MEDIA ADVISORY: CUPE National officers joining “Right to Strike Rally” at York University on Wednesday

Event Information

Begins: 6 March 2024
Location: Toronto, ON

TORONTO, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– The national president and national secretary-treasurer of Canada’s largest union will be among speakers at a Right to Strike Rally on the academic worker picket line at York University tomorrow. They will be joined by CUPE Ontario leaders from across the province at the rally.

Academic workers, including teaching assistants, graduate assistants and contract instructors, who provide the majority of instruction at the university, have been on strike since February 26. They are calling on the university to return to the table with a plan to address the affordability crisis, equity issues and quality of education.

The Noon rally on the main entrance picket line (Keele and York), will follow a teach-in by the Journal of Law and Social Policy and the Global Labour Research Centre. The teach-in follows growing police interference with peaceful and well-established strike activities.

WHO:
Mark Hancock, President, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Candace Rennick, CUPE Secretary-Treasurer, and CUPE Ontario executive members

WHAT:
Right to Strike rally on CUPE 3903 picket lines

WHEN:
12:00 noon., Wednesday, March 6, 2024

WHERE:
Intersection of Keele Street and York Boulevard (Main driveway to York University off Keele Street), North York (ON)

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For more information, contact:

Craig Saunders, CUPE Communications
416-576-7316
csaunders@cupe.ca

Erin McIntosh, CUPE 3903 Communications Officer
647-693-1500
cupe3903comms@gmail.com