OPSEU Local 415 Steward Election – Perth Campus – Friday January 31, 2020

Sisters and brothers, Local 415 will be conducting an election for one steward position at the Perth Campus. As you may recall the local held an election on November 20th, however I was unable to determine a successful candidate in the election because we had at least one person believed to be a member vote […]

Workday Problems – Review of Partial Load Sick Leave Hours

Given the numerous problems with Workday, we are asking all non-full time faculty who were partial-load in the fall of 2019, or who think they were partial-load, to make an appointment to come by the union office (C215b) to review sick leave hours on Workday. Partial-load faculty earn sick leave hours per month based on […]

Employee Engagement Survey

The college has extended the deadline for the Employee Engagement Survey to December 17th. We would encourage you to complete the survey, as this is an opportunity for you to provide feedback to the college about a variety of topics contained in the survey. Pat Kennedy                                     Enrico De Francesco President, Local 415                       Board […]

Workday problems with partial-load sick leave hours

Further to the e-mail that I sent you regarding Workday problems with pension and union deductions, we have now discovered problems with partial-load sick leave hours. As the college has not provided us with a list of names of partial-load faculty who may be affected, we would ask you to review your pay statements and […]

College audit of union dues and pension plan contributions

Last week, I received the two attached memos from the college advising me that the Workday system has been either over-deducting, or under-deducting (or possible not deducting) union dues and/or pension contributions for many members. The memos outline the number of full-time faculty impacted. They also state that the number of other than full-time staff […]

Local 415 Election Update

Sisters and brothers Due to a voter irregularity at the Perth campus, that campus will have to re run its election as I am unable to determine a successful candidate. We had at least one person believed to be a member vote who was not eligible. After I checked their status with the college, the […]

Outsourcing update

As a follow up to my previous e-mail regarding outsourcing, the attached memorandum was sent to me last week. It now appears that a seventh college has jumped on board. Outsourcing, the change to the funding model, and the moving of apprenticeship to the Ministry of Labour were all discussed on the most recent CAAT […]

Local 415 Election: Election for local stewards – Ottawa Campus Results

From Nelson Ross Laguna, OPSEU Staff Rep for Region 4, for immediate distribution…  Subject: Local 415 Election: Election for local stewards – Ottawa Campus Results Hello sisters and brothers  I would like to thank all of the members for participating in the November 20, 2019 election.  Ottawa Campus The following 42 members were elected as […]

Local 415 Election: Election for local stewards – Final Reminder and Voting Procedures

From Nelson Ross Laguna, OPSEU Staff Rep for Region 4, for immediate distribution…  OPSEU Local 415 Election of Stewards – Final Reminder and Voting Procedures Perth Campus As previously communicated, there will be an election for one (1) steward position at the Perth Campus: Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Place/Time: Room 114, 9 a.m. to […]

Local 415 Election: Election for local stewards – Update

From Nelson Ross Laguna, OPSEU Staff Rep for Region 4, for immediate distribution…  OPSEU Local 415 Election of Stewards – Update Perth Campus (updated to include Room/Voting Times) As previously communicated, there will be an election for one (1) steward position at the Perth Campus: Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Place/Time: Room 114, 9 a.m. […]

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