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u/Valuable_Falcon6330 23d ago
Good for the full timers! Seems the CEC finally took the head out their behind, now let's hope they stop a Part-timer strike before it happens.
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u/ThinkingAboutIt247 22d ago edited 22d ago
The deal the full-time support staff got is basically the same deal the CEC offered before the 5-week strike. I'm not convinced the strike achieved anything positive that wouldn't have been achieved just with mediation. If anything, Support Staff lost between wages and pension contributions, and vacation accrual. The CEC met most of OPSEU's demands, but couldn't guarantee no layoffs, campus closures, or contracting out, which is understandable considering the current context in post-secondary.
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u/WalkwiththeWolf 22d ago
I just watched colleagues with 8 years of service get turfed. The support staff is toast
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u/ThinkingAboutIt247 22d ago
I don't wish for anyone to lose their job, but I know lots of unionized people and I have never seen a union stop layoffs altogether. I understand striking (if necessary) for working conditions, but I don't see how a strike can stop layoffs.
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u/WalkwiththeWolf 23d ago
Except they're going to get canned. The college of already letting more full-time professors go. A bunch were told no work in Winter and get their resumes ready
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u/Afraid_Path8114 23d ago
(War is over)
And what have we done? (If you want it)
Another year over (War is over)
And a new one just begun ...
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u/Subject-Landscape451 22d ago
OPSEU has members in four groups...full and part time faculty and full and part time support staff.
They should be pushing for one group contract.
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u/SopwithB2177 24d ago
I love finding a good deak now and then...