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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                            March 23, 2006

Educators, unions join college picket lines for province-wide solidarity rallies

TORONTO –  Educators and union members will join OPSEU strikers today for solidarity rallies at every Ontario community college.

The 24 OPSEU striking locals will host events in 26 cities. Education unions, member unions of the Ontario Federation of Labour, and local labour councils have been invited.

“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. “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.”

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.

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For rally locations, times, and union contacts in each city, see list below.

OPSEU Local and College

Picket line location for solidarity rally

Date and Time

Contact and telephone number

Local 110, Fanshawe

Oxford St. entrance to college, LONDON

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Paddy Musson
(519) 282-0431
(519) 659-4176

Local 125, Lambton

 

Wellington and London Rd. entrances to college (parking easier at London Rd.,), SARNIA

Mar. 23
 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Ray Wreford
(519) 464-3810

Local 138, St. Clair

Cabana Rd. entrance to college, 2000 Talbot Rd. W., WINDSOR

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Barb Graham
(519) 981-1100
Bernie Nawrocki
(519) 324-9500

Local 237, Conestoga

Doon campus, 299 Doon Valley Dr., KITCHENER

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Walter Boettger
(519) 277-3119
Graham Worth
(519) 503-1828

Local 240, Mohawk

Fennell campus, corner of West Fifth and Fennell, HAMILTON

Mar. 24
 12 noon

Roberta Burke
(905) 648-1661
Fred Deys
(905) 962-3733

Local 242, Niagara

Rice Road Community Church, 305 Rice Rd., WELLAND, across the street from entrance to Welland campus

Mar. 23
 4:30 p.m.

Bruce Harper
(905)401-2431
Sherri Rosen
(905) 988-8107

Local 244, Sheridan

North entrance to Trafalgar campus, 1430 Trafalgar Rd, OAKVILLE

Mar. 23
 5 p.m.

Doug Law
(647) 882-3440
David Crown
(905)464-6229 

Local 350, Georgian

Duckworth St. entrance to Barrie campus, BARRIE

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Dave Duncan
(705) 791-8509
Regis Yaworkski
(705) 327-2168

Local 352, Sir Sandford Fleming

Main entrance to college, 599 Brealey Dr., PETERBOROUGH

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Gary Bonczak
(705) 868-5341
(705) 755-0041

Local 354, Durham

Simcoe South entrance to college, OSHAWA

Mar. 23
 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

Debbie Rautins
(905) 410-1271
Sheila Bell
(905) 922-0610

Local 415,

Algonquin

The two Navaho Drive entrances to college, [near the Tim Horton’s and the Chances R restaurant], OTTAWA

Mar. 23
 5:00 p.m.

John Wilson
(613) 228-0526
Doug Brandy
(613) 863-9156

Local 417,

St. Lawrence

Main entrance to Kingston campus, King and Portsmouth, KINGSTON; Main entrance to Brockville campus, 2288 Parkdale Ave., BROCKVILLE; Main entrance to Cornwall campus, Windmill Point, CORNWALL

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m. at all three campuses.

 

Graeme Aubert
(613) 213-4576
Mary Ann White
(613) 213-1181

Local 420, Loyalist

Main entrance, Kente Bldg, (Wallbridge-Loyalist Rd), BELLEVILLE

Mar. 23
 4:30 p.m.

Bernard Belanger
(613) 391-9236

Local 470, La Cité collégiale

Bathgate entrance to the college, OTTAWA

Mar. 23
 4:30 p.m.

Fernand Begin
Benoit Dupuis
(613) 324-6270
(613) 746-2011

Local 556, George Brown

St. James campus, 200 King St. E, TORONTO

Mar. 23
 5:00 p.m.

Tom Tomassi
(416)575-1749
(416) 977-0684

Local  558, Centennial

Progress Ave. campus, 941 Progress Ave., TORONTO

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Eileen Burrows
(416) 570-9377
(416) 289-8817

Local 560, Seneca

Entrance to Newnham campus, 1750 Finch Ave. E.  just west of the 404, TORONTO

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Larry Olivo
(647) 828-5422
Patricia Clark
(416) 831-9063

Local 562, Humber

Main entrance to Lakeshore campus, 3199 Lakeshore Blvd., [23rd St and Lakeshore Blvd, one block west of Kipling], TORONTO

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Maureen Wall
(416) 333-2217
(416) 746-7081

Local 613, Sault

Main entrance to college, along Northern Ave., SAULT STE. MARIE

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Jim Pardy
(705) 971-4393
Richard Page
(705) 971-0686

Local 653, Northern

Main entrance to college, 4715 Government Rd./Hwy. 101, PORCUPINE

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Lad Shaba
(705) 568-7992

Local 655, Cambrian

Main entrance to college, Barrydowne Rd. and Curlook Dr., SUDBURY

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

John Closs
(705) 929-1496
Dave Starbuck
(705) 561-9329

Local 657, Canadore

Main entrance to college, 100 College Dr., NORTH BAY

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Peggy Morrison
(705) 471-8047

Local 673, Boréal

Main entrance to college, 21 Lasalle Blvd, SUDBURY

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Jean Pierre Belanger
(705) 698-9539

Local 732, Confederation

Main entrance to college, Golf Links Rd., THUNDER BAY

Mar. 23
 4:00 p.m.

Kaia Beaudry
(807) 626-6511

 

  

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