March 2, 2022

We are pleased to announce that nominations for Local 560 stewards has closed.

Please join me in welcoming the following stewards, nominated for a two year term, in the following working areas for which run-off voting will not be required (the number of nominated stewards was either fewer than or equal to the number of steward positions available):

• Counselling, all campuses – Holly MacLean
• Fashion & Esthetics – Natalie Brock
• ICT – Arthur Bodourian, Harvey Kaduri, and Keith Opatowski
• King campus, at large – Siobhan Bell and Frank Yee
• Libraries, all campuses – Lydia Tsai
• School of Media / Applied Arts – Tim Abbott, Jim Carr, Greg Davis, Blair Richardson, and Jeff Roach
• SELS / Arts+Sciences – Jonathan Singer, Tony Goulem, Mary Trant, and Maria Vasilodimitrakis
• SEMET and NH Aviation – Gord Basa, Dan Janjic, Mark Khani, Mehran Nourouzi, and Edward Pasquale
• SLPA / Office Admin – Jon Olinski and Barbara Paterson
• FoB– Business Programs – Margo Burtch, Leroy DaCosta, Bibi John, Frank Skill, Floyd Sutherland, Simon Varughese, Scott Waites
• Yorkgate – Kelly Reimer

Please note that we will need to run a run-off vote in the following areas, as we have a greater number of stewards nominated than positions available: 

ECE-NH faculty – Two (2) steward positions and the following nominees: 

• Laurie Georgopoulos
• Farveh Ghafouri
• Jennifer Lewis
• Geraldine Lyn-Piluso

SELS/Arts+Sciences – Four (4) steward positions and the following nominees:

• Anna Ainsworth
• Deborah Doherty
• Howard Doughty
• Donna Frank
• Gus Lyn-Piluso

To conduct these run-off votes, members in good standing in these working areas will be emailed an electronic ballot via Election Buddy at 10:00AM tomorrow/Thursday March 3, 2022. 

The ballot will be open for 2.5 hours, until 12:30PM. If an additional ballot is needed, members in the working areas will be emailed a second electronic ballot via Election Buddy at 1:00PM tomorrow/Thursday March 3, 2022. This second ballot will be open for 2.5 hours, until 3:30PM. 

We would ask those members eligible to cast a ballot in ECE-NH faculty and SELS/Arts+Sciences, namely those faculty in the following departments who have signed a union application form and are deemed a member in good standing in accordance with Article 6 of the OPSEU/SEFPO Constitution (https://opseu.org/information/tools-and-resources/ontario-public-service-employees-union-constitution-2019/92827/), check their email tomorrow/Thursday March 3, 2022 between 10:00AM – 12:30PM and between 1:00PM – 3:30PM:

SELS/Arts+Sciences

• AAHS-General Education
• AAHS Pre-Health Gen Educ-Int 
• Sch of Eng&Lib Studies – FCAD

ECE-NH faculty

• School of ECE-Admin  
• School of ECE-Apprentice

Following these run-off votes, a full roster of stewards will be reached, and this roster will be brought to the Election Meeting starting at 6:00PM tomorrow/Thursday March 3, 2022. 

Register for the election meeting on March 3 at 6pm here: https://opseu-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwscumgqD4qHNDpK0fB_oxxExAwJm1oAqC6

The Agenda for the Election Meeting will be:

1. Call to order
2. Land Acknowledgement 
3. Statement of Respect 
4. Motion to elect roster of duly nominated stewards
   
   1. Moved by:
   2. Seconded by:
5. Motion invited to elect Vice President – Equity and Health and Safety Officer 
6. Election of Officers:
   
   1. President
   2. First Vice President
   3. Chief Steward
   4. Secretary
   5. Treasurer
7. Election of Trustees (2)
8. Adjournment

If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Staff Representative Attasha Jordan ([email protected]) or Negotiations Supervisor Bernard King ([email protected]) for assistance.