Following progress at the table, College Faculty agree to settle outstanding contract issues in mediation-arbitration
From January 6-7, 2025, your College Faculty bargaining team met with the College Employer Council (CEC) in non-binding mediation, in an effort to reach an agreement that protects faculty futures and safeguards quality education.
Today, the parties signed a Memorandum of Agreement, with significant benefit gains, particularly for our most precarious members. Using the leverage of a historic strike mandate, faculty were able to compel the CEC to withdraw significant concessions. The parties have agreed to send all outstanding items to mediation-arbitration with Arbitrator William Kaplan.
CAAT-A members have flexed our collective power in service of a better system. Back in October, nearly 80% of our members delivered a historic strike mandate – sending the strong message that faculty are prepared to strike to protect education. In the lead up to labour action, we began preparations to exercise that leverage.
Binding arbitration is a process workers can utilize to resolve outstanding items from negotiations in front of an arbitrator. As arbitration involves a third-party arbitrator weighing both parties’ proposals to rule on a final agreement, it was essential to the team that harmful concessions proposed by the employer that would erode our working conditions were off the table. Sufficient progress was made today on key priorities to clear the way towards a fair deal.
Please read the latest bargaining update here: Following progress at the table, College Faculty agree to settle outstanding contract issues in mediation-arbitration