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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 8d

Doug Ford's privatization agenda is dismantling the Ontario college system. It's time to stand up for our public colleges!

Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

BREAKING: Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general

Ford government labour ministers overruled civil servants to fund skills training by groups with lobbyists, according to a scathing new report

www.thetrillium.ca

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Toronto & York Region Labour Council @labourcouncil.bsky.social · 20d

Call the Premier to fund our schools and keep democratically elected trustees! Here is the sample phone script: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Toronto & York Region Labour Council @labourcouncil.bsky.social · 20d

At the OPSEU support rally today

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Claudio Slamovits 🇦🇷🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @cslamo.bsky.social · 24d

Sounds familiar. Is this the same playbook used by the Dal BoG in the current labour dispute with @dalfaculty.bsky.social Dalhousie faculty members? What's the role of the NS govt? @keepdalstrong.bsky.social

College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 24d

“Why are they spending so much money to make the school beautiful...but not offering the very core, the purpose of what a community college is for?”
Great article breaking down the manufactured crisis in the Ontario college system:
www.thegrindmag.ca/the-manufact...

The Manufactured Crisis in Ontario Colleges

Are college finances really so bad that huge cuts are needed, or is Doug Ford up to something else? Ben McCarthy, a college contract faculty worker and OPSEU member, breaks it down.

www.thegrindmag.ca

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 24d

“Why are they spending so much money to make the school beautiful...but not offering the very core, the purpose of what a community college is for?”
Great article breaking down the manufactured crisis in the Ontario college system:
www.thegrindmag.ca/the-manufact...

The Manufactured Crisis in Ontario Colleges

Are college finances really so bad that huge cuts are needed, or is Doug Ford up to something else? Ben McCarthy, a college contract faculty worker and OPSEU member, breaks it down.

www.thegrindmag.ca

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 25d

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 25d

The Ford government is dismantling the Ontario public college system.
Defunding the system and funneling money into the Skills Development Fund endangers the province's economy and the futures of our students and communities.
opseu.org/wp-content/u...

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Ottawa Labour Council @ottawalabour.bsky.social · 27d

We were out early this morning visiting folks on the picket line @AlgonquinColleg An incredible display of solidarity amongst @OPSEU 416 members and supporters. The line(s) is set up there from 7:00am to 5:00pm Monday-Friday.

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · 27d

Algonquin College’s special needs adult education program to close in 2026 share.google/s83kh3nyGRql...

Parents protest closure of Algonquin College’s special needs adult education program

Joanne Mayne and her family joined dozens of people outside Algonquin College Thursday evening, protesting the closure of the college’s Academic Assistance for Adults with Developmental Disabilities p...

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · Sep 10

Where is the money going -- the money that SHOULD be invested into public colleges? Shame on Doug Ford for prioritizing privatization and profits instead of investing in our communities!

‘Shades of the Greenbelt’: questions raised about Ontario’s $2.5-billion private career training fund

An Ontario public-sector union is crying foul about grants given out from a multi-billion-dollar provincial fund for private career training, even as the province’s public colleges face unprecedented ...

www.ctvnews.ca

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · Sep 4

More cuts announced at Conestoga College "to maintain the future financial viability of the college" while President John Tibbits' take home salary last year was $640,005.41, a 29% increase from 2023! #shame #saveourcolleges #conestogacollege

Conestoga lays off faculty, cuts more programs on orientation week

Conestoga issued layoff notices to 11 fulltime faculty and two counsellors this week, and suspended fall programming in areas like manufacturing engineering, sustainable development engineering, build...

www.therecord.com

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here's more coverage on yesterday's rally

#saveourcolleges #belleville #loyalistcollege @opseusefpo.bsky.social

Hundreds at Loyalist College rally in support of Ontario colleges

A crowd of several hundred people at Belleville’s Loyalist College on Wednesday vowed to fight cuts there and at other Ontario colleges.

www.intelligencer.ca

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · Sep 4

We had a great rally yesterday at @loyalistcollege.bsky.social - did you hear us? #belleville #loyalistcollege #saveourcolleges @opseusefpo.bsky.social

Rally for the future of Loyalist College draws big crowd

With chants of 'our college, our future,' a large number of faculty, support staff, students and union support...

www.quintenews.com

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · Sep 4

We had a great rally at Loyalist College yesterday. Many faculty, support staff, students, labour allies, and community attended! <3 did you hear us @loyalistcollege.bsky.social ?

