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Posted by chinamon on Mar-02-2006 12:02:

college teachers strike

anyone here go to college and know how/when we find out if the teachers go on strike?


Posted by infinity HiGH on Mar-02-2006 12:49:

check your school website


Posted by Carney on Mar-02-2006 13:15:

not @ george brown anyways cause im sitting in class right now....
and its reading week too f'n sux


Posted by chinamon on Mar-02-2006 13:23:

source




Update: Academic bargaining information
- posted February 27, 2006

The union representing faculty members, including counsellors and librarians, at Ontario's 24 colleges has issued notice that as of 12:01 a.m. on March 7 a strike could be called if a resolution is not achieved. Further bargaining is scheduled to happen on March 2.

This website is intended to provide the latest information concerning the issues surrounding bargaining and a possible strike at Ontario colleges by the union representing college faculty.

A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page has been created to answer general questions. Please refer to links on the left for more information.

For those with further questions e-mail [email protected]


Posted by infinity HiGH on Mar-02-2006 14:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Carney
not @ george brown anyways cause im sitting in class right now....
and its reading week too f'n sux




i'm at GB too...what classes are you taking that aren't giving you a reading week??


Posted by Matt on Mar-02-2006 14:06:

if it's Seneca, you can probably get updates from the York U current students page (because Seneca has a campus at York)


Posted by Carney on Mar-02-2006 14:09:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH


i'm at GB too...what classes are you taking that aren't giving you a reading week??


im up @ casaloma
im in renovations
taking a computer course on scheduling (Microsoft Project) thurs and fri 8-4...
but on a positive note when this two day course is done, the subject is done for the term...seems like a fair trade i guess esp. since the course is usually on mondays @ 8 am


Posted by TO guy on Mar-02-2006 14:17:

I go to Durham College, last I heard they expect to be out for about three weeks


Posted by KaiLee on Mar-02-2006 14:45:

I go to Humber....possibility of a strike is high and they expect to be out 1-3 weeks


Posted by Badboy29 on Mar-02-2006 14:57:

Man... I don't know what York was smoking when they allowed stupid Seneca to share the campus with them, that's soooo retarted!


Posted by disko-kandi on Mar-02-2006 17:20:

i'm @ GB @ Casa Loma and it's very likely. keeping fingers crossed b/c if the strike is on we'll have our exam next Tues. postponed by at least 2 weeks. hehe! i guess you can just keep checking the news or call up your college.


Posted by Frenchie on Mar-02-2006 19:10:

Last I heard the strike was called off at around 6:00pm last wednesday. If things have changed since , I havent heard about it.


Posted by disko-kandi on Mar-02-2006 19:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Frenchina
Last I heard the strike was called off at around 6:00pm last wednesday. If things have changed since , I havent heard about it.


are you talking about yesterday or last week on wed?
...b/c as far as i heard last nite in class is that there's still uncertainty as to whether it will take place or not.


Posted by Frenchie on Mar-02-2006 19:21:

quote:
Originally posted by disko-kandi
are you talking about yesterday or last week on wed?
...b/c as far as i heard last nite in class is that there's still uncertainty as to whether it will take place or not.


Yes last wednesday. We were in class and the teacher said he wasnt sure, so we were all expecting it to happen. But when I came home, they said on the news that they had dropped it because of certain reasons " I didnt understand what they were talking about" So as far as I know, there isn't one. I go to Seneca @ York btw. And we were all informed that there wasnt one anymore. But I don't know now because people are still asking about it. But all Im saying is that I was told there wasn't going to be one.


Posted by TO guy on Mar-02-2006 19:37:

Are you referring to the CUPE negotiations? The teachers strike has not yet been resolved.


