Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Let's all go to the concession stand....

During the current OPSEU 'Work Stoppage' STRIKE there's lots of talking points about Academic Freedom and Concessions. 

I hear the complaints "because of the concessions", "too many dangerous concessions" etc.   What are all these concessions anyway?  For starters they are difficult to identify given OPSEU's vague references to them but after reading both offers and the newsletters I have come up with a list.

Although it seems hard to believe but many were not aware that there is a new, negotiated offer - the one they are supposed to be voting on.  I am also hoping that people have read both offers and not just relied on propaganda and word of mouth.  What follows presumes you've read both offers.



Current Management Offer
Current Union Offer


Now to the Concession stand we go....


Article 2 - NOT A CONCESSION.  The union gets their right to grieve back as that language was removed from the current offer.  Awesome!

2.03C - NOT A CONCESSION.  The union wants to back-grieve for grieving missed during the moratorium.  You agreed on the language of the moratorium - now it's removed.  Back-grieving would be going against the union's bargained word and that's not in good faith.

2.04 and .05 - NOT A CONCESSION.  The bargained collective agreement doesn't apply to non-
union workers - that's exactly what Bill-148 will deal with.  If and when the union gets them in their membership then it applies.

Article 8 - NOT A CONCESSION.  Changes are minimal.  The union does not like these changes as they will no longer get their full salary to perform union business. That's a good thing as their salary is for teaching.  Everything else still gets paid though, pensions contributions, health benefits, other fringe benefits.  Awesome!

Article 11 - Apparently these concessions will 'gut' workload protection....Nope - NO CONCESSIONS to see here:


  • 11.01B It does not eliminate the cap because the extension has to be agreed upon by BOTH the teacher and the supervisor.
  • Teaching contact hours .... the union agrees with this - how is it a concession?
  • 11.01d3 0  - NOT A CONCESSION  - covered in article 11.08
  • 11.01h3 - NOT A CONCESSION  - it's standard PD approval.  Faculty won't be unreasonably denied.  A very fair and reasonable method.
  • 11.04b3 same as 11.01h3 above - and it's not a blatant attack on faculty professionalism and academic freedom.  That's just being over-dramatic.
  • 11.01j - NOT A CONCESSION.  It does not create  an unlimited overtime situation .  It just means faculty still won't work more than 18 hours per week in the classroom (nice).  And, no it won't lead to undue stress.



Academic Freedom

This isn't new - it's something the union has wanted for a long time.   It's just made a more notable appearance in this campaign.   Academic Freedom is a collaborative process with all members of the college community.  It cannot occur with a single faculty member.   No one would want a single entity making decisions on anything - that's not democratic. Management''s offer is democratic, with sanity controls built-in - the union's offer is archaic and dictator-like.  Absolute power......as they say.

Class Definition - NOT A CONCESSION

Faculty do not want to operate "under the direction of the senior academic officer of the College or designate".   Well that's nice but completely ridiculous.  These are some of the checks and balances that make the system successful.


The union does not want the academic freedom letter of understanding that management offered.  Instead, they want additional articles added that they can grieve on.  The union wording gives them complete freedom to do whatever they want - that would be a very dangerous thing.


Article 14 - Salaries - NOT A CONCESSION - it clarifies how partial load and full time faculty get paid by the wage schedule or by the salary schedule - respectively.  Yes, wages and salary are different.


Return to work (RTW) protocol - OK THIS ONE IS A CONCESSION - but it's deserved.   Faculty voted in favour of a strike - that's the risk.  Faculty are  going to lose 1/216 of their annual salary for every day of the work stoppage and they won't be credited as having worked it.  That's fair.   What's completely ridiculous is that the union wants those days recorded on the faculty SWF?!?!?!?!?

Also related to RTW,  the union wants to back grieve 1400 grievances from their previous 2006 work stoppage.  They agreed not to during the past strike, move on.


Appointment Factors  - NOT A CONCESSION

Six years is the maximum qualification credit.  Makes sense - this is College remember?

Also, faculty won't get credit for years when double-dipping occurred by taking similar duplicate studies.  Makes sense.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Audiofumes Podcast 15

Update ... podcast track lists and shows were moved to Mixcloud

The original air date for the show was October 30, 2014.