Rally for the future of Loyalist College draws big crowd

With chants of 'our college, our future,' a large number of faculty, support staff, students and union support...

www.quintenews.com

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CUASA - Carleton University Academic Staff Association @cuasa.ca · Aug 29

CUASA stands with @dalfaculty.bsky.social! 2nd DFA Lockout Rally - is happening at 6225 University Ave, Halifax - Outside Killam Library right now. See you there!

@DalhousieU
#keepdalstrong
@TimHoustonNS

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Erica Fischer @ericafd.bsky.social · Aug 29

@cupe3912.bsky.social stands in #solidarity with @dalfaculty.bsky.social

#KeepDalStrong #cdnpse #canlab
@cautdefencefund.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

CUPE 3912 members at a rally to support the DFA (Dalhousie Faculty Association.) Two of them are wearing white baseball caps that say DFA #KeepDalStrong and the other two wearing pink CUPE 3912 t-shirts and carrrying the CUPE 3912 flag

Members from different unions and associations with flags and signs in front of the Killam Library at a rally in support of the Dalhousie Faculty Association

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · Aug 29

*Check with your local to find out how to get your button and to learn about what's happening at your college on Sept. 4th.

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · Aug 29

On Sept 4th, "Button up" for our first coordinated action in the fight to SAVE OUR COLLEGES!
It’s more than a button – it’s a chance to have thousands of conversations about the importance of fighting for public education.
opseu.org/saveourcolle...

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Unifor @unifor.org · Aug 16

Unifor condemns the federal government’s attack on CUPE flight attendants’ right to strike—and on free, fair collective bargaining. #canlab #aircanada www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

Unifor condemns federal government’s attack on CUPE flight attendants’ right to strike and fair and free collective bargaining

TORONTO— Unifor strongly condemns the federal government’s imposition of binding arbitration between Air Canada and CUPE Flight Attendants, cutting short a legal strike action just hours after it bega...

www.unifor.org

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · Aug 12

SAVE OUR COLLEGES
Day of Action on Thursday August 14th at 5pm!
Haven't signed up yet? You can register here:
bit.ly/3J4rrrA

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Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social · Aug 11

The DFA Bargaining Team on the last day of conciliation, waiting to see the @dalhousieu.bsky.social Board's best and final offer. #KeepDalStrong @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

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College Faculty @caatfaculty.bsky.social · Aug 8

The Doug Ford government has “created a crisis that threatens to erode the integral community service that our colleges provide, which will erode skilled trades, public services and the well-being of our communities.”

www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara...

Niagara College dodges deepest cuts, but still faces layoffs, program suspensions

Funding shortages and declining international enrolment led to the suspension of more than 600 programs and the loss of 10,000 jobs across Ontario.

www.stcatharinesstandard.ca

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · Aug 7

"In stark contrast to the aspirations of a more prosperous, productive Canada, governments at all levels have abandoned the post-secondary sector to shuttered programs. Highly qualified personnel are being displaced at an unprecedented rate."

Read more...
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Opinion: A stronger Canada needs a healthy post-secondary sector

But little attention has been given to reasonable levels of public funding amid disruptive changes to policies on international study

vancouversun.com

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · Aug 6

Amazon’s bid to overturn B.C. labour ruling on workers’ unionization rejected

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

#canlab

Amazon’s bid to overturn B.C. labour ruling on workers’ unionization rejected

British Columbia’s Labour Relations Board has rejected a bid by Amazon to overturn an earlier decision that awarded union certification to workers in B.C.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social · Jul 29

DFA President Dave Westwood not optimistic there will be a resolution before the 14-day deadline of August 11. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @caut.bsky.social @ansut.bsky.social @dalhousieu.bsky.social DFA trying to #keepdalstrong, but the Board won't come to the table.

Dalhousie, faculty union begin 14-day countdown to possible strike or lockout | CBC News

One final date for conciliation is scheduled for Aug. 11, and a labour disruption could start Aug. 12.

www.cbc.ca

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