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Student workers show their support

October 21, 2009 Talking to student workers is paying off in votes for OPSEU in the union certification vote for part-time support staff that continues from now to Oct. 27. Pictured here are just a few of the students at Seneca College who are voting to give themselves a say in the workplace. From left to right: Chris Babor, Zai Toussaint, Andrew Robinson, Fleming College part-timer Candy Lindsay, OPSEU student organizer Kiera Chion, Lindsay Churchman, and Gladjieh Sia. Voting stations are open at Seneca campuses on Oct. 21-22, at Northern College in Timmins Oct. 21, at Centennial College in Toronto Oct. 22, at Cambrian College in Sudbury Oct. 22, at George Brown College in Toronto Oct. 22 and Oct. 27, at Canadore College in Parry Sound on Oct. 23, and at the North Campus of Humber College in Toronto on Oct. 26. Click here for full details on times and locations.

Part-time support vote enters its final week!

October 20, 2009 Candy Lindsay (front row, second from left) poses with VOTE YES supporters at Mohawk College in Hamilton last week. Lindsay, a part-timer at Fleming College in Peterborough, has been on a whirlwind tour of Ontario since part-time staff began their union certification vote on Oct. 5. "People are coming out and they’re voting yes, and they’re thumbs up and they’re excited," she says. For vote times and locations, click here

News media spread the word about vote

October 13, 2009 Media work by college support staff and OPSEU organizers has generated more than 80 news stories across Ontario since the end of September. Radio, TV, and print stories are helping to promote the union certification vote by thousands of part-time support staff at all 24 Ontario community colleges. The vote began Oct. 5 and runs until Oct. 27. Click here to read a selection of the print stories.

Photo: OPSEU organizers J.L. Roy, Kiera Chion, and Michel Bisaillon with part-timer Candy Lindsay at a news conference in Sudbury last week.

Full-timers support part-timers

October 7, 2009 Fleming College full-timers from OPSEU Local 351 donned "Rosie the Riveter" kerchiefs to show their support for their part-time co-workers to mark the World Day for Decent Work on Oct. 7. From left to right: Ray Foster, Cheryl Wardell, Beth Stewart, Patti Caldwell, Erica Jackson, Cathy Shannon, Sylvia Coones, Alana Callan, Deb Haigh. Photo: Kirk Doughty. For more information on the many activities of the World Day for Decent Work, visit www.wddw.org.