For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 16, 2025

ST. CATHARINES, ON – The Brock University Support Staff Bargaining Unit, represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO), has reached a tentative agreement with Brock University.

“The membership showed enormous solidarity and strength through a lengthy and difficult round of bargaining. Their support for their bargaining team allowed us to reach a deal that we can recommend for ratification,” said local Bargaining Unit President, Wanda Gilmore.

“Our members were on strike for the first time in the Bargaining Unit’s history. Despite these unprecedented times, and in the face of a very challenging negotiation environment, we were committed to do what was necessary to reach this point” concluded Gilmore.

Details remain confidential until ratified by both parties.

OSSTF/FEESO, founded in 1919, has over 60,000 members across Ontario. They include public high school teachers, occasional teachers, educational assistants, continuing education teachers and instructors, early childhood educators, psychologists, secretaries, speech-language pathologists, social workers, plant support personnel, university support staff, and many others in education.