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Oakville Beaver, 24 Mar 2022, p. 5

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5 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,M arch 24,2022 insidehalton.com For a Free consultation call oakville: 905.842.2022 ToronTo: 416.644.3999 Denied Disabled Benefits? I canhelp. My team of experienced lawyers can help you with: • Disability Claims Short-Term Disability, long-Term Disability, CPP • Car accidents • Slip and Falls • Wrongful Dismissal Injured? I don't get paid unless I getYoumoneY. oFFiCeS in oakville and ToronTo eMail: sspadafora@slspc.ca Disability and EmploymEnt law Disability Founded in 1991 Peter Watson MBA, CFP®, R.F.P., CIM®, FCSI Jennifer Watson MBA, CFP®, CIM® Accepting new clients. Please visit www.watsoninvestments.com to book a free consultation. Offering safe virtual meetings and e-signatures for new client onboarding. "Our clients enjoy talking about their retirement dreams and we enjoy helping them get there." Peter & Jennifer info@watsoninvestments.com (905) 842 -2100 A strike by Sheridan College faculty, as well as the faculties of 23 other colleges across Ontario, has been averted. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), which represents the faculty members, and the College Em- ployer Council (CEC), the gov- ernment-mandated bargaining agent for the colleges, issued a joint statement on the evening of Thursday, March 17, noting the parties had reached an agree- ment to enter binding interest arbitration. As a result, the strike that was scheduled to commence at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, March 18 has been called off. This also concludes all work- to-rule strike activities, which the faculty members had been engaged in since Dec. 18, 2021. The agreement follows virtu- al bargaining table talks be- tween the two parties and a Min- istry of Labour appointed media- tor. "We are pleased to advise that after 12 hours at the bargaining table, the parties have agreed to unconditional interest arbitra- tion on both parties' outstanding issues. Hearing dates mutually convenient to the parties will be scheduled soon," said Dr. Laurie Rancourt, Chair of the manage- ment bargaining team. "We remain committed to put- ting students and their educa- tion first." Jack Urowitz, president of OPSEU Local 244, which repre- sents the 1,100 to 1,200 professors, instructors, librarians and coun- sellors at Sheridan's three cam- puses in Oakville, Mississauga and Brampton, was also pleased by the news. "We couldn't be happier. We didn't want to strike," he said. "But I'll tell you, we offered them binding interest arbitra- tion back in October or Novem- ber, and we offered it continually throughout the whole time, and they waited until the last 10 min- utes to accept." The CEC had been calling for final offer selection arbitration, in which the arbiter chooses one side's proposal over the other side's proposal. The union rejected that form of arbitration because they said it did not involve bargaining, but simply the declaration of a win- ner and a loser. The faculty workers have been without a contract since Sept. 30, 2021. At the heart of the matter are union demands related to: • workload • additional time to prepare online courses • the ability to carry over ben- efits to new contracts • a requirement to get faculty consent before the college can sell or reuse faculty-created course materials • the introduction of dispute resolution mechanisms for com- mittees dealing with employ- ment equity, workload, Indigeni- zation and Truth and Reconcilia- tion. With the strike averted, col- lege programs will continue nor- mal operations and program de- livery. FACULTY STRIKE AT SHERIDAN COLLEGE AVERTED DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS AGREEMENT CONCLUDES ALL WORK-TO-RULE STRIKE ACTIVITIES Sheridan College classes will continue after a strike was averted last week. Graham Paine/Metroland

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