March 21, 2006
Solidarity rallies set for
Thursday
Rally times and locations
Educators and union activists will join OPSEU strikers
Thursday for solidarity rallies at every Ontario community college.
Each OPSEU faculty local will host a rally at one location
for all pickets. Education unions, member unions of the Ontario
Federation of Labour, and local labour councils have been invited to
the rallies.
“[Faculty members] are fighting for what every Ontario
education worker wants: the ability to deliver quality education to
the students in our system,” OPSEU president Leah Casselman said in a
letter to education unions yesterday. “After witnessing a decade of
decline in our colleges, OPSEU members have decided to take a stand
for smaller classes, more full-time faculty, and more faculty time
with students.
“We need your help to send a message to the government and
the administration of the 24 colleges.”
Unions like the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario,
the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, and the Ontario
Secondary Schools Federation have been staunch supporters of the OPSEU
fight. The Canadian Federation of Students (Ontario) and the Ontario
Council of University Faculty Associations have also lent their
support.
For a list of rally times and locations,
click here.
For more information, contact your local strike headquarters.
