Local 415 Election: Steward Nomination Results
Steward nominations for your Local Executive Committee (LEC) closed earlier today at 12 noon. The following members have been acclaimed as stewards for the term of January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023: Ala’ Qadi (Woodroffe) Annette Bouzi (Woodroffe) Carmen Hust (Woodroffe) Chinedu Mba (Woodroffe) Colette Garvin (Woodroffe) David Haley (Woodroffe) Elizabeth von Moos (Woodroffe) […]
Bargaining Update: 18 November 2021
Employer Team Rejects Voluntary Arbitration, Abandons Negotiations Today, your faculty bargaining team returned to the bargaining table, to resume negotiations with the assistance of a Conciliation Officer appointed by the Ministry of Labour. It was the first day that we have met with the College Employer Council (CEC) bargaining team in a week, despite our […]
Partial Load Reminders – November 18
November is half-way through, there’s a chill in the air, and assessments are ramping up as we turn our minds towards the end of the semester. Things may be busy, but we want to take a moment to remind you of some important issues for you as partial-load members. Firstly, we wanted to remind you […]
Bargaining Update: 17 November 2021
, as we enter into the process of conciliation, starting Thursday. This was requested during the Province-Wide town-hall last week. Additionally, we have offered the College Employer Council (CEC) team a blackout for those dates that we are at the bargaining table together, along with a voluntary agreement not to escalate via a no-board report […]
Bargaining Update: 12 November 2021
[Version francais suivre] It was a pleasure to meet last night with over 1,500 members at our Provincewide Bargaining Update. It was our first chance to provide an update and talk with members after several weeks of mediation and bargaining and we welcomed the chance to field member questions. The meeting occurred following the mutually-agreed […]
Faculty Town Hall Postponed till Thursday, November 11, 6:30pm
The CAAT-A Bargaining Team will be back at the bargaining table with the Management Bargaining Team on Monday, November 8, 2021. We are pleased that discussions will be resuming. Both parties have agreed to a communication blackout until Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 6 pm, to allow frank and open discussions to take place. In […]
CAAT-A and CEC bargaining teams to return to table
La version française suit la version anglaise. Both the CAAT-A and CEC bargaining teams have agreed to return to the bargaining table on Monday, November 8. We have also agreed to schedule additional bargaining days up to and including Thursday, November 11. During this time, it has been agreed that there will be a communications […]
Steward Elections
Dear Members, This fall is an election year for Local 415. Our elections are held in two stages. First is the election of stewards. Stewards are nominated and elected by members of their campus location. Attached is a steward nomination form. If an equal or smaller number of stewards are nominated than allotted, stewards will […]
Bargaining Update: 29 October 2021
Message from the Bargaining Team: We have heard from a number of you asking questions about what’s next, now that mediation has failed. Your bargaining team met today with the Local Presidents and Bargaining Advisory Committee. We discussed the mediator’s report, the faculty team’s offer of settlement, and sought direction on next steps. The Local […]
IMPORTANT BARGAINING TEAM UPDATE ON MEDIATION
It is with great disappointment and frustration that we report to you that mediation has failed. Attached is the final report of the mediator, along with the offer of settlement we tabled during mediation. We absolutely disagree with the finding of the mediator’s report, most of which paints the faculty bargaining team as recalcitrant and unreasonable, as well […]