Fall General Membership Meeting Tues. Sept. 19 @ 6:30 p.m.
We would like to inform you of our fall general membership meeting (GMM) to be held virtually on Tues., Sept. 19th at 6:30 p.m. To register your attendance, please send an …
Bargaining team to begin wage re-opening talks Aug. 14
Dear Members, As you know, Bill 124 – which had previously limited our salary increases to 1% – was struck down and declared “void and of no effect” last November by …
Help our support staff colleagues in their bid to negotiate a new wage settlement under wage re-opener talks
(*The following is a message to support staff members from the CAAT-S bargaining team. Our own wage re-opening talks start next month and we are all in this together!) As …
Ontario hospital workers awarded significant wage increases following court decision to strike down Bill 124 wage caps
Listen to this article (Thunder Bay News) An arbitrator has awarded salary increases totalling 6.25 per cent to 45,000 Ontario hospital workers, plus two dollars an hour more for registered …
Durham College partnership with unnamed private career college raises concerns
Durham College has reversed its long-standing opposition to public-private partnerships (PPP) and announced a joint venture with an as yet unnamed private career college in Toronto. This partnership aims to …
Tickets still available for Local 354 Blue Jays solidarity social event June 25th at 1:30 p.m
Tickets are going fast for our FREE Jays game member social at the Rogers Centre on Sunday, June 25th! If you’re interested in joining us for an afternoon of baseball …
March 21, 2023, Local Update
SWF and Spring Memo Work It has come to the attention of the Local that members are being issued both Spring Memos and SWFs. There are duties such as “attend …
GMM reminder for March for March 2nd at 1 p.m.
Please join us Thursday, March 2nd at 1 p.m. for our next general membership meeting (GMM). The meeting will once again be hosted on Zoom as we discuss the budget, new …
Got questions about our new collective agreement? We’ve got a FAQ
On Sept. 23, Arbitrator William Kaplan issued an award that set out our new Collective Agreement (CA), which will govern our working conditions until September 30, 2024. The award was …
Town hall meetings scheduled to discuss arbitration award and new contract
Dear colleagues, We know many of you are keen to find out what improvements will be seen in our new collective agreement (CA) following the arbitration award recently released. To …