As you may have heard, bargaining has been proceeding slowly and your CAAT-A bargaining team has asked for a provincial conciliator to step in and stop the stalling from the CEC. You may have also read that this move will also trigger a strike mandate vote, which is expected in mid October. This is a critical time in negotiations and we want to make sure you have all the information needed to make an informed choice when that vote is called.
To that end, we are organizing two virtual drop-in chats on Wednesday, Sept. 25th, to discuss the latest bargaining news and why a strong strike mandate is so important. Please take time to join us virtually on the 25th between either 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. or 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feel free to come with any and all questions you may have.
Below are the links for each meeting. There is no formal agenda for the meetings, so feel free to drop in whenever you can.
Wednesday, Sept. 25th:
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. drop-in: https://meet.google.com/ogs-skoi-noh
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. drop-in: https://meet.google.com/arf-uwmd-rad
Fall General Membership Meeting Thursday Oct. 3 @ 6:30 p.m.
Please plan to also join us online Thursday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. for our fall general membership meeting (GMM). This will be another chance to get the very latest bargaining news, as well as to stay on top of all the other issues facing us this year. We also want to hear from you about any concerns you might have with workload, safety, enrolment or anything else. We can only act on the issues we know about, so your feedback is critically important to the work we do on your behalf.
To register for the Oct. 3rd GMM and to receive a video link and full agenda, please RSVP to office@opseu354.ca