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The past two years have been really hard for everyone. Every time we thought College life might be returning to normal, the pandemic would worsen, and situations across the globe developed. It is therefore with much regret that we advise that on March 14, the OPSEU academic employees representing full-time and partial-load professors, instructors, librarians, and counsellors have given notice that they refuse to moderate their demands and they will withdraw their services starting a full walk-out strike on Friday, March 18, 2022.

We are in receipt of the OSA Release expressing concern about whether the semester will be disrupted by a faculty strike or an escalation of work-to-rule such as we see beginning Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022.

Of the 66% that voted, 62% voted to reject the employer final offer. This means that 41% of the bargaining unit rejected the offer.

The outcome of the vote will be determined by a majority of the ballots cast. If you don’t vote, others will be deciding the future for you.

Recently, OPSEU distributed excerpts from a legal opinion they obtained about Bill 124. We have reviewed that opinion in its entirety and find its conclusions to be unsupportable based on the facts.