Leo Cheverie – Local 1870 & Division Liason lcheverie@upei.ca
Matthew Zawadszi – Local 1870
Betty Prior – Local 830
Marion White – CUSO
Lloyd Dalziel – Local 1870
Name submitted – Hugenna Duggan – Local 3260

 

Greetings Sisters and Brothers

For those of you that are interested in Brother Landry Global Justice Tour, please review the blog attached below for updates.

Milo Murray
Provincial President
CUPE PEI

http://cupeglobaljusticetour.wordpress.com/

 

Filipino Human Rights Tour comes to PEI

"Defend Human Rights In The Philippines: A Worker-to-Worker Solidarity Exchange" took place across Canada with Antonio Tinio from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers -- Philippines (ACT) and Ferdinand Gaite from COURAGE , public service unions. They came to Prince Edward Island on a tour in May which was coordinated by CUPE PEI GLobal Justice Committee Members Leo Cheverie and Maciej Zawadzki with support from CUPE PEI Division. While on P.E.I. they met with Members of Parliament Shawn Murphy and Wayne Easter as well as members of the P.E.I. Federation of Labour, PEI Teacher's Federation President Phyllis Horne and Staff, attended a reception with the local Filipino community and spoke at a public forum held at UPEI where they spoke about human rights issues as well as concerns about trade agreements and the impact on workers and others in the Phillipines. Many trade unionists have been murdered in the Phillipines in recent years and there have been many other human rights violations. Brother Serge Landry from New Brunswick plans to take part in a return human rights tour in January 2010 with support from others in this region. He will come to PEI and talk about his experiences.

CUPE Global Justice Tour Jun 2, 2009 by kelticameron "Defend Human Rights In The Philippines: A Worker-to-Worker Solidarity Exchange" -- with Antonio Tinio from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers -- Philippines (ACT) and Ferdinand Gaite from COURAGE.  Please visit their slideshow presentation.