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Work boot allowance Please see Article 24 Health and Safety page 56 – Clause 24.02 B Where the employee in the performance of duties uses safety equipment as required under …

What’s the Purpose of Your SWF Meeting? As clarified in our Collective Agreement, all managers are obligated to have a collegial meeting with faculty before issuing a SWF. In other …

ALL NON-ROUTINE WORK IN MAY-JUNE MUST BE NOTED ON YOUR SWF Have you been asked to do anything non-routine in the May-June period such as course creation, curriculum review, program …

To be or not to be…a steward By Jan Strickland, Steward, Local 416 In Solidarity Newsletter (for OPSEU Stewards Fall 2014/Winter 2015) Unions play an important part in society. They …

New CAAT-S President Congratulations to Michael McKeown on his recent appointment as the new President of Local 353. We look forward to working with you in all of our future endeavours. …

There is no such thing as Lieu Time! It has recently come to the Union Local’s attention that some of our faculty members have been scheduled to invigilate exams on …

September Faculty Parking Concerns In early September, many Faculty approached their Union reps to share concerns regarding parking. As a result, we circulated a Survey Monkey. The response was enormous: …

NEW FACULTY TRAINING: YOU SPOKE, WE ACTED New faculty: Thank you, thank you, thank you, for your honest and passionate response to our questions regarding the NEW Faculty Training courses. …

Mentoring Issue: Have you been asked to assist fellow faculty as “mentor” or to review outlines. Keep in mind, all work must be on your SWF. Some Schools have appreciated …

PRESIDENTS REPORT: June 2015 As I sit here in my office, looking at the pile of things that I was hoping to get done before my summer vacation started, my …