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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
August 28, 2025 General Membership Meeting
Please join us Thursday, August 28 from 12 PM to 2 PM for our General Membership Meeting (GMM). You will find the meeting agenda here. The draft minutes from our May 22 GMM are available here. The August 28 GMM will be held in room T130, and we invite you to bring your own lunch; […]
Our new collective agreement
Exactly a year out from when we first gave Notice to Bargain, full-time and partial-load faculty have been awarded a three-year collective agreement, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027. Despite bargaining in a tumultuous climate, we have achieved significant gains – including improvements for partial-load faculty, the most significant remedies on workload since […]
June Local Lines and Tonight’s Emergency CAAT Town Hall
The June 2025 edition of Local Lines is now available. Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue. In addition, please register and attend tonight’s emergency town hall at 7 pm. We sent out an invitation on Monday, under the subject line “Enough is Enough: Save our Colleges NOW.” Check your messages for details, or […]
Enough is Enough: Save our Colleges NOW
The public college system is under attack, and Algonquin College is seeing the effects as much as any other campus. In the last year alone, we’ve seen the announced closure of some 40 programs, layoff threats to over a hundred faculty, the closure of an entire campus, and the spectre of more in the near […]
General Membership Meeting (May 22) Final Reminder
This is a final reminder for our Local 415 General Membership Meeting (GMM) tomorrow, May 22, starting at 12 PM in-person in B170 and also online. NOTE: Part-Time and Sessional members must attend in-person; registration will open at 11:15 AM in B170. If you have not had time to pre-register, you still can by signing […]
May 22, 2025 General Membership Meeting
Please join us Thursday, May 22 from 12 PM to 2 PM for our General Membership Meeting (GMM). You will find the meeting agenda here. The meeting will be held in room B170, and we invite you to bring your own lunch; we will provide cookies and coffee/water. Please note: At the meeting, we will […]