Faculty Wage Reopening Update
Dear CAAT-A Members, Monday, the College faculty bargaining team will be in mediation with the bargaining agent for the Colleges. This mediation is designed to remedy the harm caused by an unconstitutional law that prevented the 16,000 CAAT-A faculty members from negotiating appropriate wage increases in our recent round of bargaining. Finally, in Monday’s wage reopening mediation, […]
Notice of GMM and Proposed New Local Bylaws
At our next General Membership Meeting (GMM), scheduled for August 31st at 11 A.M., we will be voting on new Local 415 Bylaws. Please find attached here our New Proposed Draft Bylaws for your consideration. The current Local 415 Bylaws can be found here. If you have any questions, please reach out to us before or […]
Benefits and Bargaining Update
Dear Members, We are writing to let you know that we are nearing the end of this round of bargaining (other than negotiating a Bill 124 remedy for wages and benefits). The latest significant development is that the benefit improvements under Bill 124 have been finalized. Under Bill 124, our wages and total compensation package […]
Partial Load Registry Deadline – April 30, 2023
All Partial-Load members must ensure that their names are entered onto the Partial Load Registry for 2023-24 academic year within the next 7 days. The deadline for this is APRIL 30, 2023 – there are no exceptions for late registration. It doesn’t matter if you think you qualify or not, it is critical that you […]
Retirement Planning Workshop (Renfrew Region In-Person)
This free, in-person retirement planning workshop is hosted by RTOERO. Saturday April 29, 2023Check-in & refreshments: 9am, Workshop: 9:30am – 11:30am St. James Catholic Church Hall78 Wellington StreetEganville, ONK0J 1T0
Bargaining Update – February 2023
We have a few updates related to bargaining. As a reminder, although the new collective agreement (CA) is not yet signed and distributed, Arbitrator William Kaplan’s Award took effect immediately on the date of issue (September 23rd, 2022). This award effects significant changes to the CA (see https://opseu.org/news/college-faculty-bargaining-bulletin-arbitrator-awards-improvements-far-beyond-those-offered-by-employer-in-negotiations/176313/). Since this date, your CAAT-A Bargaining Team […]
Winter Greeting
As 2022 draws to a close, Local 415 wanted to share a winter message celebrating our successes and informing you about what is to come. Here is a video greeting: We thank you all for your continued trust in our leadership and wish you a restful winter break. In solidarity, Your Local 415 Leadership TeamAnnette Bouzi, PresidentJudy […]
Kaplan Award on Remainder (Improvements to Benefits)
Arbitrator William Kaplan issued an award on September 23rd, 2022, which resulted in a new Collective Agreement (CA) with significant improvements for our members. Most of that CA became effective immediately on the date of Kaplan’s award. There has been one key outstanding issue and a resolution has, unfortunately, not come easily. The College Employer […]
What can you do to support CUPE Education Workers?
As you have likely heard, the government has taken the undemocratic step of rushing to pass Bill-28, which would prevent some 55,000 CUPE education workers from going on strike tomorrow. This is an attack on all workers and a dangerous signal of things that might come in the future. As a sign of solidarity, the […]
New Collective Agreement FAQ
Dear Members, On September 30 and October 3, the bargaining team had the opportunity to meet with over 1,600 college faculty provincewide, during Zoom Town Halls. During those meetings, we discussed the Kaplan award that will form our new Collective Agreement. We also had the chance to answer many questions from participants, although there were […]