UPDATED November 6, 2007
Press
Release On The Federation's 2007 Book Donation
(Pictured Kathleen Eaton (provincial Librarian), Carl Pursey(President PEI Federation of Labour), Mark Leggott (UPEI Robertson Library Librarian)
"
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 of the PEI Federation of Labour.
On Tuesday,
November 6th at Robertson Library, University of PEI, the PEI
Federation of Labour made a donation of books to the PEI Provincial
Library and to the UPEI Library valued at more than $1,000.00.
"
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 books
on Canadian labour history in the last 100 years, to books on personal
stories of involvement in the labour movement, environmental issues,
women’s issues, global justice, fair trade and a range of books on
contemporary social issues. Our donations include this year’s
publications by the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives."
“We
make these donations in support for both Labour Day and for
International Literacy Day which were celebrated in September, however
logistics and the planning for our annual Convention delayed the
ceremony until November this year” states Pursey. He further states
that “We strongly affirm our support for all public institutions which
like libraries help strengthen our communities.”
This third
annual book donation is our modest effort at providing the general
public with materials 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
List of Books Donated
Photos from Donation
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