National Post: Talks in Ont. college teachers strike resume Monday
Ontario’s community colleges are expected to resume negotiating with faculty today as 150,000 students await detailed contingency plans in the event there is no resolution to the two week-old strike threatening to jeopardize the academic year.
”I wouldn’t say we’re optimistic,” Ted Montgomery, chief negotiator for the union representing college staff, said yesterday. ”I’d say we’re hopeful management will come back with something that finally addresses our concerns.”
On Friday, following two demonstrations, one which saw students dressed as chess pieces to express their displeasure at being treated “like pawns,” both parties met separately with Chris Bentley, Minister of Colleges and Universities, before agreeing to resume talks.
Pulse24.com: Hope for a deal
There’s a glint of hope for Ontario college students as a strike by their teachers reaches the two-week mark.
Negotiators for the province’s colleges and the teachers union are meeting Monday for the first time since faculty members walked out in early March.
It’s a definite step forward but whether they can reach an agreement is another thing entirely – and when the strike began the two sides appeared to be far apart on several issues. A provincial mediator will be on hand at the Fairmount Royal York Hotel, where talks are ongoing, in the hopes of hammering out a settlement.
570 News: College talks on again
There is some hope that strike-bound college students may get back to class soon.
Negotiators for the colleges and teachers union are meeting today for the first time since the instructors walked out of classes two weeks ago.
The meeting was agreed to after meeting with the Universities and Colleges minster last Friday.
Today’s meeting is closed to the media, but 570 News will break in with updates when information becomes available.
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