Local 125 Work-To-Rule Information Sessions
We will be hosting two Work-To-Rule information sessions after the Provincewide Work-To-Rule Information Meeting:
Thursday, January 6 from 4:30 – 5:30pm – check your email for the meeting invite
Friday, January 7 from 11:30am – 12:30pm – check your email for the meeting invite
If you have a question now that you’d like to have answered during the session, please share it with us anonymously in the form linked below. Having your questions in advance will allow us to provide comprehensive answers. Questions during the sessions will be welcome too!
https://forms.office.com/r/wMtN4uM3wq
Work-To-Rule SWF Guide for Full Time Faculty
The Work-To-Rule SWF (Standard Workload Form) Guide attached below highlights the workload limits for each week so you can keep track of the time spent on preparation, evaluation/feedback, and complementary functions. We recommend using Toggl, a free and easy to use app that you can use from your computer or phone. For a detailed overview of the SWF, please watch the series of videos here.
Message from the Bargaining Team
You may have received a message from your College, “Your Right to Choose Regarding Work-to-Rule.”
We appreciate the College Employer Council’s latest update, in which they remind faculty members that every college employee “has the legally protected right” to engage in work-to-rule or other labour action without fear of reprisal.
As the CEC correctly identified, faculty are in a legal strike position, and the protections of the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (CCBA) and Collective Agreement apply. Faculty should, therefore, not experience reprisal from the colleges for participating in the work-to-rule action.
From a union perspective, solidarity is the foundation of our strength, and participation as a union member in job action is required to demonstrate that strength. While the CCBA allows individual faculty the ability to cross a picket line by performing struck work, doing so undermines the very solidarity required for successful job action.
Today’s message from the CEC was clearly intended to stoke fear and division among faculty, and is likely attributable to the incredible strength and solidarity faculty are currently demonstrating during our first ever work-to-rule job action.
In one key respect, we agree: no college should reprise against faculty for exercising their rights, or participating in their union.
In solidarity,
JP, Jonathan, Katie, Michelle, Ravi, Rebecca, Shawn