Today, OSBCU and CUPE’s 55000 Education Workers filed for conciliation.
After 8 days of negotiations we have seen very little movement other than the disrespectful offer put forward from Lecce and School Boards. We are requesting support of a Ministry of Labour’s Conciliation Officer to support negotiations moving forward.
We do not meet again with the government until September 16, 2022.
Read the media release here
On Monday August 23, the OSBCU held a webinar for members to launch our “Why Vote Yes” Campaign.
The webinar is now available online so that you can watch as well!
Over 1500 questions were submitted. We will be preparing a Frequently Asked Questions Document that will be shared shortly.
Watch here
Local leaders and organizers from CUPE School Board locals met this weekend to reconfirm the commitment to fight for decent wages, increased services for students and schools and the respect that is so clearly lacking in the response from the Ontario Government to our reasonable, affordable and necessary proposals to improve working and learning conditions in Ontario’s publicly funded schools.
A unanimous vote was passed endorsing the OSBCU bargaining team’s recommendation to call for a strike vote. It is clear from workers across the country that our fight to ensure publicly funded, publicly delivered services for students, schools and communities must move forward.
A strike vote is not a guarantee that workers will go on strike. The move to a strike vote should be a signal to the Ford government and to school boards across the province that the status quo and concessions are not what our students, our schools or workers deserve.
As workers, your power is key to gaining your demands. We will be launching our “Why Vote Yes Campaign” tomorrow evening. During this meeting we will also be providing a timeline for strike vote and the process regarding the electronic strike votes.
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