May 8, 2006

Summer Job Opportunities

We are looking for mobilizers for our “I Believe in Fairness” community college part-timers campaign

 

OPSEU is looking for 13 campaign mobilizers for the period from July 3 to September 1, 2006.   These mobilizers will work with campaign committees at community colleges on our summer campaign, which will include:

•  identifying opportunities for our community-based postcard campaign (farmers’ markets, festivals, fall fairs, community events, shopping centres, etc.) and arranging for activists to attend these events with our display;

•  organizing local lobbying of MPPs throughout the summer;

•  planning for a major presence at local labour day events across the province; and

•  planning for “welcome back” activities at each campus.

Where? 

 

Two mobilizers will be responsible for campaigns in each of OPSEU Regions 1 to 6; one mobilizer will be responsible for the campaign in OPSEU Region 7. They will be responsible for the following colleges:

•  Region 1 – Fanshawe, St. Clair, Lambton

•  Region 2 – Mohawk, Conestoga, Sheridan, Niagara

•  Region 3 – Durham, Georgian, Fleming

•  Region 4 – Algonquin, La Cité, Loyalist, St. Lawrence

•  Region 5 – Seneca, Humber, George Brown, Centennial

•  Region 6 – Northern, Canadore, Cambrian, Sault, Collège Boréal

•  Region 7 - Confederation

One position in each of Regions 4 and 6 will be designated bilingual.

 

Who can apply?

 

These jobs are open to members of OPSEU community college locals and part-time community college workers (support staff, part-time and sessional faculty, librarians and counsellors).

 

How will the mobilizers be paid?

 

OPSEU members will be booked off from their colleges and paid their regular rate of pay.  Part-time college workers who are not employed by a community college during the summer will be paid $930 per week plus 14% in lieu of benefits in accordance with the collective agreement between OPSEU and OPSSU 

 

Who are we looking for?

•  You have experience in union organizing and mobilizing or in community, electoral or social justice campaigns.

•  You have the ability to inspire and motivate people.

•  You are a self-starter, comfortable calling new people and building new relationships.

•  You have high energy.

•  You are willing to travel in the region.

•  You are willing to work flexible hours, often evenings and weekends.

Please mail, fax or e-mail a covering letter and a resumé to: 

Barbara Linds
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
100 Lesmill Road
Toronto, ON M3B 3P8
Fax: (416) 443-1762
E-mail: blinds@opseu.org

Deadline for applications is Thursday, May 18, 2006.

 

Help build the campaign: Get your posters, postcards, lobby kits and coffee mugs!

 

New lobby kits, postcards, posters, and coffee mugs this summer feature the new “I believe in FAIRNESS” logo.

 

To get materials, contact collegeworkers@opseu.org  or call our Campaign Hotline at 1-866-811-7274 or (416) 448-7443. The mugs (see photo) cost $2 each. OPSEU locals can order them (and pay for them through a deduction from their quarterly rebate) by completing the form at http://www.opseu.org/caat/parttime/caatmugorderform.pdf  and fax it in to Mary-Anne Di Adamo at (416) 443-1762.

 

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