Local 415 By election to be rescheduled
Sisters and brothers, Please be advised that due to an aggressive snow storm due to take place on Tuesday February 12th and Wednesday February 13th, for the health and safety of OPSEU local 415 members and OPSEU staff, I have decided to cancel the election scheduled for Wednesday February 13th. Some members and staff raised […]
By-Election for Second Vice President – OPSEU Local 415 – Personal Biographies of Nominees
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 […]
Catch up on Local Lines – Feb’19
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Union Membership Letter
You may have received an email with respect to your Union Membership from the college. You should disregard this, as it did not come from our local. Pat Kennedy, President OPSEU Local 415
REMINDER – OPSEU Local 415 2nd VP Election 13 February 2019
Sisters and brothers, Local 415 will be conducting an election for the 2nd Vice Presidents position. As you may recall the local held a by-election on December 5th, however I was unable to determine a successful candidate in the election due to inaccuracies on the voters list provided to the Union by the Employer. Due […]
“Teacher-less courses” offered at Algonquin’s new partner Northern College
It has come to the Local’s attention that Northern College, one of the colleges that Algonquin has partnered with under the recent Multi-College Collaboration Model agreement, offers “teacher-less courses”. Given the language of the agreement, and the parties’ commitment to “innovative delivery models”, everyone should take notice of the possible consequences of courses being delivered […]
{CAATA-Pres} Research into Multi-College Collaboration Agreements
From: RM Kennedy <rmatopseu@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 9:24 AM To: CAAT-A Presidents Cc: Tracy Henderson Subject: {CAATA-Pres} Research into Multi-College Collaboration Agreements Hello Presidents, As you may have heard, Algonquin College along with Sault, Lambton and Northern, have signed onto a “Multi-College Collaboration Model.” Tracy Henderson (from Local 415 and Divex […]
Local Monitoring Multi-College Collaboration Model
We all received the notice via email that the college entered into an agreement with Lambton, Sault, and Northern College last week; however, it is not clear to the Local that the other colleges have received this information. The details of that agreement are contained in the attached document: Multi-College Collaboration Model MOU 190109.pdf The […]
Tuition cuts come with steep cost for students and education: OPSEU
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 17, 2019 Tuition cuts come with steep cost for students and education: OPSEU TORONTO – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says Premier Doug Ford’s 10 per cent cut to college and university tuition fees is a recipe for disaster and is a full frontal attack on democracy. “Today was really about […]
OPSEU Local 415 2nd VP Election 13 February 2019
Sisters and brothers, Local 415 will be conducting an election for the 2nd Vice Presidents position. As you may recall the local held a by-election on December 5th, however I was unable to determine a successful candidate in the election due to inaccuracies on the voters list provided to the Union by the Employer. Due […]