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Who We Are
• CUPE Ontario Library Workers Committee• Library Workers from CUPE Ontario affiliated
library locals• 5 members from Southern Ontario, 1
member from the North elected biannually from delegates to annual conference
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Our Goals
• Highlight issues affecting library workers throughout Ontario
• Communicate bargaining climate to library locals
• Co-ordinate a yearly conference for CUPE library workers
• Develop Campaigns to support library workers in Ontario
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Campaign Background
• Need for Advocacy Campaign
– Library Motion at 2010/2011/2012 Conferences
• Postcard Campaign in 2011
– Needed more positivity
– Needed to focus less on issues
– Some locals wary of being seen as protesting
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CAMPAIGN 2013
• Positive• Library / Library Worker Focused• Information Pickets, not about protesting cuts• Easy to read postcards, useable anywhere
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OCTOBER 7, 2013
• Launch Day in Guelph• Early adopter of the Public Library Act• Administration Buy In• Staff / Local Buy In• Manage Expectations
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FUTURE
• More Events
• Different Locations
– Community Events
– Information Pickets
• Locally Hosted Events
• Province Wide Day of Action?
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