Canadian Campuses in Saudi Arabia
On the CBC Radio One Talk Show, Ontario Today, the question of Algonquin’s involvement in Saudi Arabia was discussed. If you would like to hear the interviews with Doug Wotherspoon, Director of Advancement, and Jack Wilson, First Vice President of our faculty local, please check out the February 19th episode: Canadian Campuses in Saudi Arabia. […]
Contract Demand Setting Meeting Thursday February 13,2014
To Members of Local 415 Please join your colleagues at the Contract Demand Setting Meeting set for Thursday, February 13 at 4:00 in the Staff Dining Room. There will be a teleconference link for Pembroke faculty in Room 200. refreshments will be provided. Our Current collective agreement expires August 31,2014. This upcoming meeting is the […]
Ontario Online Plan-Issues and Concerns we should all be concerned about
Dear Members, On Monday, January 13, Brad Duguid, Minister of Training Colleges and Universities, announced Ontario Online. Video of the announcement can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OprAhtZ0_08 Curiously, we have not seen the Minister’s announcement highlighted on myAlgonquin for reasons that may become apparent as you read on. We believe there are many aspects of the […]
Petition to expand the CPP/QPP
CLC LINK:http://www.canadianlablour.ca/action-center/pension-fairness Petition to expand the CPP/QPP We need to do something about retirement income. Even bank economists have started to say RRSPs have failed.There’s too much risk and not enough security to ensure that, after a lifetime of work, people can retire and live out their last years in dignity. Too many of today’s […]
Rally to Save Canada Post-Jan.26
March to Save Canada Post Sunday, January 26th, 1:00pm Meet at Dundonald Park (Kent and Somerset) March to the Prime Minister’s Office (Elgin and Wellington) The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is greeting the return of parliament with a rally and march to demand the reversal of planned cuts to the postal service. The Conservative […]
Flyer/Poster
To help understand the Provincial Prebargaining Survey see the attached document/flyer here
CAAT-A Divisional Executive Newsletter, November 2013
Ready to Bargain in 2014 Negotiations for our next Collective Agreement will begin in the Summer of 2014.The road to those negotiations kicked off last month, when delegates from OPSEU Faculty Locals at all 24 Ontario Colleges met in Toronto to elect the CAAT-A Bargaining Team. Attached here is Vol2,Issue 1 November 2013, College Faculty […]
Thank you to the Members of OPSEU 415
To the Professors, Instructors, Counsellors and Librarians On behalf of the team who were elected to be your union officers for the upcoming two-year term, I want to thank everyone who participated in yesterday’s vote: all the people who worked on behalf of the candidates, and all the members who took time from a very […]
Results of the Vote for Officers for OPSEU Local 415
I am pleased to announce the results of the vote for officer positions for OPSEU Local 415, representing Professors, Instructors, Counsellors, and Librarians. The membership have re-elected the following people: President: Pat Kennedy 1st VP: Jack Wilson 2nd VP: David Haley Chief Steward: J.P. Lamarche Secretary: Chris Wojcik Treasurer: Shawn Pentecost ( previously acclaimed) Congratulations […]
Notice of OPSEU 415 Elections
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: […]