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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="caret-color:
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following call for solidarity was circulated by
the <a onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
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href="https://ocufa.on.ca"
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University Faculty Associations</a> (OCUFA) to
all its member associations, including YUFA.</i></span></font></div>
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial">As you might have heard, <a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
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href="https://www.osstf.on.ca/en-CA"
moz-do-not-send="true">OSSTF</a> (Ontario
Secondary School Teachers' Federation), the union
representing high school teachers and support staff,
has announced <a onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);" target="_blank"
x_onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://www.osstf.on.ca/news/mr-nov-28-2019.aspx"
moz-do-not-send="true">a one-day strike/walk-out
on Wednesday, December 4th</a>. If you are able to
find time, we encourage our members to join a picket
line and show solidarity with the teachers and
education workers currently pushing back against the
Ford government’s bargaining agenda and attacks on
public education. OSSTF members will be picketing in
front of high schools and MPP offices in most
districts. For more information about the picket
line(s) in your area, please check the website for
the OSSTF local in your district or contact them
directly. You can find the list of OSSTF locals
divided by school districts <a onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);" target="_blank"
x_onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://www.osstf.on.ca/about-us/districts-and-bargaining-units.aspx"
moz-do-not-send="true">here</a>.</font></p>
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial">For those of you in the
GTA, there will be picket lines at most high
schools, as well as the following locations: </font></p>
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial"><a onclick="return
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x_onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://goo.gl/maps/Sxrdf1oRtiqUYjhK6"
moz-do-not-send="true">1 Civic Centre Court</a>
(Etobicoke)</font></p>
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial"><a onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);" target="_blank"
x_onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://goo.gl/maps/fdZyG7JgG8hoMVaN6"
moz-do-not-send="true">5050 Yonge Street</a>
(North York)</font></p>
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial"><a onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);" target="_blank"
x_onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://goo.gl/maps/eHDA56tqEKy9Wfqw8"
moz-do-not-send="true">140 Borough Drive</a>
(Scarborough)</font></p>
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial"><a onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);" target="_blank"
x_onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://goo.gl/maps/pEdZF5d28rEj7EUM9"
moz-do-not-send="true">Doug Ford’s constituency
office, 823 Albion Road</a> (Etobicoke)</font></p>
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial"><a onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);" target="_blank"
x_onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://goo.gl/maps/363kymY2mRW2RJ2Y7"
moz-do-not-send="true">OPSBA office, 439
University Avenue</a> (Toronto)</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial">If you can get a delegation
from you association to join a picket line, please
take pictures and post to your social media. Feel
free to also tag OCUFA so we can amplify the
message.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial">OSSTF (along with other
education unions) has been bargaining with the
government since early summer and has been in legal
strike position since November 25th. The government
has consistently refused to move on any of the main
bargaining issues, particularly their demands for
increased class sizes and mandatory e-learning
credits. You can follow OSSTF's bargaining updates <a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://bargainingforeducation.ca/"
moz-do-not-send="true">here</a>.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial">If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact Mina (<a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="mailto:mrajabi@ocufa.on.ca"
moz-do-not-send="true">mrajabi@ocufa.on.ca</a>) at
the OCUFA office.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
size="2" face="Arial">Read this post <a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://ocufa.on.ca/blog-posts/osstf-to-hold-province-wide-one-day-walkout/"
moz-do-not-send="true">online</a>.</font></p>
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