Dear Counsellors, Your local president is providing you with the link to the counsellor survey developed by your representatives on the provincial Counsellor Class Definition committee. The purpose of the survey is to get a better understanding of your working conditions. This survey is one of the tools that we [...]
Steward Orientation Online will be offered: Where: Virtually via Zoom When: Monday, February 8, 2021 - 6:00-8:00pm Monday, February 22, 2021 - 6:00-8:00pm Monday, March 1, 2021 - 6:00-8:00pm **Please note: You must attend all 3 sessions in order to receive the certificate of completion. All interested members are asked [...]
The OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle invites OPSEU members who self-identify as Indigenous to apply for a position on the OPSEU/SEFPO Indigenous Circle to fill a vacancy in Regions 2 & 4. Region 2 includes the municipalities of Hamilton, Guelph, Niagara, Owen Sound and points in-between. Region 4 includes the municipalities of Belleville, Brockville, Cornwall, Kingston, Ottawa and points in-between. The [...]
Contract faculty, please take a few moments to help your Union Local understand more about your views and experiences regarding your employment status at St. Lawrence College. Your responses will help shape the direction and goals of discussions with contract faculty and with management. This survey closes Wednesday, January 20. Thank you. TAKE THE [...]
Teaching timetables are being finalized now and in the coming weeks. Your Academic Office should alert you by email when your final timetable is available, but it will also be viewable under PeopleSoft > Faculty Centre. Keep in mind, what you see on PeopleSoft may not be a final version until your Academic Office [...]
The process for determining each faculty member's workload --both full-time and contract--happens very late in the semester. Waiting to find out if you have Partial Load status, Part-time status (or any status at all) is frustrating and stressful. Six weeks before the start of the next semester, Full-time Faculty are assigned their workload. After [...]
Last week, St. Lawrence College announced that a student living in residence (Kingston campus) has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating. SLC Faculty Local 417 wishes the best for this student and wants us all to stay safe. Over the weekend the Kingston JHSC was advised that two other students have been diagnosed with the [...]
The following letter to was sent Friday, December 4 to Glenn Vollebregt, College President; Eileen De Courcy, Senior Vice-President Academic; and Kathy O'Brien, Senior Vice-President, Strategy, Communications, and Advancement. The letter was in response to the College's use of the term "Instructor" rather than "Professor" in a recent video for new and returning students. See [...]
Bargaining in the Pandemic This November, college faculty from across Ontario gathered to elect the bargaining team you’ll send to negotiate with the College Employer Council (CEC) next year. In this inaugural bargaining newsletter, you will find short bios of your new bargaining team members, along with a timeline for bargaining cycle. As part [...]
On November 20-21, over 130 enthusiastic CAAT-A delegates, alternates and observers gathered virtually to survey the current bargaining environment and elect their 2021 bargaining team. Chair RM Kennedy led attendees through an agenda devoted to an overview of key issues facing college faculty and students in the midst of the pandemic. Presentations from labour [...]