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The College Employer Council (CEC), representing Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges, today calls on the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) to engage in non-binding mediation to break a months-long impasse in negotiations with the part-time college support staff.

CEC newsletter: college HR personnel examined the classification arbitration process; deadline for partial-load optional benefits applications passed; part-time academic employees have officially unionized; significant dates approaching in collective bargaining

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), on April 14, 2025, officially confirmed and approved the establishment of a union for part-time and sessional professors, instructors, counsellors and librarians at all 24 Ontario public colleges.

Several Ontario colleges were recognized as top employers, regionally and nationally. Sixteen Ontario colleges and polytechnics were recognized as leaders in national applied research. Additional benefits services have been introduced for Ontario colleges.  As well, there are a few dates coming up in Ontario college bargaining that you should have on your radar.

Students, employees, and the greater College community deserve certainty without the possibility of labour action looming ahead, and it is for that reason that on January 23, 2025, the CEC has filed for conciliation with the part-time support staff bargaining team.