The Collective Agreement: Your Best Protection
Copies of the Collective Agreement (2017-2021) are available through your stewards or by request to . You can electronically access the most up-to-date copy of the Collective Agreement here.
Normally, new full-time and partial-load faculty should receive their copy from the College upon acceptance of employment. Please contact the union Local to let us know if you have not received your copy from the College.
Always keep your contract handy. The clauses in the twelve pages of your contract entitled Article 11: Workload cover all aspects of your teaching workload. Take the time to read Article 11, and be aware of your rights regarding your workload.
To better understand your Standard Workload Form (SWF) see below for a detailed description of the SWF.
ATTENTION ALL FACULTY:
Log all of the time that you spend on all tasks related to your assigned workload. This is no less important for Partial-Load faculty, who do not receive SWFs.
You can find here an Excel workbook with spreadsheets for every week to help track your work or a single reusable Word document:
The Workload Monitoring Group
Contact the Workload Monitoring Group representatives.
WMG Composition: The Workload Monitoring Group consists of eight (8) members, four appointed by the College and four by the Union Local, for a term of office of two years, commencing on April 1 in each year.
A quorum at WMG meetings is 4, 6, or 8 members, with equal representation from both the College and the Union Local.
Alternative arrangements may be made at the local level upon agreement of the Union Local and the College.
WMG Functions
The functions of the WMG shall include:
- reviewing workload assignments in general at the College and resolving apparent inequitable assignments;
- reviewing specific disputes pursuant to 11.02 A 4 and/or 11.02 A 6 (a) and where possible resolving such disputes;
- making recommendations to the College on the operation of workload assignments at the College;
- reviewing individual workload assignments where requested by the teacher or the Union Local and, where possible, resolving the disputes;
- making recommendations to the College and Union Local committees appointed under Article 7, Union College Committee, as to amendments or additions to the provisions governing workload assignments at the College for local negotiation in accordance with 11.02 G in order to address particular workload needs at the College.
Where feasible, the WMG schedules meetings on Wednesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.