The local recommends that all full-time faculty should email their manager to request a copy of their Annual Leave and Sick Leave Balances prior to Workday going live on 7 Jan 2019 to confirm that those figures are correct.
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OPSEU Local 415 Communications Officer
Please find attached the press release and open letter that went out this afternoon to Colleges Ontario and Minister Fullerton regarding the exclusion of faculty from the development of the free speech policy.
Our understanding is that all the colleges are planning to post the centrally-developed policy simultaneously on their websites on Monday, December 17, and it will likely be very problematic. When we see the actual final policy, we will post further response.
The fact that the colleges believe that it is acceptable to develop a free speech policy without any academic representation only highlights the urgent need to achieve collegial – or shared – governance provincially.
OPSEU Free Speech Policy Letter December 12, 2018
OPSEU Colleges News Release December 12, 2018
https://opseu.org/news/colleges-are-set-fail-free-speech-policy
In solidarity,
RM Kennedy
for the CAAT-A DivEx
Hello all,
On Wednesday, Dec. 12 from 10-2 in the J-link, Local 415 will again support students during the exam period by providing snacks. The Local has purchased some snacks, but invites members interested in supporting this initiative to drop your donations in C215b Tuesday between 8am – 4pm or Wednesday between 8am – 10am.
This is the second time Local 415 is hosting a snack table in the J-link for students to grab a snack between exams. We will happily accept pre-packaged items such as washed fruits, breakfast bars, cheese snacks, etc.
Thank you for your support!–
OPSEU Local 415
LMT
Sisters and Brothers,
I wanted to let everyone know that I have been unable to confirm a successful candidate for the position of 2nd Vice President of your by-election held on December 5th. After a very close result there were some irregularities due to inaccurate membership lists provided by the College. The college has an obligation to provide the local with a verified list which occurred in time for the election, however we found inaccuracies late in the day before the voting closed and that has resulted in an inability to confirm a successful candidate. The issue is that some partial load staff appeared as sessional and some sessional staff appeared as partial load.
I have no choice but to render this election void and to re-run an election in February. I will work with the local to create a new system of verification to ensure the College’s verified list is in fact accurate. I will notify everyone of that new process before the next election.
Thank you to everyone for participating.
Have a happy holiday season and I will see you in 2019.
in Solidarity,
Nelson Ross Laguna
An election will be held December 5 2018 for the position of Second Vice President – OPSEU Local 415
The by-election will be held as follows on Wed December 5, 2018:
– Ottawa Campus: Union Faculty Office, C215B, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
– Pembroke Campus: Room 308, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
– Perth Campus: Room 115, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.
All full-time and partial-load faculty who are members of the union are eligible to vote.
The candidates are:
Annette Bouzi
Tracy Henderson
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Nelson Ross Laguna
OPSEU Region 4 Rep and
Electoral Officer for Local 415
As previously communicated, there will be a by-election for the Second Vice President of OPSEU Local 415 at all three campuses. In order to better acquaint you with each of the nominees, they were asked to provide personal biographies to be sent out to all full-time and partial-load faculty.
The attachment contains the personal biographies of the two remaining nominees. Please see here
As earlier communicated, Judy Puritt was originally a nominee; however she has since withdrawn her nomination.
The by-election will be held as follows on Wed December 5, 2018:
– Ottawa Campus: Union Faculty Office, C215B, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
– Pembroke Campus: Room 308, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
– Perth Campus: Room 115, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.
All full-time and partial-load faculty who are members of the union are eligible to vote. We always welcome new members into OPSEU and membership forms will be available if you are not already a member and wish to sign up.
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OPSEU Local 415 Communications Officer
Further to our last communique of 20 Nov 2018, the College has once again provided the faculty union local with a copy of the Partial Load Registry, which now contains 190 out of 332 deemed eligible for priority hiring versus the previously reported 120 names. However, the local has advised the college that they have not followed Arbitrator Kaplan’s mediation-arbitration award, Article 26.10 D, which in part states:
All partial-load employees employed for all or part of the period from
September 1 to December 31, 2017 will be deemed to have registered for the 2018-2019 academic year.
