What political action can I take?

Contact your MPP

Contact your MPP and tell him or her that you are counting on them to follow through on the McGuinty government's promise to support quality education.

How do I reach my MPP?
Click here for contact information for every Ontario MPP

Who’s my MPP?
If you don’t know your MPP’s name, go to the Elections Ontario web site.  Click the arrow where it says, “Find your electoral district.” On the new page, type in your postal code (no spaces) and you’ll find the contact information for your MPP.

Click here to download a sample letter to your MPP [PDF document]

Write "Letters to the Editor"

Get the message out that the key issue in this round of bargaining is quality education. This strike is about smaller classes and having more faculty so that each and every college student gets more time, more attention, and more feedback.

Unfortunately, management wants to "spin" our concerns to say that we want a lighter workload and even less time with students. Faculty aren't asking for less work or a shorter work week. Faculty are asking for more time to spend with individual students. We need to communicate this to the public.

Consider the Toronto Star article "College strike looms for 9000 profs" which claims that faculty want a "lighter workload". When you see these kinds of misunderstandings, write a letter to the editor to explain the quality education issues that this strike is really about.

Media Contacts
For print, radio, and television contact addresses click here.

Flyer
To download our new flyer on faculty demands for quality education, click here.

Send mail to info@opseu558.org with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: 04/04/06