Vote NO at the NoVoteL!

Monday, January 19th and 20th
9am-1pm and 3pm-7pm
at the Novotel Hotel
3 Park Home Avenue
North York
Nearest subway: North York Centre
 

Members requiring accessible transportation to and/or from the forced ratification vote have four options:
1) Take the TTC to Finch or Sheppard stations and then take the accessible shuttle from those stations to the hotel for the vote.
2) Arrange for WheelTrans service and CUPE 3903 will reimburse you for the cost (contact healythompson@gmail.com or 416-660-1352 for reimbursement)
3) Call the number York university is asking people to contact for accessible transportation from York University--Nicole Arsenault at 416-736-5866 or by e-mail at narsenau@yorku.ca
or
4) (The Most Fun Option) Take the accessible van transportation CUPE 3903 is providing to and from the ratification vote for anyone needing accessible transportation within Toronto. To take advantage of this option, contact Healy Thompson at healythompson@gmail.com or 416-660-1352
 

ID will be checked at the Ratification Vote. Please be sure to bring some kind of photo ID to the vote!
 

a) Emergency Kill the Rat Rally: Sunday 1pm at the Corner of University and Dundas in front of Ministry of Labour
 

Hey 3903 -
Strike Bunny, Sentinel Players, Pond Road Theatre crew, Strike Up the Band, Allies, Friends and Family...

There is a rat in our midst...

Its time to serve the rat his last meal.  Sunday at 1 PM we will convene in front of the Ministry of Labour at the corner of Bay and Dundas.
We will rally and have fun and raise our spirits heading into a resounding defeat of this forced ratification!  All of your favorite strikers will be there and -
YOU WILL BE PAID FOR A FULL (4 hour) PICKET SHIFT IF YOU ATTEND THE RALLY!!!  Please attend this rally!

After the symbolic beheading of the metaphorical rat, we will march (perhaps stopping at the US consulate?) to Queens Park and be a presence there.  At this point we will continue to chant "no" at the top of our lungs
and prepare for THE MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE OF THE STRIKE.

Kill the Rat!!!

b) Monday Mass Vote Rally: Monday 2pm at Mel Lastman Square (5100 Yonge St.)

We will meet all together on Monday at 2pm at Mel Lastman Square where we will rally together before we march en masse to the NoVoteL Hotel to vote NO.

 

We will have two rooms at the hotel where voting is taking place to coordinate pulling out the NO Vote. While we do not have the room numbers at the moment, they will be made available soon. Both rooms are accessible. We welcome members to drop by for information or even just to chat throughout the day, and most importantly, to contribute to the NO Vote effort (and earn strike pay).
 

There will be no lines on Monday and Tuesday. Instead, members are encouraged to earn picket pay by helping to coordinate the No Vote activities over the weekend and on Monday and Tuesday. Here is how to help and who to contact:

a) Phone-Arounds. Help call people to pull out the vote. Contact Greg Bird: gregdbird@gmail.com
b) Door-to-Door Canvassing. House calls to pull out the vote. Contact Ryan Toews toewsr@gmail.com and Baolinh Dang baolinhd@gmail.com
c) Organizing Sunday Rally (see 4.a above). Contact Jordy Cummings to help: jordylcummings@hotmail.com
d) Organizing Monday Rally (see 4.b above). Contact Noaman Ali to help: noaman.ali@gmail.com
e) If you are over 25, have a driver's license, have independent insurance, and want to help with accessible transportation on Monday and Tuesday, contact Healy Thompson: healythompson@gmail.com
f) On Monday and Tuesday, we will need people handing out information in the shuttles arranged by York. For more information on this, contact Niki and Alicia (csn.thorne@gmail.com, amgrimes@yorku.ca)
g) On Monday and Tuesday, we will need people handing out information and helping mobilize around the hotel. For more information, contact Lana (bananachka@hotmail.com)
h) For more tasks related specifically to the mobilization of the No Vote at the Hotel, please contact Christina Roussea: christina.rousseau@gmail.com
i) To help organize a post-rat vote party, contact the Executive, who will give you parameters (noaman.ali@gmail.com).

 

There will be a GMM at the Montecassino Hotel on Monday, January 21 from 9am-12pm.
3710 Chesswood Drive
North York, ON M3J 2W4
Corner of Sheppard and Chesswood
NW of Downsview Subway (about 5minutes walk)
 

When: Friday, February 20, 2009 to Sunday February 22, 2009
Where: Hilton Windsor, 277 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, Ontario, N9A 5K4

Your OUWCC Executive has scheduled the OUWCC 2009 Spring Conference on:

Friday, February 20th
5 pm - 9 pm Registration; Opening Plenary 7 pm - 9 pm

Saturday, February 21st
8 am - 9 am Registration
9 am - 5 pm Meetings/ Workshops

Sunday, February 22nd
9 am - 12 pm Meetings/ Workshops

Every local is encouraged to attend the OUWCC 2009 Spring Conference, as we prepare for 2010.

It has been decided to send six representatives from CUPE 3903. For more information, contact Nathan Cecckin, Recording Secretary, at ncecckin@hotmail.com