The track list :

20:00 :: The Butlers - Lost In Space
20:04 :: Radioinactive and Antimc - Runnin' with Scissors - (Free Kamal)
20:09 :: ASG - Castlestorm
20:12 :: Ha Lela - Pabudimas
20:19 :: Lowki (Kingzhifi) Ft I-Lodika - Season Of The Harvest
20:25 :: Wily Bo Walker & Kareña K - Love Will Find A Way - (Love Will Find A Way)
20:29 :: Orange Goblin - Black Egg
20:34 :: Fanarai - Digimonai Atakuoja
20:37 :: Anti-Heros - Fuck Hollywood
20:40 :: Buck 65 - Kennedy Killed The Hat
20:42 :: Type O Negative - Black No. 1 - (Bloody Kisses)
20:54 :: Maps & Atlases - Artichokes
20:57 :: Nice World - NiceWorld-EoD-03-From 1 2 3 - (Eve of Distortion)
21:01 :: You Slut! - 1s, 2ns (The Original Door)
21:05 :: Exzavier Whitley - Where to
21:10 :: House of pain - It Ain't a Crime
21:12 :: In Search of Sight - The Long Now
21:17 :: Type O Negative - Summer Breeze - (Bloody Kisses)
21:28 :: Type O Negative - Halloween in Heaven - (Dead Again)
21:29 :: Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl - (October Rust)
21:34 :: The Curse Within - One More Day(radio-edit) - [Demo EP        (Cat. TCW171212CA)]
21:51 :: Margarita Martirosyan - Edge Of Paradise-GHOST - (Margarita Martirosyan's Album)
21:56 :: Thundertale - Uz tevyne
22:02 :: Type O Negative - Xero Tolerance - (Slow, Deep and Hard)
22:13 :: Rod Fritz - Green Grass - (All the same)
22:13 :: Sasquatch - What Have You Done                                                                
22:22 :: The Dead Weather - Hang You From The Heavens                                                  
22:24 :: Blowback - Butterfly                                                                          
22:28 :: VIVEYNNE - Setting Fire to Juliet
22:35 :: Jenni French - GET DOWN
22:37 :: Joe Gande and The Godsend Sessions - Just Because - (But First...This Song)

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Johnny Winter Tribute Podcast

The Johnny Winter  Tribute podcast ....

18:58 :: Johnny Winter - Pick up on my Mojo -
19:07 :: John Lennon - Rock n Roll People -
19:11 :: Johnny Winter - Rock n Roll People / Roll with Me / Sweet Papa john -
19:21 :: Johnny Winter - Bad Luck Situation -
19:24 :: Johnny Winter - Stone County -
19:28 :: johnny Winter - 38 - 32 - 20 -
19:31 :: Johnny Winter - Stray Cat Blues -
19:36 :: Johnny Winter - Be Careful with a fool -
19:41 :: Johnny Winter - Blinded by Love -
19:46 :: Johnny Winter - Still Alive and Well -
19:50 :: Johnny Winter - I'll Drown in my Tears -
19:55 :: Johnny Winter - Cheap Tequila -
20:00 :: Johnny Winter - Drinkin' Blues -
20:05 :: Johnny winter - Golden Olden Days of Rock n Roll -
20:09 :: Johnny Winter - I Love Everybody -
20:14 :: Johnny Winter - I Hate Everybody -
20:17 :: Johnny Winter - Iodine in my Coffee -
20:21 :: Johnny Winter - I Smell Trouble -
20:27 :: Johnny winter - All Tore Down -
20:32 :: Johnny Winter - Kiss Tomorrow GoodBye -
20:37 :: Johnny Winter - Let It Bleed -
20:41 :: Johnny Winter - Let The Music Play -
20:46 :: Johnny Winter - Livin' The Blues -
20:49 :: Johnny Winter - Mad Blues -
20:54 :: Johnny Winter - Mean Town Blues -
21:01 :: Johnny Winter - Mind Over Matter -
21:06 :: Johnny Winter - My Soul -
21:12 :: Johnny Winter - No Time To Live -
21:17 :: Johnny Winter - On The Limb -
21:21 :: Johnny Winter - Too Much Seconal -
21:25 :: Johnny Winter - Pordigal Son -
21:30 :: Johnny Winter - Raised on Rock -
21:37 :: Johnny Winter - Rock & Roll -
21:42 :: Johnny Winter - Tired Of Tryin' -
21:48 :: Muddy Waters /  Johnny Winter - Walkin Thru The Park -
21:55 :: Johnny Winter - Rollin' Across The Country -
22:01 :: JOHNNY WINTER - THE PROGRESSIVE BLUES EXPERIMENT (FULL
ALBUM)-znMaAzTwmd8 -



We Switched things up a but here and went free form ....

