Ontario colleges faculty strike averted

The bargaining agent for Ontario’s 24 public faculties and the union representing school have agreed to enter into binding arbitration, avoiding a strike.

The Faculty Employer Council and the Ontario Public Companies Workers Union met this week in Toronto for mediation following months of bargaining.

The union, which represents greater than 15,000 school members throughout the province, had mentioned some type of labour motion may have begun on Thursday after it gave 5 days’ discover final week.

It mentioned Tuesday that “vital profit good points” have been agreed upon with the employers however that the edges in any other case remained at an deadlock, with the excellent gadgets to be resolved by the arbitrator.

Key points embody work situations, job safety and high quality of training.

The Faculty Employer Council says courses will proceed as scheduled this week.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 7, 2025.