Updated: January 23, 2025
The College Employer Council (CEC) is the government-mandated bargaining agent for the 24 Ontario publicly funded Colleges that negotiate collective agreements with unionized staff. The following information is being distributed on behalf of the CEC.
CEC-Part-time Support Staff Bargaining Updates
January 23, 2025: The College Employer Council (CEC) has published the "CEC Files for Conciliation" bargaining bulletin update.
Faculty Bargaining Updates
January 8, 2025
We are pleased to report that the College Employer Council and OPSEU, the union representing full-time and partial-load academic employees at Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges, have mutually agreed to enter into binding arbitration. This means that full-time and partial-load academic employees at George Brown College will not be going on strike, and classes will continue as scheduled.
As always, student success remains our top priority, and this development allows us to move forward into the academic year without interruption, fully focused on supporting our students in achieving their academic goals.
CEC-Faculty Bargaining Updates
- January 8, 2025: The College Employer Council (CEC) has published the "Strike Averted at Ontario Colleges" bargaining bulletin update.
- January 6, 2025: The College Employer Council (CEC) has published the "Ontario College Strike Action Is Completely Unnecessary" bargaining bulletin update.
- December 19, 2024: The College Employer Council (CEC) has published the "No Board Report issued" bargaining bulletin update.
- December 12, 2024: The College Employer Council (CEC) has published the "Ontario Public Colleges Shocked by OPSEU Escalation During Mediation" bargaining bulletin update.
- December 9, 2024: The College Employer Council (CEC) has published an "Academic Mediation Continues" bargaining bulletin update.
- November 6, 2024: The College Employer Council (CEC) has published a "Next Step - Mediation" bargaining bulletin update.
- Oct. 18, 2024: The College Employer Council (CEC) has published an "OPSEU Academic Employees Get Strike Mandate - Ontario Colleges’ Offer Mediation-Interest Arbitration" bargaining bulletin update.
- Oct 2, 2024: The CEC publishes the "Collective Agreement Expiry, Conciliation and Strike Vote" bargaining bulletin update.
- Sep 25, 2024: The CEC publishes the "Workload and Monetary Proposals" bargaining bulletin update.
- Sep 19, 2024: The CEC publishes the "Academic Union Requests Strike Vote and Conciliation" bargaining bulletin update.
- Sep 11, 2024: The CEC publishes "Union Seeks More than $1 Billion in 'Non-Monetary' Demands" bargaining bulletin update.
- Aug 1, 2024: The CEC and OPSEU SEFPO CAAT-A bargaining teams begin negotiations on a renewal of the full-time academic collective agreement. Read the full Academic Negotiations Begin update.
