We thank all colllege staff who have taken the time to share their thoughts on the strike with the public. As you will see below we have staff who only recently joined OPSEU and have never been unionized. As the comment below points out, the stability of a full-time job is worth fighting for.
“I am currently on strike in the OPSEU support workers strike. Ironically I was a student in college during the last college support workers strike in 1979. During my entire career over 28 years now I have never been involved in a union. Last year after being layed off from my second employer in 28 years I was unemployed for just a few days less than a year.
Last year I was hired full time by the college and joined the union. What the union is striking for is to preserve good full time jobs with benefits for todays students that are learning in my Laboratories. College support workers are not militant unionists but we all know the importance of a good full time job to raise a family and live a normal life. That is what I want for my students when they graduate and the faculty union supports that as well even though their contract is still valid. They will be fighting for the same issues when their contract negotiations begin.”
OPSEU College Staff
Originally posted as a response to article on CBC.ca – Sept. 13, 2011
Supporting OPSEU College Support Staff 