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Attention all members, you are invited to participate in our virtual Local 354 General Membership Meeting (GMM) on Thursday, April 1st from 2-4 p.m. This important meeting is for our union members only and …
Dispute over pay leads to new understanding on how overtime hours are applied to SWFs Recently, a full-time faculty member agreed to accept six hours of overtime in order to …
OPSEU and the College Employer Council have teamed up to send message to the province about why some college faculty and staff should be included in Phase II of the …
Many OPSEU workers, including college faculty, continue to provide essential services in settings which place them at greater risk of contracting COVID-19. The union wants to ensure that members exercise …
Dear Members, On February 16th, OPSEU received an offer from the College Employer Council regarding the Collective Agreement negotiations for both our own CAAT-A bargaining unit and the CAAT-Support-Part Time …
Workload Monitoring The college is currently reviewing evaluations factors and meeting with faculty one-on-one to review their upcoming SWFs. The union is concerned that management is taking this opportunity to undervalue …
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 …
Tax time is coming and there is more than one way to seek relief for home office expenses incurred as we teach from home. The college recently sent out an …
The pending lockdown in Ontario will result in changes to in-person lab and studios. Here are the rules specifically targeted toward post-secondary institutions: Post secondary institutions open for virtual instruction, …
Masks and social (physical) distancing are sometimes seen as either/or propositions, but that is often not the case. In fact, Ontario’s emergency public health regulations for post-secondary institutions stipulate that …
