Why are college faculty on strike?
Students get the best education when faculty have time to give them the feedback they need. College faculty are bargaining to get more faculty, smaller class sizes, and more faculty time, attention, and feedback for each and every individual student. The number one issue in this round of contract talks between faculty and the colleges is education quality. A strike appears to be the only way to convince the colleges to make quality education their top priority. 2. Why cant you reach a settlement without a strike? Faculty and management have been negotiating for over a year. Management is still demanding concessions that would hurt education quality. We have been clear in telling management that we will not do anything that compromises quality. Thats why we are on strike. 3. What is the Ontario governments position on this issue? In May 2005, when he announced $6.2 billion in new funding for post-secondary education, Premier Dalton McGuinty made it clear that he was very concerned about
