Ontario’s nine-thousand community college teachers will vote on a so-called final contract offer next Wednesday, and the union has moved its strike deadline as a result.
The deadline had been next Thursday, but union negotiator Ted Montgomery says it has been moved to February 17th to allow for more talks should the offer be voted down.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board will oversee the vote by college faculty on the proposed contract, which was rejected by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. The chair of the colleges’ bargaining team, Rachael Donovan, calls it “a fair and reasonable offer” that includes a 5.9 per cent wage hike over three years.
