Ontario college faculty issue five-day notice of potential job action

The union representing some 14,000 college faculty across the province have issued the required five days notice to begin labour action. 

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) says this opens the door to any form of strike action beginning Thursday January 9.

The notice comes ahead of two days of non-binding mediation starting January 6 between OPSEU and the College Employer Council (CEC). 

CEC is the bargaining agent for Ontario's 24 public colleges. 

OPSEU members have been without a contract since Oct. 1, 2024.

Mediation between the union and the colleges' bargaining agents from Dec. 6-8, 2024 was unsuccessful. 

In Windsor, 320 full-time faculty members and around 195 to 215 part-time members at St. Clair College are represented by OPSEU Local 138.