22:16 :: FRITZ - The Way We Were - FRITZ
22:21 :: Super Adventure Club - Hip Hop Hot Pot Noodle -
22:25 :: Type O Negative - All Hallows Eve - World Coming Down
22:34 :: Type O Negative - Wolf Moon -
22:41 :: ToN-DayTripper -
22:49 :: FREZZAS - Bjlo An Erno -
22:56 :: Tim Minchin - ThePopeSong -
22:59 :: NW Outlaws - Forefathers -
23:03 :: Anneke Van Giersbergen - Take Me Home -
23:07 :: Jane Silence - One Summer Evening -
23:12 :: Hype! - Hype!-Weird -
23:15 :: Uriah Heep - Dreammare - ...Very 'eavy ...Very 'umble
23:20 :: Frank Zappa - Cheepnis -
23:25 :: SYKOTYK RAMPAGE - SYKOTYK RAMPAGE -
23:30 :: 1:00AM Project - Worship Dance at Temple Selene - Post
23:30 :: Kofi - Movin' Up -
23:32 :: 1:00AM Project - Dusk Between Reds and Blues - Post
23:34 :: Jamall - Burn Away MASTER3 - Mixed
23:38 :: Hype! - Hype!-Still right here -
23:42 :: Deep Purple - Vincent Price -
23:48 :: The Blue Valentines - Swamp - Tales of Drunkenness and Cruelty

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Audiofumes Summer Solstice Show (almost)

Great multi-genre show.  It was chilll, it was energetic and it was disciplined - lol. Thanks to all the artists that submitted tracks and thanks to all the listeners.  I hope you enjoyed some new music and hope you tune in again for the next show :)

The show will repeat at http://audiofumes.ca

Check the schedule at http://mmx2.homedns.org:8000/


Here's the play list for the June 22/2014 show


--- First half ---
19:01 :: The Mescal Canyon Troubadours - Chattahoochee Coochee Man - Tales of The Mescal Canyon Troubadours
19:05 :: Masquera Di Ferro - Reflection - Unknown album (21/10/2013 12:44:58 )
19:11 :: Exzavier Whitley - Rocking The Boat -
19:14 :: Kareña K - Battered & Blue  - ...and this wild heart beats again
19:19 :: Mike Haggith - Miss 76 - Live at Swampstravaganza IV
19:24 :: Kristy Majors and the Thrill Kills - Broken Lip -
19:26 :: Claymore - Sorrow's Tear - Lament of Victory
19:31 :: HyperGiant - Swampfoot -
19:36 :: Mike Olson - Undercurrents -
19:43 :: Hate Grenade - Vendetta -

--- intermission ---
19:47 :: 1:00AM Project - Love Sans Lexicon - Post

--- Second Half ---
19:53 :: The Mescal Canyon Troubadours - Walking with the Devil - Tales of The Mescal Canyon Troubadours
19:59 :: Masquera Di Ferro - Final Release - Unknown album (21/10/2013 12:44:58 )
20:08 :: Shambles in a Husk - 1 Medications -
20:13 :: SYKOTYK RAMPAGE - Almost Ready To Go -
20:18 :: The Odd Get Even - Life of Lesiure - The Odd Get Even
20:27 :: Mike Haggith - Long Talk - A Place Of Our Own
20:34 :: RDG - Trine -
20:41 :: SYKOTYK RAMPAGE - Came in Like a Storm -
20:49 :: The Journeymen - Silver Quarter - Dog Days





Sunday, March 30, 2014

Audiofumes LIVE podcast XII

Here's the playlist from this show.  Repeats of the podcast are at http://audiofumes.ca  :)

