UPDATED August 29, 2005
Press
Release On The Federation's Book Donation
" We consider it to be very important for the general public to have
access to material that addresses labour and social issues." Carl
Pursey, President
Charlottetown - On Wednesday, August 31st at the UPEI
Robertson library, the PEI Federation of Labour will make a donation of
books, videos and CD's to the PEI Provincial library and to the UPEI
Library valued at more than $2000.00.
" Public libraries are a vital component in providing free access to
information for not only our children but also for all citizens
in our province. For us, having free access to information is one of
the most important cornerstones to educating all Islanders so that they
are able to make informed and enlightened decisions that will shape the
direction of PEI’s future." stated Mr. Pursey
The Labour movement has always fought and will continue to fight to
make sure that governments provide sufficient funding and resources for
public institutions such as libraries to make sure that the public
continues to receive access to the best books and material available.
" The labour movement is continuing to publish or help publish material
on issues important to all Canadians that sometimes is not as easily
available to the public as we would like. Therefore in our donation we
will supply our Island libraries with material that ranges from videos
on the Canadian labour history in the last 100 years, to books on
personal stories of involvement in the labour movement, health
and safety issues, women’s issues and a range of books on contemporary
social issues. Our donation also contains the last five years of
publications by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on CD ROM
and hard copy."
This first Labour Day donation is our modest effort at providing the
general public with material that are not available right now to them
in our libraries and we would like to take this opportunity to thank
all the unions and organizations who donated so generously to this
important project and those who worked so hard to make this donation
possible.
"We plan to continue to make donations like this on a regular basis in
the future. " concludes Mr. Pursey
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