A Message from the President
Greetings to all.
I’d like to respond to Ann Buller’s update on the Bibliocentre, sent out on Lotus Notes at 3:00 PM this afternoon.
There are a couple of things that I’d like to comment on and clarify.
As Ann stated, the decision to close our Bibliocentre was made by the Committee of Presidents and was finalized at their meeting this week.
This will directly affect all 21 Support Staff members from the Bibliocentre. The fall-out of course, could affect many more of us than that.
The officers of the Local were present at the Bibliocentre meeting this afternoon. Though we had no input into the determination to close the Bibliocentre, we will be involved in trying to mitigate the results of this decision.
I want to say that, though Ann’s message specifically seems to target the Information Technology and Library departments of the College, the actuality is that any area could feel the effects of the displacements that are inevitably to follow. That is to say, I don’t know why Ann would centre out these two departments - the potential for displacements or bumps exist throughout the institution.
The Local Union will also be working with the members of the Bibliocentre to help in dealing with this closure in the weeks and months to come and will do everything in its power to minimize impact to the support staff.
There will be some stressful times ahead, as we move through the process of finding positions for our members and working as hard as possible to keep any full-time member from losing their job at Centennial.
I will keep you as informed as I can, being mindful of some of the confidentiality requirements that accompanies this process as it rolls out.
In solidarity,
Larry Goldin,
President
OPSEU Local 559