The College Employers Council and OPSEU, representing more than 10,000 college faculty in Ontario are currently in the midst of negotiating a new collective agreement. They have agreed to the services of a Ministry of Labour conciliator when talks resume on August 14, 2012. The faculty's contract expires on August 31, 2012.

There have been 10 days of bargaining thus far and there are another 11 days scheduled between now and the expiry of the Collective Agreement.

Staff, students and parents can be assured that Humber College is monitoring the situation and that contingency plans are being developed. In the meantime, both bargaining teams are committed to reaching a settlement by the Fall term.

Further updates with regard to academic staff bargaining will be provided as the process unfolds.

Other details of bargaining can be found at www.theCouncil.on.ca and www.opseu.org/caat/caat_ac/caataindex.htm.

Deb McCarthy
Associate Vice-President, Human Resources

All information is posted online at www.humber.ca/update and to the corporate email system under the "Bargaining News 2012" conference on your FirstClass Desktop.