Hello Local 657 Members,
You elected your OPSEU CAAT-A FT/PL bargaining team in May 2026, and they need your help to understand your priorities for the upcoming round of Collective Agreement bargaining. Your completion of the bargaining demand set survey will have direct input into the bargaining process and will ensure that your needs are discussed at both the local and provincial levels.
The results of this survey will be summarized and provided to your local to identify what is important to you as members. In late October to mid-November, local General Membership Meetings will take place to draft and prioritize demands that address the priorities members identified. The demands from all 24 locals will be discussed and prioritized at a final demand set meeting in early December to inform the bargaining team on what to present to the employer in July of 2027.
Please check your non-college (i.e., personal) email inbox for a message from OPSEU/SEFPO Communications with your link to the bargaining survey.
The survey covers issues relevant to full-time/partial-load Professors, Instructors, Librarians, and Counsellors.
In the current environment, our contract faculty members endure instability, shifting between partial-load and part-time/sessional status from one contract to the next. As such, part-time and sessional faculty are also invited to complete the survey, as we share the common goal of striving for what is best for the college system.
The ability to get in touch with our members is essential to effect labour action. To assist with this issue, please do not distribute this link to others. If you know of any of your faculty colleagues who have not received this link, please invite them to provide their contact information to your Local so we can provide the link and confirm the best method to get in touch with them.
In Solidarity,
Your College Faculty Full-Time and Partial-Load Bargaining Team.
Michelle Arbour, Chair – Local 125, Lambton College
Chad Croteau, Vice-Chair – Local 110, Fanshawe College
Gavin Hemeon – Local 732, Confederation College
Vijay Khatri – Local 240, Mohawk College
Deborah Luchuk – Local 354, Durham College
Usman Malik – Local 562, Humber Polytechnic
Chris Vuorensyrja – Local 655, Cambrian College