Toronto – The way Ontario’s 24 public Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology are being referred to by the minister has the union representing faculty and staff concerned about the government’s intentions for colleges.
The application deadline for the OPSEU Larry Cripps Scholarship and Global Solidarity Scholarships is June 15, 2017.
Advanced Education Minister Deb Matthews has told colleges to change their plans for executive pay increases that students and union leaders termed unfair and out of line with other college workers.
Toronto – Radical proposals in a leaked PricewaterhouseCooper report, including slashing thousands of faculty and support staff jobs, will hurt college students, says the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), which represents more than 20,000 college workers.
The chair of OPSEU’s College Academic Workers Divisional Executive continued to question the logic of hiking executive pay when colleges continue to experience tight budgets that are limiting frontline resources for students.
