Our Collective Agreement (CA) affords Full-time union members ten days of professional development (PD) per year. Furthermore, five of those ten days, at least, are to be consecutive. For professors, counsellors, and librarians, the CA states, The College shall allow each teacher/Counsellor and Librarian at least ten working days of professional development in each academic [...]

During the pandemic we have all become accustomed to recording our Teams lectures. In previous semesters, many of us have followed the recommendation set out by the college to make these recordings available to all students in each course. STOP. We are now in phase two of work-to-rule, and recording your lecture is [...]

Winter start-up is an especially busy time, particularly for Partial Load faculty who are just now receiving official contracts and timetables. The seemingly added task of tracking hours and not engaging in struck work could be interpreted as counterproductive- the work needs to get done regardless…right? Undoubtedly faculty are feeling anxious, annoyed, and [...]

Not all masks are created equal. It is important that members (and students) understand that the medical masks the college is providing are not adequate protection based on health guidelines. This is concerning. The Joint Health and Safety Committees are addressing this issue and will be releasing a statement later this [...]

Full-time faculty now have a video guide to help them read and understand their Standard Workload Forms (SWFs).  The CAAT-A Bargaining team created a series of videos about how to read and understand your SWF, so that full-time faculty can understand the limits of their assigned workload.

The following is adapted from communications by Fanshawe Local 110. SLC Faculty Local 417 is grateful for the solidarity and sharing of resources amongst all the OPSEU-CAAT A locals. Union officers and stewards give advice they believe, in good faith and according to their best measures. This advice is not always what members [...]

If you received an email directing you to complete training, you can thank me and the members of the Kingston Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC). Well, that and us trying to get the College to be compliant with the law. While our VP Academic may claim that the college is “ keenly focused [...]

Local 417 has received the results of the Survey on Mental Health in our Colleges conducted by the Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers (OHCOW). The purpose of conducting this study of members was to gather preliminary data to determine the working conditions of members and to understand if there is a need [...]