Following an unsuccessful round of conciliation meetings between the U of O and the APUO, 80.9 per cent of APUO members voted in favour of going on strike if necessary.
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Inadequate negotiations between the University of Ottawa and their full-time professors led to a protest Wednesday, and the possibility of a late November strike.
On Friday night the union representing University of Ottawa’s 28 power plant operators concluded day one of their strike, as the university takes precautions for possible repercussions in the coming days- despite negotiations planned to continue Saturday morning.
Voting to ratify the new resolution will conclude on Dec. 5, with results to be announced the following day.
The strike notice was filed days after the Ontario Progressive Conservatives promised to repeal the Keeping Students in Class Act (Bill 28).
The University of Ottawa and the union representing its support staff (PSUO-SSUO) have reached a tentative agreement. The details of the new agreement are unknown but the PSUO-SSUO’s 1,300 members will be heading back to work on Friday morning.
Thousands of people took to the streets of the downtown core on Friday, marching on Parliament Hill to push elected officials to implement concrete measures to address the climate crisis.
“The Senate, one of the most powerful governing bodies in our institution, should have cancelled classes this Friday. They should be tasking themselves with assembling a campaign aimed at promoting further education, organization, and collaboration to address this problem,” writes U of O student Lorin Clive D’Arcy Van Dusen.
Ottawa Centre MPP Joel Harden released an open letter to Jacques Frémont, along with the presidents of all other post-secondaries in Ottawa, calling on them to cut classes on Sept. 27 so students, faculty and support staff can attend the protest.
Group of part-time professors in the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute is asking for pay increases, job security and benefits.
Strike would impact part-time professors in the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
The university’s Board of Governors and APTPUO members will attempt to ratify the tentative deal on Nov. 24. If the deal is ratified it will be in place until August 2018, at which point a new deal will need to be negotiated.
Students are directly affected by conditions facing part-time professors—and here’s why When news broke that the Association of Part-Time Professors of the University of Ottawa (APTPUO) voted for a strike mandate, and would be in a legal position to strike if no agreement was reached by Oct. 30, much of the same messages were littered …
In a press release sent out early on Monday, Oct. 30, the University of Ottawa announced that it had reached a tentative deal the Association of Part-Time Professors (APTPUO), meaning the strike will not take place today. However, the negotiations will not be finalized until the agreement has been ratified by the U of O’s Board …
When professors go on strike, they are required to cease all communication with students. As part-time professors currently make up 50 per cent of all teaching staff at the U of O, this could mean that a large portion of the university’s student body would be out of classes indefinitely, which would put midterm exams and other assessments on hold.
According to the APTPUO’s website, the association’s collective agreement with the U of O expired on Aug. 31, 2016. Since then, the association’s bargaining team has held over 14 meetings with the university, however both parties have been unable to come to an agreement.
The strikes at the University of Toronto and York University have brought widespread attention to an issue that has been bubbling just beneath the surface of Canada’s post-secondary institutions for quite some time. On Monday, Mar. 9, York teaching assistants voted not to accept the university’s proposed deal, having been on strike since Mar. 3. …
The University of Ottawa, and its president Allan Rock, have filed a notice of motion seeking to strike the $6-million lawsuit of former U of O hockey players, according to the Ottawa Sun.
Even though the B.C. teachers’ union and the provincial government have signed a tentative deal, I doubt it’ll result in peace between these two parties for very long.
The union representing security staff at Carleton University voted in favour of a deal with the school on March 30.
The union of student workers at the University of Ottawa has passed a strike mandate and could potentially walk off the job during exams in April.
Security staff at Carleton University moved to strike early Monday, March 10 and have set up picket lines at Bronson and University Avenues.
THE UNION REPRESENTING support staff at the University of Ottawa will hold a strike mandate vote Sept. 16 and 17 following collective agreement negotiations with the university since June 2012.
Students can breathe easier now that the potential professors’ strike at the University of Ottawa has been avoided.
The University of Ottawa and its professors will attempt to reach a collective bargaining agreement before Aug. 8 to avoid the possibility of a strike or lockout following months of negotiations
