Ontario college reach agreement with faculty unions, strike averted

Talks continue with college union as strike looms A Ministry of Labour mediator will meet with two sides in college faculty dispute in an attempt to avert a strike.

There will be no strike for 24 Ontario colleges as the College Employer Council and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) have reached an agreement.

College Employer Council posted online just before 11 p.m. Thursday that the two groups have agreed to enter binding arbitration and the strike that was supposed to start on Friday at midnight, is called off.

It went on to say, this includes all work-to-rule strike activities.

The CEC and @OPSEU/ @SEFPO @CAATfaculty have reached an agreement to enter binding interest arbitration and the strike that was scheduled to commence at 12:01am on March 18, 2022, is called off. This also includes all work-to-rule strike activities. pic.twitter.com/HxCWGEG72I

— College Employer Council (@CECouncil) March 18, 2022