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Purpose of The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB

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Purpose of The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB

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The purpose of the OLRB is to encourage harmonious relationships between employees, employers and trade unions. They manage conflict between these parties using mediation and arbitration.

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Ontario Labour Relations Board and Dispute Resolution Methods

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Ontario Labour Relations Board and Dispute Resolution Methods

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The OLRB uses mediation for every case they deal with. The board employs Labour Relations Specialists and Labour Relations Officers, they refer to these people as LROs. The LROs are highly educated on the Board's practices and procedure.There is an LRO assigned to every file the OLRB takes on. The LRO acts as the Board's mediator. They use only closed mediation in order to ensure that the parties involved will be more likely to share their information in the mediation. This indicates that the LRO's notes and documentation cannot be subpoenaed for any hearing that may follow the mediation. The OLRB tries to have both parties together when using mediation but often have to use shuttle or over the phone methods. The LRO acts as a common mediator and does not give either party and advice and is neutral to the issue at hand. If an agreement is made it is put into writing and often incorporated into a Board decision. Once the agreement is made the conflict is terminated. If an agreement is not made the matter will be scheduled for a hearing.

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College Strike and The Ontario Labour Relations Board

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College Strike and The Ontario Labour Relations Board

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The Ontario Public Service Employees Union requested a strike vote from the Ontario Labour Relations Board. It is interesting to see how this board affects our education and educators. This link will bring you to an article by CBC that considers the early stages of the strike discussions.

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A union representing faculty at Ontario colleges has requested a potential strike vote be held on the first day of the fall school term as talks between the two sides head down to the wire.

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union said it had asked the Ontario Labour Relations Board to hold a strike vote on Sept. 6, though discussions with the colleges' bargaining team are ongoing.

In a release, the union said that it hopes the strike vote request will get the schools to "start negotiating more seriously."

"OPSEU is calling on this employer to wake up and see that their games and delays are unacceptable," OPSEU President Warren Thomas said in the release. "We stand with our members one hundred per cent, and will do everything in our power to ensure there is a swift resolution to these negotiations."

'They're saying it's not about money, and it's all about money.'-Don Sinclair, College Employer Council

Don Sinclair, the Chief Executive Officer for the College Employer Council, which represents the colleges in the negotiations, said that a strike vote in this situation is typical of past rounds of bargaining but there is still a large divide in bargaining discussions.

"I think that both parties are at this present time quite a ways apart, particularly around the issues of money," Sinclair said.

He added that OPSEU had presented a number of proposals that would increase costs to the colleges.

"If we were to deliver the same programs tomorrow that we're doing today based on their proposals, it would be $140 million more to the college," he said.

The faculty has also proposed a 3.5 per cent wage increase over two years, which Sinclair said would add up to an additional $46 million, bringing the total costs to about $190 million.

"We have an offer on the table that's in line with the government's priorities of zero wage increases and no additional costs to support the delivery of our programs. So we're a bit of a ways apart," he said. "The colleges are part of the broader public sector and we have to align ourselves to put a pause in the compensation of costs in the next couple of years. And I think part of it is facing that economic reality."

The collective agreement with the union, representing 10,000 faculty and college staff, expires at the end of this month.

"The colleges are running out of time," Carolyn Gaunt, faculty bargaining team co-chair said. "They have had two and a half months to negotiate, and they still haven't addressed our key issues. What are they waiting for?"

Issues include workload, staffing

Sinclair said there is enough time to come to an agreement if both sides are committed to a resolution.

"We've got eight days of bargaining schedules and we'll be here working toward a settlement," he said.

Discussions also include issues surrounding academic freedom, the treatment of partial-load faculty, addressing the increased workload from online courses and other staffing requirements, which Sinclair said will also equate to more funding in contrast to what the faculty has said.

"They'll consider them other issues, but it all comes down to money because you have to fund them," he said. "They're saying it's not about money, and it's all about money."

Provincial conciliator Greg Long has been appointed to help push the talks forward and reach a settlement between both parties.

A "no board" report would have to be granted by the labour board followed by a 17-day period before a legal strike or lockout could occur.

Sinclair said that the report had not been granted as of yet, but that the College Employer Council would meet with the Ministry of Labour to schedule the vote in the near future, which he said is likely to go ahead.

"September 6th is the tentative date but it has to be confirmed by the government because they have to supervise the vote," Sinclair said.

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Ontario college union requests possible strike vote

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A union representing faculty at Ontario colleges has requested a potential strike vote be held on the first day of the fall school term as talks between the two sides head down to the wire. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union said it had asked the Ontario Labour Relations Board to hold a strike vote on Sept.

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The Ontario Labour Relations Board was established in 1948 by the Labour Relations Act it was then continued and amended by section 110(1) of the Act in 1995.

Labour Relations Act, 1995, SO 1995, c 1, s A

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- The OLRB has the capability to certify as well as decertify trade unions.
- It can be asked to deal with issues surrounding employee and employer relatedness and the conflict of interest that may pose. - - The OLRB has the jurisdiction to oversee the trade unions duty for fair representation of its members and the referral of its members.
- It deals with the unfair workplace practices of any workplace party.
- It can be petitioned for the exemption to pay union dues for religious reasons.
- The OLRB deals with illegal strikes or lockouts.

There are several other reasons that are valid to make an application to the OLRB that can be found at the link below.

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The OLRB has an exceedingly long list of specified forms for the type of issue a person can send to the OLRB for resolution. These forms range in topic from Trade Unions to Ambulance Services. The link below would be a helpful resource for someone looking to make an application of specific forms.

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Where is The Ontario Labour Relations Board?

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Where is The Ontario Labour Relations Board?

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This is the mailing address of the OLRB:

The Registrar
Ontario Labour Relations Board
505 University Avenue - 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON
M5G 2P1