Bargaining Bulletin #1:
Your Part-Time College Support Staff Bargaining Team hit the bargaining table with the College Employer Council (CEC) every day last week, presenting a comprehensive non-monetary proposal based on the priorities advanced and voted on by our membership. We are committed to continuing to work toward the fair and equitable settlement our membership deserves, with monetary proposals to follow at our next meeting.
Central to our non-monetary proposal are more transparent hiring and classification processes, standardized job descriptions, career development and access to full-time opportunities, a shorter probationary period, improved worker protections, and stronger sexual harassment language. We believe these items are essential to addressing systemic inequities, maintaining morale, and ensuring our members’ needs are met.
Part-time support staff play an integral role in making colleges a better place to work and study – improving their working conditions means investing in a better college. The minimum provincial standards are not good enough.
Click here to view our non-monetary proposal presented last week to the employer.
Our next dates at the bargaining table with the employer will take place between March 25-28, 2024. These coming weeks will be crucial to building a united front behind our priorities. Our work is valuable and our members deserve reprieve from living on the razor’s edge of precarity.
Bargaining in Blue – Show Your Support!
Last week, members across the province wore blue to send a strong message of support that we stand behind Part-Time Power. Let’s continue to make every Wednesday a sea of blue until we have a fair contract on the table. Be sure to take a photo with your colleagues and forward them to [email protected].
In solidarity,
Your College Support Part-Time Bargaining Team:
Noor Askandar, George Brown College, Chair
Sara McArthur, Mohawk College, Vice-Chair
Doreen Follett, Algonquin College, Member
Torsten Hamelin, George Brown College, Member
Aliza Kassam, George Brown College, Member
Paula Naylor, Sault College, Member
Natalie Williams, Sheridan College, Member
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