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 […]
Local 415 Steward By-Election 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 December 14, 2023 to May 31, 2024: Congratulations to these new stewards! In solidarity, Sophie ShamoonOPSEU / SEFPO Staff RepresentativeLocal 415 Election Officer
OPSEU Local 415 Steward Nominations
Our bylaws have been amended so that Local 415 will have even-year spring elections moving forward — that is when a general election will be held for all stewards and officers of our Local. There are a number of current steward vacancies to fill, so we are running a steward by-election now. The term of […]
Blood and Water Screening
Did you miss the screening of Blood and Water on Nov 2? No problem! This link will allow you to watch this moving ~20-minute documentary by Layla Staats. We are also still accepting personal hygiene products for our donation drive for Neskantaga First Nation Community.
REMINDER: Tomorrow’s Blood and Water Screening & Local 415 Donation Campaign
“We have on this land all of that which makes life worth living.”— Mahmoud Darwish This is a reminder of tomorrow’s virtual screening of Layla Staat’s Blood and Water documentary. See you at 7 p.m Thursday: sign up here. Many donations for the Neskantaga First Nation have already been delivered to A207a. Please drop off […]
Nov 2 Blood And Water Screening & Donation Campaign
“We have on this land all of that which makes life worth living.”— Mahmoud Darwish At Local 415, we are committed to making the promise of Truth and Reconciliation real. This commitment goes beyond words — our actions speak louder. We refuse to become numb to what is happening around us. Everyone deserves clean drinking […]