We will continue pursuing this matter to ensure that your rights under the Collective Agreement are upheld by the College.
Pembroke Campus Specific Update
We understand that there have been a great deal of mixed messages coming from the college with respect to contract faculty including the partial load registry.
Just yesterday, the HR rep for Pembroke was providing misinformation to non-full time faculty when asked about college decisions affecting them.
Last week, a message was sent out by steward Tracy Henderson encouraging people to contact her regarding issues affecting partial load faculty. Tracy is the lead contact for the local on issues affecting partial load members. In order to facilitate communication with folks at Pembroke, Tracy will be visiting Pembroke on Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
If you have any questions for Tracy, here is her contact information:
tracyhenderson.opseu415@gmail.com
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OPSEU Local 415 Communications Officer
OPSEU Local 415 has received the following nominations for the Executive Officer vacancy for the Second Vice President:
Annette Bouzi
Tracy Henderson
Judy Puritt
The by-election will be held as follows on Wed December 5, 2018:
– Ottawa Campus: Union Faculty Office, C215B, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
– Pembroke Campus: Room 308, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
– Perth Campus: Room 115, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.
All full-time and partial-load faculty who are members of the union are eligible to vote.
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Nelson Ross Laguna
OPSEU Region 4 Rep and
Electoral Officer for Local 415
OPSEU Local 415 currently has an Executive Officer vacancy for the Second Vice President. Any of the 30 stewards listed below are eligible to be nominated this position.
The nomination form (see below) needs to be submitted to the Union Office (C215b) by noon, Wednesday, November 28, 2018.
Eligible stewards:
Ala’ Qadi, Andrew Tyler, Annette Bouzi, Audrey Rosa, Chinedu Mba, Dan Anderson, David Haley, David McCue, Enrico Defrancesco, Howard Kravitz, Ian Allen, JP Lamarche, Judy Flieler, Judy Puritt, Landyn Blais, Leslie Wyman, Louise Boudrealt, Maria Taylor, Martin Lee, Michael Nauth, Pat Kennedy, Patrick Murphy, Pauline Edmonds, Richard Hagemeyer, Scott Fewer, Sharleen Conrad-Beatty, Sharon Lightfoot, Shawn Pentecost, Tara Ettinger, Tracy Henderson
In the event there are more nominations than positions, an election will be held Wednesday, December 5, 2018. This date change is to conform with the local’s bylaws.
Nelson Ross Laguna
OPSEU Region 4 Rep and
Electoral Officer for Local 415
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Nomination Form
I __________________ (name of nominator) nominate __________________(name of nominee)
for the position of Second Vice President of OPSEU Local 415
__________________ (signature of nominator).
I accept ____________________ (signature of nominee).
Submit to the Faculty Union Office (C215b) by noon, Wednesday, November 28, 2018
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At a recent meeting of the College Employment Stability Committee (CESC), the college finally provided the faculty union local with the alphabetical list of the 120 of our 332 Partial-Load (PL) employees who were deemed eligible for priority hiring. No other data was provided to the local, except that the PL Registry for calendar year 2020 will re-open January 1, 2019 and close October 30, 2019.
If you believe that you have any misgivings about the Partial Load Registry, the local advises you to contact your manager and ask for the following information:
– a record of your teaching experience, including a detail report of the total months of service according to Article 26.10 C;
– a list of all faculty who have been offered Partial-Load contracts that include any of the courses that you have previously taught in the school/department; and
– a list of the total service of all of those faculty members.
Once you have this information, you are advised to contact the local to determine whether your rights have been violated, and whether you are therefore in a position to assert those rights through a grievance.
Your manger must have access to this information, to apply the Collective Agreement properly, so if your manager is unwilling or unable to provide this information to you, please inform us.
Tracy Henderson, Steward
OPSEU Local 415
1st Alternate, CAAT-A DIVEX
tracyhenderson.opseu415@gmail.com