March 13, 2006
Big rally Thursday
College faculty from across
Ontario will converge on downtown Toronto this Thursday to rally in
support of quality post-secondary education.
Date: Thursday, March 16, 2006
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Place: Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto
After rallying at Yonge-Dundas Square, demonstrators will
march to the Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities (900 Bay
St. at Wellesley), starting at 11:45.
The rally and march will feature live music, dynamic
speakers, and street theatre.
For more information, including travel arrangements,
striking college faculty members should contact their local strike
headquarters. Other friends and supporters should contact OPSEUdirect
at 1-800-268-7376 or (in Toronto) (416) 443-8888.
Billy
Bragg salutes strikers
The number one issue in Ontario today is the OPSEU college
teachers’ strike, British post-punk songster and social activist
Billy Bragg told a
sell-out crowd at the Opera House in Toronto last night.
“[Faculty] are on the sharp edge and are looking out for
us,” he said. “They deserve all our support.
“The audience sang along with
‘There is Power in the Union’ like it was a national
anthem,” said concert-goer Damian Wiechula of the OPSEU faculty
bargaining team.
Montgomery gets standing ovation
While he did not sing, OPSEU faculty bargaining team chair
did get a standing ovation at the Annual General Meeting of the
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) yesterday.
About 600 delegates to the OSSTF AGM and a further 600
delegates to the AGM of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers
Association (also held on the weekend) passed around buckets to donate
funds to the strikers.
Talk
about quality!
The first results from our
“Talk about Quality!” online survey are in. Results are posted
here and will be updated regularly.
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Photos By: Jane Abramowitz - Local 244 |
