An overview of the media coverage of our May 11th to 13th strike.
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News Bulletin #9-2020/2021, April 20, 2021
Photo credit: Hugo. Support Staff Strike 2021-03-30 Our support staff at Vanier were on strike recently to demand progress in their negotiations with the CAQ government. On the sunny morning of Tuesday, 30 March, your VCTA Executive picketed with them
Continue readingNews Bulletin #8-2020/2021, March 5, 2020
45 cégeps, 45 actions campaign. On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, we were joined by our comrades from Cégep Saint-Laurent for a photo op in support of our negos. Noteworthy, we got some honks from cars driving by. Memories of actions past
Continue readingNews Bulletin #7-2020/2021, January 22, 2020
Taxes and Forms for Working from HomeAs mentioned in a previous bulletin, both federal and provincial governments have created simplified forms to claim expenses related to confinement in our tax returns this year. At the last meeting of CRT, the
Continue readingNews Bulletin #6-2020/2021, January 4, 2021
Happy New Year! We hope you have enjoyed a restful holiday so far. We encourage you to take advantage of the remaining few days before classes start to disconnect as much possible from the screens that have taken a lot
Continue readingNews Bulletin #5-2020/2021, November 27, 2020
Here is a mini-news bulletin covering timely topics. We hope you are all managing to prepare for the rush of the end of semester. We understand that you feel the weight of the extra work this semester, and we want
Continue readingNews Bulletin #4-2020/2021, November 13, 2020
Reminder: March TomorrowThere will be Quebec-wide demonstrations on Saturday, November 14th to support public-sector negotiations. The demonstration in Montreal will start at 1 p.m. at the Place des Festivals. Please consider joining, with friends and family and share the event
Continue readingNews Bulletin #3-2020/2021, October 9, 2020
New Measures for the VCTA OfficeAs a response to the increased risk levels in effect in Montréal, from October 10th, 2020 until October 28th, there will be no regular presence in the VCTA office. If teachers would like to make
Continue readingNews Bulletin #2-2020/2021, September 22, 2020
Update on the College’s Block Hiring Practice Some of you may remember that the General Assembly mandated the VCTA Executive to work with the College in order to have it revise its policy of insisting that teachers of DEC courses
Continue readingNews Bulletin #1-2020/2021, August 28, 2020
Welcome back (sort of) Last semester, teachers at Vanier were obliged to adapt, with very short notice, to forms of teaching with which many of us were unfamiliar. After completing the academic year, when it became obvious that we would
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