Niagara, Ontario’s NDP Representative Supports Striking Brock University Instructors

From the Office of Welland NDP MPP Cindy Forster

 (Niagara At Larger is posting this media release from Welland MPP Cindy Forster on the second day of a strike of Brock University Instructors in English as a Second Language that began on March 26. The decision to strike followed news that the University had found an “error” in the draft of a collective agreement reached with the instructors and their union, and therefore refused to sign that agreement.)

Queen’s Park– Cindy Forster, NDP MPP for Welland, expressed her support for striking English as a Second Language Instructors at Brock University.

Welland, Ontario Riding MPP Cindy Forster. File photo by Doug Draper

 “CUPE 4207-3 bargained in good faith with Brock University. Together they came up with a mutually acceptable collective agreement. That should be the end of story, but now the employer claims they didn’t cross their t’s and dot their i’s.” said Forster. “Smart people run Brock University. I find it hard to believe they’d make such an elementary mistake.” 

To avoid any further disruption to the lives of students and faculty Forster urged Brock University to put an end to this unnecessary labour dispute and to respect a fairly negotiated collective agreement.

“Thirty-eight ESL instructors in St. Catharines would rather be teaching lessons instead of teaching the University how to respect collective bargaining. Brock University should do the right thing and put these teachers back in the classroom where they belong.”

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