Voting on the latest offer by Ontario’s colleges to striking faculty — an offer their union rejected — will run for three days starting Nov. 14. That means the job action by 12,000 professors and partial-load instructors is likely to drag on for at least another week. The College Employer Council, which bargains for the institutions, has asked the union to “suspend” its strike until the vote. Article Continued BelowFaculty members will be voting on the offer that was on the table on Monday, before talks broke down. The two sides remain at odds over academic freedom, and the union has urged it members to reject the colleges’ proposals.

Source: thestar November 07, 2017 22:41 UTC