October 15, 2008

Dear Members,

As we enter contract bargaining, your Executive Committee is aware that there remains anxiety regarding the half-day Friday closure.

At our last General Meeting on September 17, the membership unanimously voted that:

“The ETEA officially objects to the Friday closure.”

Your participation in the program meetings of the previous day in no way endorsed the Friday closure, nor did distributing the notices to your students.

In response to member feedback, on October 10^th Bari and Karen met with Richard to ask him to meet with the general membership and answer our questions.  This meeting will be on Thursday, October 16^th at 4:15 p.m. in room 301 at the Richards campus.  Additionally, we will be calling a General Meeting in the next few weeks.  If you have anything you would like added to the agenda, please email Lorraine at eteasecret@yahoo.ca or put a note in the ETEA box at 555 Richards.  Your input is valued.

Thank you for your continued support,

Your Executive Committee:

Bari Blackhart, Karen McCullough, Lili Meier, Lorraine Rehnby