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The Ontario Public Employees Union (OPSEU) members are fighting
for respect and recognition they deserve as front-line workers: job security,
a moratorium on contracting out, wage recovery, pensions and benefits.

OPSEU president, Leah Cassleman, who said : "After Walkerton, after the
Andersen consulting fiasco, after scathing provincial auditor’s reports, the
Mike Harris government still hasn’t grasped that there is a crisis in Ontario,
and that it’s a crisis in public services,” Casselman said. “We say it’s time to
rebuild, and the way to do that is to support the hardworking people on the
front lines of public service delivery”.

The OPSEU 468 strike trailer at the MOH in Kingston
minutes before the strike began

The picket line signs stand ready

OPSEU 468 President Kathy Smith hits the picket line at 12:01 AM

The line is up!

Kingston & District Labour Council strike support committee
members join the line at 12:01 to help get things rolling

Peter Boyle, President Kingston & District Labour Council,
presents a cheque for $500 to president Kathy Smith on
behalf of the members of CUPE 109, Kingston City Workers.

Young pickets helping out

Warming up on the line

Bob Eaton and Gavin Anderson OPSEU Region 4
Executive members join MOH OPSEU Local 468
President Kathy Smith in front of her workplace

We're up and ready

KDLC Strike Support Committee member Janice Kirk

Photos by Peter Boyle

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