arbitration. The parties have now booked …
College Faculty bargaining update: Memorandum of Agreement, mediation-arbitration, and next steps
Bargaining Bulletin 20: Following concerted efforts to see movement at the table on Tuesday, we signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to enter mediation-arbitration with the College Employer Counter (CEC) – in the process, securing …
Following progress at the table, College Faculty agree to settle outstanding contract issues in mediation-arbitration
Bargaining Bulletin 19: From January 6-7, 2025, your College Faculty bargaining team met with the College Employer Council (CEC) in non-binding mediation, in an effort to reach an agreement that protects faculty futures and safeguards …
College strike narrowly averted, faculty turn focus to root causes: “Ford is gambling away Ontario’s future.”
Toronto, ON – After more than six months of negotiations, the bargaining team representing over 15,000 college faculty across Ontario signed a Memorandum of Agreement today with significant benefit gains – particularly for their most …
College Faculty bargaining update: Faculty issue five-day notice of labour action
Bargaining Bulletin 18: Despite half a year of bargaining, college faculty are entering 2025 without a contract in hand. A new year should invite progress, but the employer’s only offer on the table would leave …
College Faculty bargaining update: Defending education starts now
Bargaining Bulletin 17: Today, we received the No Board report we requested from the Ministry of Labour. As per our last update, this initiates the 16-day countdown before labour action, or an employer lockout, can begin …
College Faculty bargaining update: With No Board requested, it’s time to make mediation count
Bargaining Bulletin 16: Despite nearly 30 days of bargaining, 4 days of conciliation, a historic strike mandate, and 3 days of mediation, the College Employer Council (CEC) continues to table a contract that amounts to a …