The Citizens of Toronto Spoke: 24 hour Marathon at City Hall

This morning, around 1:45 am, Local 4948 President, Maureen O'Reilly appeared before the City of Toronto Executive Committee to tell them how much Torontonians support our public library. 

To make this point, the Union  brought 10 full boxes of messages that  tens of thousands of others in the city have sent to City Hall in support of the Toronto Public Library.

The room, which was still packed to the rafters even in the middle of the night, erupted when the Union marched in with these boxes, cheering and clapping for a very long time. Nearly half of the presenters talked about our public library in their presentations, and many others devoted their entire presentations to defend the TPL. 

A young woman was overcome by emotion as she testified about how terrible it would be if her library closed. 

Our campaign is producing results. This week, two Councillors who are part of Mayor Ford’s inner circle declared that they will not support cuts to our public library, and the Globe and Mail published an excellent editorial in support of our public library. We have surpassed the 40,000 signature mark on our petition!

Thanks to all the members who are assisting by getting the word out and sharing the campaign link via FB, Twitter and email networks.  Keep up the great work.

Remember:  Special General Membership Meeting at North York Central Library in the auditorium at 6:30 p.m. 


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