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From:
Rushdia Mehreen <rushdia@gmail.com>Date: 2011/6/21
Subject: SOS for translation into French -- Fwd: Press Release: Students Support Postal Workers in Struggle Against Erosion of Public Services
To:
Cc: Holly Nazar <
hollynazar@hotmail.com>
Hi All,
I'm writing in hopes that either you or any of your contacts might be
able to translate the below press release into French for the demo
that Holly, GSA exec has worked so hard to put together in a very
short time frame.
It is important that this goes out to French media.
Once I have a response, I'll inform everyone else so that we don't
have any duplication of effort.
Looking forward to hearing back.
Thank you so much!
Rushdia
(514) 569-8234
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From: Holly Nazar
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Subject: Press Release: Students Support Postal Workers in Struggle
Against Erosion of Public Services
To: yuseph katiya
Cc: Ramy , Aziz Choudry ,
rushdia@gmail.com, claire hurtig , mostafa
henaway , Arwen Fleming , "
bader.takriti@gmail.com" , Joell Pedneault
, "
jcalugay@gmail.com" , Nakita Sunar , Doug snj , Murphy Perron ,
Brett Matthew , "
rsonin@hotmail.com" , "
mpudwell@csu.qc.ca" , Yannick
Scott , Amy Darwish , sam bick , giuliana fumagalli
For any media contacts:
Students Support Postal Workers in Struggle
Against
Erosion of Public Services
Monday, June 20, 2011 – Montreal members of
Students for
Posties will hold a demonstration in support of locked out postal
workers at
1500 St. Catherine Street W. tomorrow, Tuesday June 21 at 1:30pm.
The Canada
Post located in the Pharmaprix at this address is one of the most
commonly used
by Concordia students. Faculty and community members are also
expected.
“Students wanted a chance to show their support
somewhere
that was accessible without a car, and while we realize that the
employees who
work at Canada Post locations in Pharmaprix stores are not part of
the union,
we think that’s part of the broader issue of secure, decently-paid
jobs
becoming harder and harder to find. This is especially a problem
for young
people and we can see that in Canada Post’s demand that the
starting wage for
new postal workers drop significantly,” said Holly Nazar,
Vice-President
External for the Graduate Students’ Association of Concordia,
which has
endorsed the Students for Posties statement.
Students for Posties oppose any legislation
forcing postal
workers back to work after Canada Post management imposed a
lockout. The
Canadian Civil Liberties Association has condemned the Harper
government’s
promise to do so as harmful to collective bargaining rights. In
spite of
turning a profit for 16 consecutive years the crown corporation
Canada Post
wishes to reduce starting salaries, reduce new employees’ benefits
and job
security, provide a smaller pension, and claw back many provisions
included in
current contracts.
Thirteen student and university associations
including the
University of Toronto Students’ Union, Concordia Students’ Union,
Students’
Society of McGill University and the province-wide Quebec student
association
ASSÉ fully support the Students for Posties statement. The
document notes the
struggle postal workers face link to student concerns: “We support
the postal
workers’ strike since we recognize that their struggle is
intimately linked to
our own fight for quality, accessible education. Tuition fee
increases and the
growing influence of the private sector in public universities are
part of the
same set of policies that would erode the working and living
conditions of all
Canadian postal workers.”
The U of T Student Worker Solidarity Working
Group will hold
a similar demonstration in Toronto Wednesday.
####
Students for Posties statement:
http://students4posties.wordpress.com/
Media Contact:
Holly Nazar
Vice-President External
Graduate Students’ Association, Concordia
University
438-877-7872 (cell)
hollynazar@hotmail.com
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Holly Nazar
M.A. Candidate, Media Studies
Vice-President External
Graduate Students' Association
Concordia University
Cell: 438-877-7872
Office: GSA House, 2030 Mackay, 3rd Floor