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Today, the CEC and OPSEU met with the OLRB to discuss the dates for the upcoming vote.

Colleges Urge OPSEU to Put Students First and Remain on the Job until Vote Results Released

Last week, CEC received a letter from Smokey Thomas, President of OPSEU regarding the ongoing labour dispute with academic employees. We would like to correct a number of misperceptions and misinformation. Our below response to Smokey includes CEC’s formal response addressing the following matters: College communications, Work-to-rule and the SWF, the reality of introducing terms and conditions, bargaining and next steps.

As we move into the new year and the new term, we recognize the right of CAAT-A to call for labour action. We also want to underscore the rights of employees to participate in that action or to choose not to do so.

As the fall semester comes to a close, we acknowledge how difficult it has been.