TORONTO — The union representing Ontario’s college faculty has launched a charter challenge of legislation that ended a five-week strike and allowed 500,000 students to return to class. “OPSEU has the right to freely negotiate a collective agreement with the College Employer Council.”In November, when the legislation was passed, the union vowed to challenge it in the courts. The union is now demanding that the collective agreement awarded through arbitration be deemed to have expired and that it and College Employer Council, which represents the province’s colleges, return to the bargaining table. Don Sinclair, CEO of the College Employer Council, said the group appreciates the efforts of the legislators who voted to end the labour dispute. Minister of Advanced Education Mitzie Hunter said she couldn’t comment on the charter challenge but added that the focus should be on helping students resume their year.

Source: National Post January 24, 2018 15:11 UTC