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Provincial mediator ready to help restart talks in Ontario college support staff strike
Mediation begins after more than 10,000 college support staff strike over wages, benefits, and job security amid $145 million in proposed improvements.
- Over 10,000 full-time support staff represented by OPSEU at the province’s 24 public colleges, including institutions like Conestoga and Loyalist, commenced a strike on September 11, 2025, affecting campuses throughout Ontario.
- The strike stemmed from ongoing contract discussions between the union representing college faculty and staff and the College Employer Council, with the union pushing for improved pay, enhanced benefits, and stronger job protections in response to earlier layoffs and program eliminations across the province.
- During the strike, child-care centres at colleges closed, specialized labs paused activities, and union members maintained picket lines while both parties prepared for mediation starting September 26 with a ministry-appointed mediator.
- CEC CEO Graham Lloyd called union demands 'unreasonable,' citing four key issues including no campus mergers, no staff reductions, no contracting out, and new work restrictions on support staff, while union leaders described Lloyd’s media statements as a 'destructive PR tour.'
- The mediation talks scheduled for September 26 aim to secure a fair deal balancing employee needs, student safety, and college sustainability, with union and faculty leaders expressing solidarity and concern over workloads and safety during the strike.
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Windsor StarTalks set to resume between striking support workers, Ontario colleges
The union representing 10,000 striking college support workers across Ontario and the College Employer Council will return to the bargaining table on Friday with the assistance of a provincially appointed mediator.
·London, Canada
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2 weeks into Conestoga College strike, employer says union demands are 'unreasonable'
Support workers at colleges across Ontario have been walking the picket line for two weeks. The union and college employer are expected to meet Friday with a mediator, but this week, the College Employer Council called the union's demands "unreasonable" and "impossible."
·Canada
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Back to bargaining for striking support workers and Ontario colleges
The union representing 10,000 striking college support workers across Ontario and the College Employer Council will return to the bargaining table on Friday with the assistance of a provincially-appointed mediator.
·Ottawa, Canada
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