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, …
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 …
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 …
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 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! 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 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 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 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 …
Recommendation to All Faculty to Review Their Employee File Yearly Due to recent circumstances regarding the disciplining of some of our membership – up to and including termination – your …
