Strike Vote

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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 precarious members, making up the majority of the workforce. While the two sides otherwise remain at an...

TORONTO, ON –  Faculty across Ontario’s 24 public colleges, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO, have delivered a historic strike mandate to their bargaining team, sending a strong message that workers will not tolerate the employer’s serious concessions taking precedence over a fair contract which invests in quality education. On Friday, October 18th, college faculty concluded a province-wide...

Due to a localized issue at one College with members not receiving voting credentials, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) conducted strike mandate vote has been extended until tomorrow, October 18th, at 12 p.m. (noon). By now, all members should have received an email to their College email address from the Ontario Labour Relations Board...

As you enter a well-deserved weekend of rest with your loved ones and friends, here is our final bargaining bulletin before the upcoming strike mandate vote from October 15-17. Despite our concerns with the CEC’s inconsistent commitment to bargaining, their use of captive audience messaging, and the serious concessions they have tabled, we have entered...

TORONTO – Without a renewal agreement in hand on the first day of contract expiry, over 15,000 college faculty – including full-time and partial-load professors and instructors, counsellors, and librarians – will hold a strike mandate vote between October 15th and 17th, authorizing labour action should a fair agreement fail to be reached. The OPSEU/SEFPO...

College Faculty Strike Vote 2024: October 15-17 Starting Tuesday, October 15th at noon through to Thursday, October 17th at 3:00 p.m., College Faculty will be taking a province-wide strike vote. The vote will be held online and by phone. Vote YES for student and faculty futures, vote YES for quality education! Why are we taking...

Printable PDF What is “conciliation”? “Conciliation” occurs when one or both bargaining parties believe that a third party can move negotiations forward. At any point during negotiations, Ontario’s Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (CCBA) allows OPSEU/SEFPO or the College Employer Council (CEC) to request neutral third-party assistance to help resolve their differences. A request for conciliation...

Join us Monday June 17 at 7:30pm for an important strike update We made history, together. And we’re still building our momentum. Over the course of the last four days, 8060 LCBO members (86%) voted – making this the biggest strike vote ever at the LCBO – and 97% voted YES! This is our supermajority of LCBO workers in action....

The LCBO doesn’t want to bargain. That’s why we need every single LCBO worker to participate in next week’s strike vote to show them we’re not backing down. All members’ meeting on Tuesday June 11. Bargaining Update #5: June 7, 2024 We were back at the bargaining table with the employer again this week. In...

LCBO Strike Vote 2024: June 12-15 We’re holding an online and phone strike vote! Together, we can vote YES to win! Why are we taking a strike vote? Ford’s fixated on fast-tracking the expansion of alcohol sales to help fast-track an election. He’s wasting more than $1 billion of our money to do it. And...

Doug Ford and the LCBO are expanding privatization right now, and we’re fighting back! Between now and June 12, we need to talk to every worker at the LCBO about why they need to vote YES. Vote Yes Kit To download the worksheet to collect the information from coworkers in your store about their commitment...

Workers at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa, members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 454, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike with 85 per cent in support.   These workers do the crucial and irreplaceable work of ensuring that kids, families, and their communities are safe. The 330 members provide vital interventions, care, and protect...