JORDAN MAXWELL
NEWS REPORTER

Part-time support staff in Ontario colleges are still waiting for the results of a vote to determine if they will join the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).

The vote took place in October at Ontario colleges, including Humber.

Orville Getz, president of OPSEU Local 562 which represents Humber’s faculty, said the Colleges Compensation and Appointment Council (CCAC) is challenging whether OPSEU followed all applicable guidelines to hold the vote, so the ballots have not been counted yet.

The main issue is if 35 per cent of part time support staff signed cards in support of the vote, which is a requirement, said Leonard Marvy, a solicitor at the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB).

The CCAC filed a disagreement indicating there were more part-time support employees than indicated by OPSEU, according to CCAC documents.

Don Sinclair, executive director of the CCAC, said that their list of part-time employees differs slightly from OPSEU’s list.

The contracts of some workers may have expired before the vote took place, making them ineligible to vote, said Getz.

Also, some of the cards may have been signed over a year after the application was filed, voiding them under the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, he said.

Getz said that a decision on this matter could take months.