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V for Victory!
Don Fraser (Mohawk faculty) is also a member of the United Steelworkers and chair of the Hamilton and District Labour Council.
Jennifer Bryan, Loyalist faculty
J.L. Roy, Boréal faculty: I’m here for justice for part-time colleges workers, and we’re going to win!
Deborah Headley, George Brown faculty
Andrew Lehrer, George Brown support
Dave Cushing, Conestoga faculty
Alexander Cochrane, Northern faculty
Don Chiro, George Brown faculty
Marisa Cheslock, Cambrian support
Barb Berry, St. Lawrence faculty
John O’Brien, Durham support
Ing Wang, George Brown support
Jacques Bélanger, La cite collégiale: This is about caring [for our students], much more than just protecting our own little interests.
Candy Lindsay (Fleming support), vice-president of OPSECAAT
Lorna Barham, Sheridan support: I really want the campaign to go on, because it’s really given me the strength to fight.
Saba Naqvi (Seneca support), with Stephanie Gunter, Lambton faculty
Frances Smith, Georgian support
Shirley Wood, Confederation faculty
Christine Nugent, Georgian faculty: I’ve decided that it’s time to get a say.
David Shaw, Fleming faculty
Eric Pierce, Loyalist support
Margaret Wood, Centennial support: Workers need to have control over their work and their workplace.
Yvette Munro, Humber faculty
Paddy Musson, chair, OPSEU College Academic Division (full-time faculty): We need full-time, partial load, and part-time working together…. You need to have stability in your job.
Gaspare Bonomo, OPSEU Local 240, Mohawk faculty
Gary Owens, Loyalist faculty
Robert Davis, George Brown faculty
Vera Peters, Confederation support: I enjoy my job because I enjoy the students.
Betty Cree, chair, OPSEU College Support Division (full-time support staff): It’s not just about money, it’s a moral thing, it’s a human dignity thing.
OPSECAAT president Roger Couvrette and delegates
Roger Couvrette
David Rapaport, OPSEU vice-president for Region 5 (Toronto), reminisced about his days teaching part-time at Seneca: I was a ghost – no relationship to the college, no relationship to other teachers… When I look at what I was paid, it was well below minimum wage.
OPSEU General Counsel Roman Stoykewich gave delegate a briefing on proposed changes
to the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act.
to the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act.
Eugene Swain (Fanshawe faculty) listens as Sherry King (Centennial support) makes a point.
OPSECAAT President Roger Couvrette gets ready to celebrate
The struggle continues