22:10 :: Focus-HocusPocus -
22:18 :: HyperGiant - Planetcracker -
22:23 :: Mike Haggith - Miss 76 - Neighbourhood Watch II
22:27 :: They Might Be Zombies - Roadkill - Initial State of Death
22:31 :: Transcend with Time - A Moment - The Calling Whisper
22:35 :: Claymore - Sorrow's Tear - Lament of Victory
22:40 :: Devil In The Oasis - Myriad - Demo December 2013
22:46 :: Wily Bo Walker - I Want To Know (NY Funk Mix) - I Want To Know (NY Funk Mix)
22:51 :: Fist Fight - Fist Fight-BREAK SOMETHING (RADIO EDIT) -
22:55 :: Fliptop box - Unbeliever - Unbeliever EP
22:59 :: Lion I Am - Flawed and Free - Flawed and Free
23:03 :: Mike Haggith - Lacking Common Sense - Neighbourhood Watch II
23:08 :: The Blue Valentines - Swamp - Tales of Drunkenness and Cruelty
23:14 :: They Might Be Zombies - Ant Collector  -
23:18 :: HyperGiant - Swampfoot -
23:23 :: EoP-Shredenstein -
23:28 :: NW Outlaws - Forefathers -
23:32 :: Deep-Purple-BloodSucker -
23:36 :: NW Outlaws - Cool Hippie Chick -
23:40 :: Anneke Van Giersbergen - Take Me Home -
23:44 :: EOP-WalkTheLine -

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Audiofumss Live Boocast Halloween / Samhain Special

Thanks everyone for tuning in.  It wouldn't have been such a fun show without you :) \m/

Here's the play list :


20:01 :: Type O Negative - Halloween in Heaven - Dead Again
20:06 :: Don Wilson - Witchcraft -
20:10 :: Deep Purple - Vincent Price -
20:15 :: Vincent Price - To Become a Werewolf -
20:18 :: Mark Handley - I Used To Be A Werewolf (But I'm Alright Noooooow) -
20:23 :: Transcend with Time - These Grey Skies - The Calling Whisper
20:27 :: SYRYNX - Crawl Space - EP 2011
20:33 :: EDGE OF PARADISE - Perfect Shade Of Black - Perfect Shade Of Black
20:37 :: Verona Septima - What is Dead May Never Die -
20:43 :: Dutch-Skeletons-remix -
20:47 :: 1:00AM Project - Moonrise...and The Fey Things Dance - Post
20:53 :: Glen Thomas - The Drones -
20:59 :: Gordon's Alive! - Strange Days - Strange Days
21:05 :: Throbbin Hoods - Theme Song -
21:10 :: SYRYNX - Scaryville - EP 2011
21:16 :: Type O Negative - All Hallows Eve - World Coming Down
21:25 :: House of Usher-one-candle

---Encore---

21:27 :: Frank Zappa - Cheepnis -
21:31 :: Deep Purple - Demon's Eye (remix '96) - Fireball: Deluxe Edition
21:38 :: Xandria - Vampire -
21:42 :: OOQ - Play With The Night - Melancholia

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Audiofumes Podcast X

This show originally aired on Sunday, September 1, 2013 on http://audiofumes.ca

Thanks to everyone that tuned in and and thanks to the talented artists that submitted tracks for without them there would be no show.


Here's the playlist form the show: 

20:02 :: Shattervox - Grand Mal Seizure - Before There Was No After
20:05 :: Mike Haggith - Lost Time - 2013-03-29 1835
20:12 :: Hype! - Hype!-Weird -
20:14 :: MIKEWHITEPRESENTS/Jenni French - Heal Your Heart (radio edit) -
20:17 ::  Alex Final/ Alex Final/ Alex Final - FSOL -
20:23 :: Homicide Hargridden - The Ones -
20:27 :: Wily Bo Walker - Walk In Chinese Footsteps - Walk In Chinese Footsteps
20:31 :: Elaine Frost - Stargazer Mix -
20:37 :: Leroy Krome - Midnight Caller -
20:43 :: EDGE OF PARADISE - Perfect Shade Of Black - Perfect Shade Of Black
20:47 :: Ummagma - Risky - Ummagma
20:51 :: Minoti - So Will You - Secret Garden
20:54 :: Extinct Deity - Impact Winter - Impact Winter Single
20:58 :: Sounds of Sputnik - The Mission -
21:02 :: Threatpoint - The Beast Within -
21:06 :: Skarred Kage - Confounded Acceptance  -
21:10 :: Breed Of War - Reborn - Reborn Single
21:18 :: Verona Septima - What is Dead May Never Die -
21:22 :: David Wheeler - Drink - There's a Rhythm

-Encore -

21:29 :: Hype! - Hype!-Still right here -
21:32 :: Leroy Krome - Come Closer - RECORDED AT STREET LEGAL STUDIOS BALTIMORE MD
21:36 :: Rattlin Bone - Little Gina (Swamp Beat Burlesque) - Little Gina (Swamp Beat Burlesque)
21:41 :: EDGE OF PARADISE - Perfect Shade Of Black - Perfect Shade Of Black