Yeah... it's been a while..

...since I've posted meaningful stuff.

On Friday, the Chair of our Campus Community Police's Union was suspended without, to my mind, the University having followed proper procedure in their Collective Agreement. On Monday morning, the various Unions representing bargaining units across campus set up a demonstration at the parking lot that a number executives, including the Director of Human Resources, park in. See Windsor Star story here. I don't know if it's more because the Chair and his boss didn't get along (understatement of the century), or if it's the Administration trying to "stir the pot" (again an understatement) in advance of upcoming Negotiations for new Collective Agreements. If it's the latter, I think all they've done is prove that the various bargaining units, when provoked, show incredible solidarity.

In related news, our Administrative Committee will be going up toe CAW Family Education Centre in Port Elgin for a one-week course in Collective Bargaining. We have some new Committee members, and not only will we get an opportunity to get some different perspectives on the rocess, but we'll get to "bond" as a Committee.

In other, unrelated news, I'm still trying to get into the SCOOP Poker Tournament. This is part two of five blog posts where we put in a phrase, and link it to their site. It's kinda fun, and I'm sliding them in, since most of my friends don't appreciate poker the way I do. I've been doing freerolls all over the place, in my quest to go to a major tournament free. It'll probably happen the same day I win the lottery. Not that I'm pessimistic, or anything, lol.

TTFN,

Wonder how long it will take for anyone to get this?