Article 27-29 Information Sessions
Are you aware of how your Collective Agreement (CA) works during periods of College-led downsizing? Having a better understanding of the new 2024-27 CA during uncertain times is a first step. Questions about job security, workload, and academic integrity? Come get answers. Your Union Local wants to be clear: faculty have enforceable rights under the CA […]
Article 27-29 Drop-in Information Sessions
You will have seen recent announcements from the College indicating further program closures and suspensions. These decisions are occurring amid ongoing uncertainty and, for many faculty, raise understandable concerns about job security, workload, and academic integrity. Your Union Local wants to be clear: faculty have enforceable rights under the Collective Agreement when programs are reduced, suspended, […]
January 29, 2026 General Membership Meeting
Please join us Thursday, January 29 from 12-2 PM in room CA105a-c or virtually for our General Membership Meeting (GMM). You will find the meeting agenda here. The draft minutes from our August 28, 2025 GMM are available here. If you are joining us physically in CA105a-c, we invite you to bring your own lunch; the Local will […]
Member Organizers Opportunities
Please review the message below from our CAAT-A Part-Time and Sessional Bargaining Team. I encourage you to review this meaningful and brand new role and engage as appropriate. In solidarity, Tracy Henderson, President Local 415 Hello, As Part Time and Sessional faculty head into bargaining, we need to ensure that we have the majority of […]
November/December 2025 – Local Lines is out!
The November/December 2025 edition of Local Lines – our Local 415 newsletter – is now available. Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue. In solidarity, Kim BoschLocal 415 Steward and Local Lines Editor
Joint Petition Support Needed
We urgently need your support in signing this joint petition demanding that Claude Brule, President of Algonquin College, release the long-awaited Efficiency and Accountability Report. At other colleges, these reports have exposed plans for deep cuts, mergers, and privatization that threaten jobs, programs, and the quality of education itself. Despite being asked repeatedly by members of […]
October 2025 – Local Lines is out!
The October 2025 edition of Local Lines – our Local 415 newsletter – is now available. Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue. In solidarity, Kim BoschLocal 415 Steward and Local Lines Editor
Demand Set Survey PT/SL is live and open until October 13th, 2025
The Bargaining Team for the first CAAT-A PT/SL Division has developed a Demand Set Survey to gather members’ priorities. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey below. Your participation and engagement helps inform the demands your team takes to the table and strengthens our academic community. Demand Set Survey links: The survey is available in English […]
Statement from CAAT-A Divisional Executives
Please review the message below from our CAAT-A Divisional Executive. If you have questions please join us at today’s Practice Picket from 12-1 outside the Woodroffe Avenue campus entrance — we will be there and are happy to talk. In solidarity, Tracy Henderson, President Local 415 Dear members, We are at a crossroads. The Ontario […]
Direction re: Solidarity with Full-Time Support, Local 416
This message is a follow up on recent communications from OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick (see below) and last night’s well-attended faculty Town Hall regarding the possible Support Staff strike that could begin as early as Thursday, September 11th. As we all know, the future of our colleges has never been more at risk. This moment […]