The local has been advised by Human Resources (HR) that they have printed out a leave statement for each academic employee.
They are available for pickup at the HR front desk on the fourth floor of C Building.
Pembroke and Perth Faculty can email 7660@algonquincollege.com for a scanned copy of their leave statement.
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David Haley, 1st VP
OPSEU Local 415
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