Posted by disko-kandi on Mar-02-2006 19:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Frenchina
Yes last wednesday. We were in class and the teacher said he wasnt sure, so we were all expecting it to happen. But when I came home, they said on the news that they had dropped it because of certain reasons " I didnt understand what they were talking about" So as far as I know, there isn't one. I go to Seneca @ York btw. And we were all informed that there wasnt one anymore. But I don't know now because people are still asking about it. But all Im saying is that I was told there wasn't going to be one.


oh ok. well, as far as i know from our discussions with the instructors at GB yesterday and the day before, they weren't even sure and just told us to keep watching the news or calling in to find out - also b/c we have mid-terms next week ... which would be great b/c i REALLY don't feel like studying this w-e. so i need to know!!!!


Posted by loconet on Mar-02-2006 19:44:

It can still happen..

http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Sto...02-007/page.asp

quote:

There�ll be no one at the head of the class if thousands of college teachers across the province follow through on their threat to strike.

Nearly 9,000 full-time professors and librarians at Ontario�s 24 colleges have vowed to walk out March 7th if no deal is reached with the schools.

Represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), members are pushing for smaller classes, more teachers, and more faculty time for students.

The union is also looking for what it calls "appropriate pay rates" between high schools and universities in order for colleges to hold onto its staff members.

Employees voted more than 80 per cent in favour of labour action last month, but they�re talking this week in the hopes of avoiding a strike.

Colleges' spokesman Rob Savage argues that teachers are being offered a 12.6 per cent wage hike over four years.

He says that would boost a professor's salary to more than $94,000 annually by 2009.

Students at George Brown College, one of Toronto�s largest facilities, are infuriated at the prospect of missing classes because of a strike.

"Students are constantly being caught in the middle of strikes and are tired of it. We are fed up with the persistent cutbacks that result in students being played as pawns," said Nathan Sheils, vice president of the school�s students� association.

"We want to be heard not only by our own educational institutions but by governments (municipal, provincial and federal) that have the power to fix the problem."

The association has demanded that the Ontario government reimburse students for the cost of missed classes, as well as any incidental expenses that might be involved if the semester is expanded or contracted due to a strike.


Posted by disko-kandi on Mar-02-2006 19:47:

thanks for the updated info, loco! that would be EXCELLENT!!! hehehe!


how's RH?


Posted by loconet on Mar-02-2006 20:01:

quote:
Originally posted by disko-kandi
how's RH?


Same old, we moved a bit farther up north and for some reason it _always_ snows north of elgin mills when the rest of RH is clear! It's retarded. .. see what you can do about fixing that! How you been?


Posted by Dancing*Queen on Mar-02-2006 20:25:

Jason:

When the vote agreed to strike the president of Seneca sent an email to my blackboard email account...so check that regularily as in the email it stated they would email us to let us know....also said they would update the website


Posted by Misanthrope on Mar-02-2006 20:28:

Seneca@York here


at least I can avoid the picket line - by going through the fine arts building


maaan i hope we don't strike. We'll be fucked over.


Posted by DJ_Ampz on Mar-02-2006 20:42:

WTF!!!!

They tried to strike last year. This is kinda silly :S

I Understand it all, im honestly not informed on the subjects at hand, but this would make 6 potential or strikes in my 16 yrs of schooling, that i recall.

As for me, Im on Co-op so i guess it doesn;t hurt TOOOO much but would screw up my soccer

Ampz


Posted by Frenchie on Mar-02-2006 23:14:

quote:
Originally posted by beatjunkie
Seneca@York here


at least I can avoid the picket line - by going through the fine arts building


maaan i hope we don't strike. We'll be fucked over.


Exactly my plan! Fine arts building. Go and Visit that massive horse!! lol!!! ahhaha


Posted by KaiLee on Mar-02-2006 23:46:

That's just more time tacked onto the end of our year....

But apparently they can't go more than two weeks


Posted by Misanthrope on Mar-02-2006 23:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Frenchina
Exactly my plan! Fine arts building. Go and Visit that massive horse!! lol!!! ahhaha



I hate that stupid horse.

In fact, majority of york's public art work sucks ass.

barf.


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