Stewards

Steward positions comprise Shop Stewards and Unit Stewards. Unit Stewards are those Stewards who sit on the Local Executive Committee (LEC), also referred to as “the Executive”. For more details on Steward roles and responsibilities see the OPSEU/SEFPO Steward Handbook. See below for complete list of Stewards.

Unit Stewards

Unit Stewards shall inform their Members of activities ongoing within their Bargaining Unit and Local 685. This includes inviting Members to join OPSEU/SEFPO, and welcoming new employees to the workplace and the Union. They shall also represent the concerns and suggestions made by Members in their portfolio to their Bargaining Unit and Local 685. In addition they shall attend Bargaining Unit Committee, Bargaining Unit Membership, Local Executive and Local General Membership meetings, become familiar with the provisions of the Collective Agreement that applies to them, assist and cooperate fully with the Local Health and Safety Committee.

You may contact each of your fourteen Unit Stewards (alphabetically by first name) as follows.

 1  Aaron Gordon (FT Business and Economics)
    email:  [email protected] 

 2  Alice Ridout, Vice President FT (FT Humanities and Social Science)
    email:  [email protected]

 3  Andre Dukhia (PT Cross Cultural Studies)
    email:  [email protected]

 4 Aqeela Tabassum (PT Brampton)
    email:  [email protected]

 5  Edna James, Local Secretary (FT Computer Science and Technology)
    email:  [email protected]

 6  Kiddnan Kobindarajah (PT Science)
    email:  [email protected]

 7  Nairne Cameron, (FT Cross Cultural Studies)
    email:  [email protected] 

 8  Nusrate Aziz, (FT Steward at Large)
    email:  [email protected]

 9  Pelham Matthews (FT Steward at Large)
    email:  [email protected]  

10  Subhendu Bhadra, Vice President PT (PT Computer Science and Technology)
    email:  [email protected] 

11  Tony Fabiano, President (PT Humanities and Social Sciences)
    email:  [email protected] 

12  Vinay Yarlagadda, Bargaining Unit Secretary (PT Business and Economics)
    email:  [email protected]
 
13  Open Position (FT Science)
    email:  

14  Open Position (PT Timmins)
    email:

Shop Stewards

Even if you don’t want to be on the LEC, all Members are encouraged to consider becoming a Shop Steward and nominating fellow Members to be Shop Stewards as well. Any signed Member can be a Shop Steward. The more the better! For example, what if you need to bring a union representative with you to attend a meeting with Admin?  Did you know: this does not have to someone on the LEC.  You can choose any Member you are comfortable with and who can best help advocate for you.  Your rep just needs to be a Shop Steward, and Shop Stewards can be voted in at any GMM meeting (including AGM meetings). Members need to be present when being nominated at the meeting. 

 1  Sean Meades, Treasurer (FT Cross Cultural Studies)
    email:  [email protected]

 2  Ushnish Sengupta (FT Cross Cultural Studies)
    email:  [email protected]