Steward training available in February and March
Every union is only as good as its people and we need more good people to protect the rights of faculty and librarians. If you’d like to join us as …
Petition Action to Support Contract Faculty
As we all know, we’ve been facing a worsening crisis in post-secondary education with the election of the Ford government. His continued attacks on students and precarious faculty, while deeply unpopular, …
Welcome back to a new year!
By Pat Mongeon, OPSEU Local 354 President Welcome back to a new academic year. I wish you all a smooth start-up, and I want to let you know the local stewards and …
Late SWFs – $500 paid to you!
In the past 2 weeks, 2 of our faculty have received $500.00 as they had not yet received their workload for September. This penalty was imposed years ago with respect …
Internal Candidates
Local 354 has been in recent discussions with management regarding Article 27.11B. This Article speaks to the hiring of candidates in a certain order: internal, external lay-offs from other Colleges, …
Survey Results – DC Connect and Workload at Durham College
SURVEY RESULTS: DC CONNECT AND Workload at DURHAM COLLEGE Two weeks ago, May 27-31, your local Durham College faculty union circulated a survey monkey-type questionnaire on the topics of DC …
Update: Our CAAT Defined-Benefit Pension Plan: Going Strong!
UPDATE: Our CAAT Defined-Benefit Pension Plan: Going Strong! Despite frequent politicians’ comments and media reports claiming that good pensions are unaffordable, all Durham College professors, counsellors, and librarians need to …
Ontario College Faculty One-day Symposium: Academic Freedom in Ontario Colleges
Ontario College Faculty One-day Symposium: Academic Freedom in Ontario Colleges On June 7, 2013, the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Union, made up of teachers, counsellors, librarians (CAAT-A) …
Reminder: Partial Load – September Contracts
Reminder: Partial Load September Contracts With Part-time contracts being renewed for the fall, we would like to remind you to review article 26.10D and the advice of the Union as …
Fairness and Changes to Con-Ed Teaching
Fairness and Changes to Con-Ed teaching As expressed through our local’s recent survey of faculty, librarians, and counsellors at Durham College, the idea of fairness is a top priority of …