CUPE Ontario stands strongly in solidarity with the contract faculty at Ontario’s colleges who are represented by OPSEU.
These workers are teaching the skills our young people need to succeed in the world. Their work matters to the future of this province.
Currently, 81 percent of courses in Ontario’s colleges are taught by contract faculty. This isn’t good for the instructors and it certainly isn’t good for students who deserve instructors who can afford to stick around and provide consistent, high quality education.
These important educators are asking for the colleges to cap contract faculty levels at 50 percent and provide a minimum one-year contract for all contract faculty. This is only fair.
It’s our hope that the colleges will see the light and negotiate a fair deal with their contract faculty. If the colleges fail and they are forced to go on strike, the members of OPSEU 560 can count on the members of CUPE Ontario to join them on their line. Our 260,000 members have got your back!
