Bargaining resumes between striking Ontario faculty and colleges

By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted November 2, 2017 11:14 am

Updated November 2, 2017 2:59 pm

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TORONTO – Striking faculty and the council representing Ontario’s 24 colleges resume bargaining today in a bid to end a labour disruption that has left 500,000 students out of class for more than two weeks.

Advanced Education Minister Deb Matthews said yesterday that both sides will return to the bargaining table at the request of a mediator to re-start talks for the first time since the strike began on Oct. 15.

Matthews has resisted calls for provincial intervention in the strike, insisting a resolution must be found at the bargaining table.

The Ontario Public Sector Employees Union has called for the number of full-time faculty to match the number of faculty members on contract, but the colleges have said that would add more than $250 million in costs each year.

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