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UToronto CUPE set to announce strike vote results

Will be joined by CFS-O, students’ union, and Ontario NDP education critic

December 10, 2008

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Breaking news: Union supports strike at UToronto if demands not met

Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3902, which represents teaching assistants, student instructors, lab demonstrators and invigilators at the University of Toronto, will be announcing results of their strike vote at a news conference tomorrow morning.

The news conference will be held at 10 a.m. on the University of Toronto campus. CUPE 3902 will also be joined by the Canadian Federation of Students - Ontario chairperson, the University of Toronto Students Union, and the Ontario New Democratic Party education critic in a show of solidarity for the union’s demands.

I will attend the news conference and will ~~either liveblog or~~ live-tweet the event. ~~Check back here later tonight to find out which method I will use to quickly deliver the information.~~

Update: I will be twittering from the announcement on my Twitter page at www.twitter.com/JoeyColeman

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