Media Invitation - Protest to denounce the abrupt closing of the McGill University's Conservatory of Music and the layoff of a hundred music instructors Français
MONTRÉAL, June 28, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - The McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors Union (MCLIU), the Central Council of Metropolitan Montreal-CSN (CCMM-CSN) and the Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec-CSN (FNEEQ-CSN) is strongly opposed to the abrupt decision of McGill University to close its Conservatory of Music, a musical institution in the Montreal community with over 118 years of history. The sudden closing of the Conservatory will result in over one hundred MCLIU members being laid-off.
Will be present :
- Raad Jassim, President of the McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors Union
- Nick Papatheodorakos, Vice-president of the McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors Union
- Instructors from the Conservatory of Music will also be in attendance and available for media.
Date : Tuesday June 28th 2022
Time : 12:00PM
Location : In front of the Strathcona Music Building at 555 Sherbrooke West, Montréal
The McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors Union represents 1 600 members.
The Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec-CSN, founded in 1969, represents 80% of Québec university lecturers (11, 000 members) and nearly 85% of CEGEP professors. It is the most representative union organization in higher education in Quebec, with a total of 35,000 members at 46 CEGEPS, 43 private institutions and 12 universities. The FNEEQ is one of eight federations affiliated with the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN).
Affiliated with the Confédération des syndicats nationaux, CCMM-CSN represents nearly 100 000 members from public and private sectors unions located in Montreal, Laval, Nunavik and James Bay. www.ccmm-csn.qc.ca
SOURCE Conseil central du Montréal métropolitain (CCMM-CSN)
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Alex Pelchat, conseiller syndical : 514 829 2904, [email protected]
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