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Welcome to Local 558
BARGAINING NEWS
General Meeting on Management's proposed offer
with union bargaining team rep Sheila Bell
| When: | Tuesday February 9, 2010
| Time: | 5:00 - 6:30 PM
| Where: | Armenian Centre (Rembrandt Catering) 930 Progress - beside Centennial Residence
| Light refreshments will be served.
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As you know, Ontario's community college professors, librarians and councilors are currently bargaining for a new Collective Agreement. In a show of province-wide support, faculty gave their bargaining team a strike mandate on January 13.
On February 3, the Colleges called for a vote on their offer of settlement, which will be conducted on February 10. [voting times & locations] Your union recommends that members vote no to this offer, which contains significant takeaways and does not address crucial workload and academic freedom issues. In the event that the membership rejects management's offer, the Bargaining Team has extended the strike deadline to February 17 to allow more time to negotiate. For OPSEU's press release on this matter, click here.
What's the deal with management's offer?
What will management's offer mean? Find information here on the issues that matter to you.
While OPSEU believes that a negotiated fair deal is still possible, Local 558 has established a local strike coordinating team, who has been busy getting organized-just in case! Strike preparations do not necessarily mean that we will be going out; however, we want to be prepared. Please help us send a strong message that Ontario's community college faculty want a fair deal.
A few important things to remember:
- For a Q&A on some of your general strike questions, click here.
- For up-to date bargaining news, click here to go to our provincial bargaining team website.
- If you are an OPSEU 558 member (full-time or partial load), it is extremely important to give the union a non-college email address so we can keep in touch with you in the event of a strike or lockout. If you have not already provided one to the union, please email me with your name, unit and non-college email address at: opseu558@gmail.com
- In the event of a strike, to receive pay for picket duty, you will need to sign a "Form B". We would like to get these forms signed and processed as soon as possible so there will be no delay in your pay. Please print, fill out and sign this Form B, and then send it to the Union Office at Progress Campus, Room D-316. Click here to download the form.
- If you don't have your union number we will look it up before we send it to OPSEU Head Office. If you want to picket at another College, you are responsible for getting permission to do this from the local union where you will be picketing. Have them sign under "receiving local" and then return this form to Centennial, OPSEU Local 558.
- You can reach me and other members of the strike coordinating team in the union office at Progress Campus: 416.694.2575.
- In the event of a strike, we will post updated contact information on this site.
As more information becomes available, I will distribute it to you through your steward, by email, and on this website.
I'd like to thank you for your patience and commitment to ensuring that we get a fair deal that supports quality education in Ontario's community colleges.
In solidarity,
Jacques O’Sullivan
President, OPSEU Local 558
Strike Team
| Strike Coordinator: | Jacques O’Sullivan
| Strike Communications: | RM Kennedy
| Picket Coordinator: | Debra Warren
| Ashtonbee Picket Coordinator: | Gus Wright
| Morningside Picket Coordinator: | Allan Reid
| Progress & Residence Picket Coordinators: | Pauline Camuti & Chris Brown
| Picket & Top-up pay: | Phil Cunnington
| Strike Office Manager: | Patricia Steger
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