Education workers with the TVDSB are hosting a rally in London this afternoon.
Education workers with the Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic School Board, Huron Perth Catholic District School Board and Waterloo Catholic District School Board are holding a rally for respect today.
In London members of the TVDSB education team will be protesting at school board office on Dundas Street. They are responding to last week's ultimatum from Premier Kathleen Wynne about their work-to-rule action by holding a Rally for Respect in their community. The rally is a show of support for union representatives from the Canadian Union of Public Employees, who are in negotiations tomorrow with the province and the Council of Trustees Association.
Education workers are determined to protect the supports and services they provide to students in our school systems. "Our collective agreement is the best line of defence against cuts to the programs, services and assistance that students in our schools need to succeed," said Moira Bell, President of CUPE Local 4186. "Our rally will show that we are ready to defend those services and that we won't cave in to the province's or the trustee's association's threats to jeopardize them."
"CUPE members are determined to negotiate a fair collective agreement that respect the critical work they do," said Terri Preston, chair of CUPE's Ontario School Board Coordinating Committee. "That's what this rally is about and that's what our work-to-rule job action is about."
"CUPE education workers have been subjected to an appalling lack of respect from this Liberal government," said Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario. "Our members have been without a fair collective agreement for well over a year. At this rally, we will call on the government to work to resolve this labour dispute, not to issue ultimatums."
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