On this Remembrance Day, let us strive to be worthy of the sacrifice of young soldiers throughout our nation's history by embodying fundamental Canadian values such as corporate branding. #SenecaCollege #SenecaProud

A moving moment of humanity and compassion in paragraph 96 of Justice Koehnen's ruling overturning Bill 124: "It is left to overworked, frontline, low-wage employees to witness the deterioration in their patients' condition because staff shortages render employees unable..." 1/

"... to provide residents with the level of care they require. It is for the same employees to live with the disappointment of patients who cannot receive something as basic as a weekly bath. It is for the same employees to deny a dying patient the comfort... " 2/

"...of another human being as their lives end. Employees live with this day in and day out. They break down in tears. They exhaust themselves. They burn out. They leave for less stressful jobs thereby further exacerbating the vicious cycle of short staffing." /end

Day 2: Contract instructors and TAs (CUPE 4600) are on strike at Carleton University. I'm 100% behind the strike until two issues are resolved: 1. Fair pay. Pay CIs and TAs at least as much as those at Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa 2. Protect IP. Carleton wants to own the course content developed by

"'People are going to die,' says industry diver" Commercial divers concerned about industry's future after Seneca College cancels program cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

"When the plumber fixes your pipes, you don't get to keep their tools" - why CUPE 4600 is fighting to protect the intellectual property of workers - and why CUPE Ontario CUPE Ontario's University Sector CUPE National stands shoulder to shoulder with them - time to come back to the table Carleton University

Click for OPSEU submission to the postsecondary Blue Ribbon Panel. "We are able to highlight the unique expertise that can only come from current workers who understand the frontline realities of Ontario’s public postsecondary education sector."

OPSEU/SEFPO is thrilled to congratulate Mayor Olivia Chow—a win for a better Toronto.

Monday, the OPSEU College Faculty bargaining team will be in mediation with the bargaining agent for Ontario’s 24 public Colleges, to remedy the injury to 16,000 college faculty members who were prevented from negotiating wages by an unconstitutional law. (1/3)

Faculty will now see whether, in an age of record-setting profits, ontariocolleges Presidents want their faculty members to have wages that keep pace with inflation, or whether the Presidents aim to ensure that faculty wages are further eroded by inflation. (2/3)

This includes the wages of 6,500 precarious faculty who have been disproportionately harmed by inflation. #Bargaining4Better #Fairness4CF (3/3)

Breaking: Ontario College Faculty secure salary and benefit increases in #Bill124 wage reopener negotiations. Congratulations to the College Faculty bargaining team and membership. For more information visit opseu.org/news/ontario-c… #onpoli #onlab

My wrap-up from OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2024: ontariocollegeprof.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/fie… (I'm happy to respond to post and respond to replies there.)

How many degrees would separate my Union from Islamic Jihad if OPSEU/SEFPO Executive Board votes to adopt Resolution I1 on Thursday? See my (brief) analysis here: ontariocollegeprof.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/how…

"One of the qualities of American politics that distinguishes us from other nations is that we judge our politicians as much by the manner in which they leave office as by the vigor with which they pursue it." - Bob Dole, 1996

Congratulations OPSEU on winning this particular antisemitic prize. I wonder what sort of games one plays in order to win it...

So yesterday, my Union (OPSEU) yesterday published a "News" post on its website the claim that "180,000 Palestinian lives [were] lost in the last year alone". opseu.org/news/silence-i… There's just one small problem... (1/2)

That figure is 350% higher than the figure of 40,005 (combatants and civilians combined) cited by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health on August 15. (reuters.com/world/middle-e…) Even using Hamas' own numbers, my Union is accusing Israel of ~140,000 deaths with no evidence. (2/3)

Apparently, OPSEU's definition of antisemitism does NOT include accusing a Jewish state of tens of thousands of deaths for which there is no evidence provided any any observer. Which makes me wonder what OPSEU's definition of antisemitism actually DOES include... (3/3)