Ont. college teachers vote Feb. 10 on offer
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 | 5:36 PM ET
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Ontario's 9,000 community college teachers will vote on a so-called final contract offer Feb. 10, and the union has moved its strike deadline as a result.
The deadline had been Feb. 11, but union negotiator Ted Montgomery said it has been moved to Feb. 17 to allow for more talks should the offer be voted down.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board will oversee a vote by college faculty on the proposed contract, which was rejected by Ontario Public Service Employees Union negotiators.
Rachael Donovan, chair of the colleges' bargaining team, calls it "a fair and reasonable offer," which includes a 5.9 per cent wage increase over three years.
The deal would raise the maximum pay for college teachers to $102,186 by September 2011.
College faculty members gave the union a 57 per cent strike mandate last month, but management asked that the contract offer be put to the teachers themselves for a vote.
If the teachers reject the deal and walk out, the strike would affect more than 200,000 full-time students at 24 colleges across Ontario.
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