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| THANK YOU NOTES FROM THE LOCALS WE SUPPORTED |
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for organizing Operation Christmas Cheer. The members of my local who have been on strike since September 23,2005 greatly appreciate the financial donations that was provided by all participating locals. Your effort and generosity will never be forgotten. Yours in Solidarity, Dan Lacasse President - CEP 31x Espanola |
Thank you very much for all the support for our members walking the line in Hawkesbury. Your tremendous support will allow our members to last one day longer. The Companies Corporate agenda at the bargaining table is unconscionable. Our members resolve to win is incredible. With your support we will win. So once again thank you so much for your help. Wayne Fraser USW Director District 6 Ontario and Atlantic Canada |
The members of Local CEP 102-0 (Pembroke) would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all members who took the time and money to support us. All of you, truly went above and beyond to make the holidays easier. Not having everyone's email, to thank each and every local for their support, I would ask you to pass along our gratitude for this kind act. You have truly shown the meaning of Christmas as well as solidarity. The members of CEP local 102 |
Dear Operation Christmas Cheer, As President of Local 102-O, I want to personally thank you and all the volunteers that went with you to Pembroke and put smile on our 15 members faces, I received many calls telling me how surprised and grateful they are. I also would like to thank everyone who helped out and gave donations and time. I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! In Solidarity, Kathleen Brady, President CEP Local 102-O Ottawa,Ontario |
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- A Letter From the
President of CEP 37x
On behalf of CEP Local 37x I
want to express a very big
thank you to Operation
Christmas Cheer. Without the
help of all unions it could not
have been possible. It has
warmed our hearts and put
smiles on the faces of our
members.
Operation Christmas Cheer
provided a much brighter time
during the Holiday Season for
us. Thank you is not nearly
enough for all that our Sisters
and Brothers have done for
this local.
In Solidarity,
Marcel Touchette
President - CEP 37x
Canadian Office & Professional Employees Union Local 343 - Hamilton
Hamilton, ON - Members of the Canadian Office & Professional
Employees Union Cope Local 343 would like to wish everyone a Happy
New Year an all the best in 2007. Operation Christmas Cheer made our
Christmas Season a huge success.
Day eighty of our strike is fast approaching. This has been a very long
strike particularly during this time of year. The weather is on our side
though and the sun is shining brightly. Fortunate for us, Operation
Christmas Cheer is on our side too. Through Labours generosity our
members were able to have a “normal” Christmas morning with family
and friends.
Christmas is extra special when there are young children gathered
around the tree on Christmas morning anxiously awaiting to open
their gifts with a sparkle in their eyes and a grin on their faces. Just
one glimpse at those rosy cheeks and smiling faces on Christmas
morning says it all. Thank you for making that possible for our young
families.
Barb Rowell - COPE 343 Chief Steward
Hamilton, ON - Members of the Canadian Office & Professional
Employees Union Cope Local 343 would like to wish everyone a Happy
New Year an all the best in 2007. Operation Christmas Cheer made our
Christmas Season a huge success.
Day eighty of our strike is fast approaching. This has been a very long
strike particularly during this time of year. The weather is on our side
though and the sun is shining brightly. Fortunate for us, Operation
Christmas Cheer is on our side too. Through Labours generosity our
members were able to have a “normal” Christmas morning with family
and friends.
Christmas is extra special when there are young children gathered
around the tree on Christmas morning anxiously awaiting to open
their gifts with a sparkle in their eyes and a grin on their faces. Just
one glimpse at those rosy cheeks and smiling faces on Christmas
morning says it all. Thank you for making that possible for our young
families.
Barb Rowell - COPE 343 Chief Steward
IAMAW Lodge 2243 - Solidarity Brings Christmas Cheer to R-Theta Strikers
MISSISSAUGA, ON – The days dragged into weeks and then into months and each time bargaining resumed,
the result was an offer that was less than the one previously rejected by the membership and through it all,
the resolve of Machinists striking against R-Theta Thermal Solutions never wavered.
