Register NOW on the Partial-Load Registry
Register NOW on the Partial-Load Registry One of the major gains from this round of bargaining is the Partial Load Registry that serves to prioritize the hiring of Partial Load employees who have registered their interest in being employed as a partial load employee in the following calendar year. Partial-Load Registry Application Form – 2019 […]
Ford is taking Ontario colleges back to the dark ages
OPSEU filed a second Charter today about the cancellation of the provincial task force, arguing that this cancellation has significantly interfered with OPSEU CAAT-A Charter protected bargaining rights. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/thomas-ford-is-taking-ontario-colleges-back-to-the-dark-ages-692476691.html?$G1Ref RM Kennedy, CAAT-A Divex
OPSEU Local 415 Bulletin – August 21, 2018
Welcome back to members who were on annual vacation. For those members who were working at the college this summer, I hope you had a good Spring/Summer semester. I want to take this opportunity to let you know about some of the union local’s priorities for the fall semester: Stop the Abuse of Partial-Load Faculty […]
OPSEU Indigenous Circle – Call for Applications
Hello Local Presidents and Highest Ranking CAAT, BPS, OPS: We are asking that you please circulate this email and the attached application forms throughout your regions and locals. The OPSEU Indigenous Circle is inviting OPSEU members who self-identify as Indigenous to apply for a position on the OPSEU Indigenous Circle to fill vacancies in Region 3, Region 4 and Region 7. […]
Distance Education On-Line Courses
The faculty union recommends that Partial Load faculty who either do not have a full-load of 12 hours per week or who have been denied Partial Load employment status because their manager has advised them that there are no courses available, check out the Distance Education courses that are are available, using the following link: http://www.algonquincollege.com/ccol/online/ […]
June 12 Meeting – Equal Pay for Equal Work
Attached is a summary and the PowerPoint notes from the meeting held on June 12 re: equal pay for equal work (Bill 148) for contract faculty. Please direct any questions to divexcaata@gmail.com June 12 Equal Pay for Contract Faculty presentation June 12 College Contract Faculty meeting CAAT-A Divisional Executive Team
Program Cuts – 22 May 2018 Update
I want to present a profile on Rod Bain, professor in the Heritage Masonry program in Perth. I have known Rod for several years since he began his teaching career at the Perth campus in 2003. Rod is a mason and carpenter by trade and has a diploma in Technological Education from Queen’s University. Additionally, […]
Program Cuts – Update May 15, 2018 – MISSTATEMENTS, UNSUPPORTED CONJECTURE AND SPECULATION: SUPERIOR COURT SLAMS ALGONQUIN COLLEGE
While the college continually asks “What will I do today to demonstrate our values?”, it also continually fails to be accountable for the mismanagement of its own affairs, be it Jazan, failed IT projects, program intake suspensions or mistreating its employees. As you will discover below, even middle managers are subject to mistreatment by Human […]
Letter to Board of Governors – Pending Closure of the Academic Upgrading Program in Smiths Falls and Lanark County
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 I am writing to you today to express my deepest concerns regarding the pending decision to close the academic upgrading (AU) program in Smiths Falls. I am the professor and program coordinator for the AU program in Smiths Falls and Lanark County. AU classes have been offered in Smiths Falls since […]
Program Cuts – 30 April 2018 Update
I want to present a profile on Mark Stevens, professor in the Motive Power Technician program in Pembroke. I have met Mark on a number of occasions primarily dealing with the intake suspension related to his program. Mark is a Master Mechanic who also has operated his own business for many years prior to joining […]