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Ontario colleges seek arbitration as support staff move toward strike

Published Aug 22, 2025 at 11:03am

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Ontario colleges seek arbitration as support staff move toward strike

People leave Sheridan College's Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga, Ont., on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette NSD/SDV

The bargaining agent for Ontario's publicly funded colleges says it is proposing binding mediation-arbitration after a union representing thousands of full-time support staff took a step toward a possible strike.

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has asked the Labour Ministry for a "no board" report, which would recognize the parties are at an impasse and a conciliator would not be able to help.

The College Employer Council says the union's move sets a legal strike date as early as Sept. 11.

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