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Ontario Public Service Employees Union votes to reject College Employer Council’s offer to settle

Written on November 17, 2017. Posted in News.

On Nov. 16, the Ontario Public Services Employees Union (OPSEU) voted to reject the College Employer Council’s (CEC) Nov. 6 offer to settle ongoing disputes in a landslide 86 per cent vote against the proposed contract. OPSEU called the vote “historic.” JP Hornick, chair of the faculty bargaining...

Collective bargaining resumes in Ontario colleges province-wide strike

Written on November 3, 2017. Posted in News.

In a news release on Wednesday, David Scott from the College Employer Council said the negotiations regarding the current Ontario Colleges strike will resume Thursday, Nov. 2. After the Ontario Public Services Employees Union (OPSEU) and faculty failed to reach an agreement on Oct. 16, Ontario colleges...

St. Lawrence College grapples with Ontario colleges’ strike

Written on October 20, 2017. Posted in News.

After failing to reach an agreement between faculty and the Ontario Public Services Employees Union (OPSEU), Ontario colleges have gone on strike. As a result, more than 300,000 students across the province are wondering how their academic years will progress. Just over two kilometers from the JDUC,...

PSAC strike looms, union asks Queen’s to rejoin table

Written on October 21, 2016. Posted in News.

Over the course of a three-day vote on Oct. 13, 14, and 17, Queen’s postdocs voted in favour of a strike if Queen’s administration didn’t return to the bargaining table, after their negotiations broke down last month. “No one wants a strike, but we’re being forced by Queen’s to take action to get...

Postdocs plan strike vote

Written on October 14, 2016. Posted in News.

As of Oct. 5, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) — the union representing Queen’s post-doctoral scholars — say that Queen’s ceased contract negotiation with them. In turn, PSAC will be conducting strikes votes on Oct. 13, 14 and 17. In an email statement, Craig Berggold, Local 901 president,...

Postdocs make a plea for equity

Written on September 9, 2016. Posted in News.

At 10 a.m. on August 31, a box plastered with Queen’s campaign materials and containing scores of Mr. Noodles packages, were delivered to Principal Daniel Woolf’s office. Each package contained a message, personally addressed to Woolf himself. “Your luxury is our poverty,” one pack said. “It’s a...

Faculty strike possible following conciliation request

Written on July 28, 2015. Posted in News.

A strike vote has been placed on the bargaining table by the Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) after difficulties coming to a new collective agreement with the University. After the University and QUFA couldn’t agree upon several tenets of the new collective agreement — including the...

QJSports: CFL strike

Written on June 28, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

It’s often quite hard for the common fan to sympathize with unions of professional athletes and groups of owners looking to lockout part or all of their season due to a labour dispute. From an average fan’s perspective, it can seem like the difference between the two groups is often just a matter...

Settlement reached between University and public employees union

Written on August 7, 2011. Posted in News.

A tentative agreement between Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Queen’s administration was reached at noon on Saturday, avoiding a possible strike or lockout. CUPE officials and University administrators had until Monday at midnight to reach a settlement and avoid a strike or lockout position....

Ready to strike

Written on July 26, 2011. Posted in News.

Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) could soon be in a legal strike or lockout position after the administration applied for a No Board report on July 25. The union’s bargaining unit has been in negotiations with the University for the past six months. A No Board report calls an end to conciliation...

Deadline looms for union

Written on July 26, 2011. Posted in News.

Three locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) could be in a legal strike or lockout position as early as July 29 after Queen’s administration filed a No Board Report on July 6. The report, which marks a 17-day countdown until a strike or lockout can legally occur, was issued by the...

Stand-off on labour talks

Written on July 26, 2011. Posted in Opinions.

Bob Silverman, Provost and Vice Principal of Academics Universities are about learning—all aspects of learning. There is the learning in the undergraduate classroom. There is the learning of graduate students, arriving at fresh insights in their fields of study. And there is the learning of seasoned...

Faculty strike possible

Written on June 28, 2011. Posted in News.

A union of faculty, librarians and archivists at Queen’s could strike if an agreement with the administration isn’t reached by June 30. Since its contract expired at the end of April, Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) has been negotiating with the University. According to a bargaining...

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Ontario Public Service Employees Union votes to reject College Employer Council’s offer to settle

Collective bargaining resumes in Ontario colleges province-wide strike

St. Lawrence College grapples with Ontario colleges’ strike

PSAC strike looms, union asks Queen’s to rejoin table

Postdocs plan strike vote

Postdocs make a plea for equity

Faculty strike possible following conciliation request

QJSports: CFL strike

Settlement reached between University and public employees union

Ready to strike

Deadline looms for union

Stand-off on labour talks

Faculty strike possible

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