Nominations have closed for the officer positions for OPSEU Local 415. There will be an elections for five positions: one of the positions is acclaimed.
President: Pat Kennedy and Shawn McBride
First Vice President: Catherine Kenney and Jack Wilson
Second Vice President: Paul Ebbs and David Haley
Chief Steward: Roger Davey and J.P. Lamarche
Treasurer: Shawn Pentecost (acclaimed)
Secretary: Jenn Monk and Chris Wojcik
The vote will take place Tuesday December 3 at the following locations:
Woodroffe: (8:30-4:00) in C215B
Pembroke (9:00-3:00) in Room 308
Perth (11:00-1:00) in Room 107
in solidarity,
Nelson Ross Laguna
Staff Representative
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Ottawa, ON
1-800-268-7376 ext.5445
Posted in General, Local 415 Elections November 27th, 2013 by Judy Puritt | Comments Off on Notice of OPSEU 415 Elections
CBC Radio: Tuesday November 19,2013
The Union representing faculty at Algonquin College is speaking out against an Algonquin campus that is opening in Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, Hallie Cotnam spoke to a member of OPSEU as well as a college Spokesperson:
http://www.cbc.ca?contentconector/audio-preview.html?clipid=2419235675&channel=radio
Posted in General, Local Lines November 19th, 2013 by Judy Puritt | Comments Off on Algonquin Saudi campus draws criticism from faculty
As the electoral officer, I am pleased to announce the following people have been acclaimed as stewards for Local 415. There was an acclamation at Perth after one of the candidates withdrew. The Steward list below are the people who are eligible to be nominated for any of the six officer positions:
President
First Vice President
Second Vice President
Chief Steward
Treasurer
Secretary
Nominations are open until Tuesday, November 26 at 4 p.m. A nomination form appears below:
Ian Allen;Wahab Almuhtadi;Dan Anderson; Jeremy Anderson;
Rod Bain; Maria Belanger; Sharleen Conrad-Beatty; Linda Crane;
Roger Davey; Enrico DeFrancesco; Maria Durocher; Paul Ebbs;
Pauline Edmonds; Scott Fewer; Sandra Gibbons; David Haley;
Stephen Heckbert; Dushan Horvat; Jennifer Houselander; Pat Kennedy;
Catherine Kenney; J.P. Lamarche; Shawn McBride; David McCue;
Moira McDonald; Virginia Mielke; Jerome Mizon; Jennifer Monk;
Jim Myronyk; Shawn Pentecost; Judy Puritt; Mario Ramsay;
Leigh Ridgway; Audrey Rosa; Maria Taylor; Claire Tortolo;
Jack Wilson; Chris Wojcik; Leslie Wyman; Joe Yu
Nelson Ross Laguna
OPSEU Region 4 Staff Rep
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I ____________________________(name of nominator) nominate_______________________(name of nominee) for the position of _____________________( name of position). ___________________________(signature of nominator) I accept ___________________( signature of nominee)
Please return to the Union Office, C215b,by November 26,2013 at 4 p.m..
Posted in General, Local 415 Elections November 12th, 2013 by Judy Puritt | Comments Off on Announcement for Local 415 Election of Officers
As the electoral officer,I am pleased to announce the following two people have been acclaimed as stewards at Pembroke:
Pauline Edmonds and Shawn Pentecost
The following 37 people have beem acclaimed as stewards at Woodroffe:
Ian Allen;Wahab Almuhtadi;Dan Anderson;Jeremy Anderson
Maria Belanger;Sharleen Conrad-Beatty;Linda Crane
Roger Davey;Enrico De Francesco;Marie Durocher
Paul Ebbs;Scott Fewer;Sandra Gibbons
David Haley;Stephen Heckbert;Duchan Horvat
Jennifer Houselander;Pat Kennedy;Catherine Kenney
J.P.Lamarche;Shawn McBride;David McCue
Moira McDonald;Virginia Mielke;Jerome Mizon
Jennifer Monk;Jim Myronyk;Judy Puritt
Mario Ramsay;Leigh Ridgway;Audrey Rosa
Maria Taylor;Claire Tortolo;Jack Wilson
Chris Wojcik;Leslie Wyman;Joe Yu
There will be an election at Perth and the nominees are:
Rod Bain
Darrin MacDonald
The Election at Perth will be Tuesday November 12 in room 108 from 9-1.
Nelson Ross Laguna
OPSEU Region 4 Staff Rep
Posted in General, Local 415 Elections November 9th, 2013 by Judy Puritt | Comments Off on Local 415 Elections
As part of the union’s “quality Education” Campaign, Kevin MacKay (a faculty member from Mohawk College) is touring the 24 colleges and is reporting on his findings. You can read his updates,including his visit at Algonquin, at the following blog:
http://quality-education-campaign.blogspot.ca/2013/11/off-to-algonquin.html?m=1
Posted in General November 4th, 2013 by Judy Puritt | Comments Off on Campaign for Quality Education: Off to Algonquin