Hello everyone,
In light of the changes that the Minister of Education has announced this past week all of education and their allies are doing a small solidarity statement by wearing black on Monday to work. During this attack on education and round of bargaining we are all going to be asked to participate in solidarity acts to show the government that we mean business and we won’t let them destroy public education! We are going to have to ALL stand up! Every single member in our local, the executive and stewards can not do this alone. We need all of Ontario’s 55,000 Education Workers to stand up and fight back. Lisa Thompson refused to identify CUPE in her recent media appearances, this is a slap in our face. Please do not think that because we weren’t mentioned that we won’t be affected. For example, bigger class sizes means less classrooms and square footage to be cleaned. The autism funding of $12,300 already exists and we are short staffed, with some students not attending full time because they are in IBI, which they won’t be now. This is just the beginning folks.
Wear black on Monday! Spread the word!
Please take photos and text them to 613-885-5580 or email to lizjames@cupe1479.com