Open House – April 9, 12-4
All Local 415 members are invited to drop by our union office (A207a) on Tuesday, April 9 between 12-4 for our April Open House. We will have information about routine course renewal (RCR) time open to full-time teaching faculty, as well as the 10 days of professional development open to all full-time academic employees. You […]
Show your appreciation for Part-Time Support staff
Algonquin College, like most colleges, relies heavily on Part-Time Support workers to keep our classrooms and campuses working. This #PartTimePower ensures that academic faculty keep their focus on education. From IT support, through the food workers who keep us fuelled, to the plumbing and electrical workers who keep the water running and lights on, to […]
Demystifying the Demands for the Feb. 20 Demand-Set Meeting
Our Local demand-set meeting is next week on Tuesday! Have you registered or do you need to register here? We are offering both options for in-person or online attendance. Just make sure you sign up and attend so you participate in the shaping of our next collective agreement! Below, you can read a first-hand account […]
February 20, 2024 Local 415 Bargaining Demand-Set Meeting
Please join us Tuesday, February 20 from 5-8 PM for our Local 415 Demand-Set Meeting. You can participate in person in room T102 or virtually (Zoom link to follow). Dinner will be provided for those attending in person. Please find the meeting agenda here. This meeting is a critical opportunity for you to participate in a […]
Open House – February 6, 12-6
All Local 415 members are invited to drop by our union office (A207a) on Tuesday, February 6 between 12-6 to discuss any questions related to your workload, whether you have a SWF or other workload, including contracts. Do your class size projections line up with your actual class sizes? Have you wondered about the factors […]
Revised Message #3: Local demand-set – another issue to consider for February 20th
Our Local demand-set meeting is approaching — here is another issue to consider. Did you know that Partial-Load colleagues can be assigned to teach twice as many students as their full-time counterparts without any corresponding increase in pay? For full-time teaching faculty, the Standard Workload Formula (or “SWF”, a hard-fought gain of our 1984 job […]
Local demand-set – another issue to consider for February 20th
Our Local demand-set meeting is just over 1 month away. Here is another issue to start thinking about. Did you know that our current Collective Agreement does not include a sunset provision? A sunset clause allows letters of discipline to be removed from an employee’s personnel file after time has passed. It is common for […]
Save the date – February 20 Bargaining Demand-Set Meeting
Do you have concerns about our working conditions? What do you want to change? Join us on Tuesday, February 20 from 5-8 p.m. (possibly ending earlier, based on discussion) for our Local 415 Demand-Set meeting. The meeting is the first stage in the 2024 CAAT-A collective bargaining process and will be offered both in person […]
Winter Message 2023
As we wrap up 2023 Fall and prepare for some much-deserved time away from college work, we wanted to highlight some of our accomplishments. We began this academic year by concluding the 2021 round of bargaining. We thank the full bargaining team, including Shawn Pentecost, our Local Treasurer and Pembroke steward, who represented us both […]
No place for hate on our campus
We share in our community’s outrage at the recent antisemitic and hateful acts of vandalism on our campus. There is no place at our college for antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Arab, anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism. We raise our voices against all forms of oppression and persecution which affect people and marginalized groups on a day-to-day basis. The […]