Congratulations to Your Local’s President Nicole Zwiers!
It is with great pleasure and an honour to announce that Nicole Zwiers (Local 354 President) has been elected to be a member of the CAAT-A 2017 Bargaining Team. The college academic collective agreement expires September 30, 2017.
A few members of your LEC joined other faculty members from Ontario’s 24 public colleges over the past weekend to attend your division’s pre-bargaining conference. A summary of the weekend agenda can be found on the opseu.org website. On Sunday, the delegates at the conference elected your 2017 Bargaining Team.
Those elected were:
Darryl Bedford, Local 110
Mona Chevalier, Local 470
JP Hornick, Local 556
Kevin MacKay, Local 240
Shawn Pentecost, Local 415
Ravi Ramkissoonsingh, Local 242
Nicole Zwiers, Local 354
As a participant of this Pre-Bargaining Conference I was able to learn about each of the members of the Bargaining Team as they each gave a speech prior to the election. I feel very confident that we have an extremely competent group of dedicated union brothers/sisters who bring a diverse wealth of knowledge and skills.
As for our “own” member of the team, Nicole, she brings a strong legal background; solid leadership and communication skills; she is assertive, decisive and has an extremely strong work ethic. It is a well-deserved role for our President, who has been, and continues to be an active member of your LEC; starting as a union Steward; then being your Chief Steward to her present position as our President.
We are proud of you Nicole and on behalf of Local 354 we stand behind you 100% as you and the Bargaining Team lead us into our bargaining year!