Nothing tests the solidarity of striking workers more than the Christmas season – the daily need to provide
food, clothing and shelter for their families - takes a back seat, albeit temporarily, to the pressure to give
something extra during this special time of year. The 40 members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2243, on strike since
April 6, 2006, remained committed to their union’s efforts to negotiate a fair and decent contract with a
reluctant employer, no matter how long it takes.
Their faith in their union and the solidarity of the Canadian Labour movement was rewarded on Tuesday
December 19, 2006 when the striking members and their families attended a Christmas party sponsored by
IAMAW District Lodge 78. Cash donations from IAMAW Local Lodges across the country and individual IAMAW
members ensured every child of a striking LL 2243 member received a Christmas gift from Santa himself. In a
true show of union solidarity, the members of Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local
426, who work with IAMAW LL 235 members at Christie-Brown of Toronto, raised more than $1,100 for the
event and CEP Local 247 of Ottawa, through its ‘Operation Christmas Cheer’ donated $50.grocery gift
certificates to each striking member.
“These members have conducted one of the finest strikes I have ever witnessed in all of my experience in
the Canadian Labour movement,” said IAMAW District Lodge 78 Directing Business Representative Gary
Hynes. “We just wanted them to know that their union and the rest of the Canadian Labour movement
support them.”
When the party was over, Hynes and his staff discovered there was a surplus of more than 80 gifts. So he and
some volunteers loaded two trucks and drove to the Mississauga plant site to distribute the remaining gifts
to the members on the R-Theta picket line. The scab labour and supervisors inside the plant observed first
hand the meaning of union solidarity and service to the members.
The $50.gift certificates were distributed to each of the 45 members of LL 2243 who have been on strike
against R-Theta Thermal Solutions in Mississauga since April 6, 2006. The donation is part of an annual
‘Operation Christmas Cheer’ which raises funds to purchase grocery gift cards for distribution across Ontario
to union members on strike during the Christmas season.
By Mona Burke & Gary Hynes – District Lodge 78
MISSISSAUGA, ON – The days dragged into weeks and then into months and each time bargaining resumed,
the result was an offer that was less than the one previously rejected by the membership and through it all,
the resolve of Machinists striking against R-Theta Thermal Solutions never wavered.
Nothing tests the solidarity of striking workers more than the Christmas season – the daily need to provide
food, clothing and shelter for their families - takes a back seat, albeit temporarily, to the pressure to give
something extra during this special time of year. The 40 members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2243, on strike since
April 6, 2006, remained committed to their union’s efforts to negotiate a fair and decent contract with a
reluctant employer, no matter how long it takes.
Their faith in their union and the solidarity of the Canadian Labour movement was rewarded on Tuesday
December 19, 2006 when the striking members and their families attended a Christmas party sponsored by
IAMAW District Lodge 78. Cash donations from IAMAW Local Lodges across the country and individual IAMAW
members ensured every child of a striking LL 2243 member received a Christmas gift from Santa himself. In a
true show of union solidarity, the members of Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local
426, who work with IAMAW LL 235 members at Christie-Brown of Toronto, raised more than $1,100 for the
event and CEP Local 247 of Ottawa, through its ‘Operation Christmas Cheer’ donated $50.grocery gift
certificates to each striking member.
“These members have conducted one of the finest strikes I have ever witnessed in all of my experience in
the Canadian Labour movement,” said IAMAW District Lodge 78 Directing Business Representative Gary
Hynes. “We just wanted them to know that their union and the rest of the Canadian Labour movement
support them.”
When the party was over, Hynes and his staff discovered there was a surplus of more than 80 gifts. So he and
some volunteers loaded two trucks and drove to the Mississauga plant site to distribute the remaining gifts
to the members on the R-Theta picket line. The scab labour and supervisors inside the plant observed first
hand the meaning of union solidarity and service to the members.
The $50.gift certificates were distributed to each of the 45 members of LL 2243 who have been on strike
against R-Theta Thermal Solutions in Mississauga since April 6, 2006. The donation is part of an annual
‘Operation Christmas Cheer’ which raises funds to purchase grocery gift cards for distribution across Ontario
to union members on strike during the Christmas season.
By Mona Burke & Gary Hynes – District Lodge 78