Media Advisory: March and rally to support faculty on strike at La Cité College

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Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)

Nov 08, 2017, 22:16 ET

OTTAWA, Nov. 8, 2017 /CNW/ - Faculty on strike at La Cité College will hold a march and rally on Thursday, November 9. They will call on MPP Marie-France Lalonde and the government of Ontario to pressure the colleges to return to the bargaining table and finish the job of negotiating a fair collective agreement.

Date:

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Time:

11 a.m.

Place:

The march will begin at the  Place d'Orléans shopping Centre at 110 Place d'Orléans Drive, and will end with a rally in front of MPP Marie-France Lalonde's office, 206 – 250 Centrum Boulevard, Orléans.



More than 12,000 faculty at all 24 public colleges across the province have been on strike since October 16.

SOURCE Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)

Mona Chevalier, President, OPSEU local 470, and College Faculty Bargaining Team member, 613 606-2238

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