Labour Day Celebration
September 7, 2009

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Place: John Hendry Park - Trout Lake
Vancouver

The B.C. Federation of Labour and the Canadian Labour Congress are hosting a picnic to celebrate working people in British Columbia.  Join us at this family event for free kids activities, family entertainment, 50-cent hot dogs, drinks and corn (no HST!).

On September 1st, Premier Gordon Campbell’s government said they would slash grants to public libraries by 22 per cent, as part of the revised provincial budget.

These grants help pay for the provincial library network that allows all libraries in BC to share resources and provide services that community libraries could not otherwise afford. By cutting library grants by more than 1/5th there will be reduced hours, cuts in service, fewer acquisitions, fewer on-line resources and subscriptions, and reduced investment in current technology.

Please sign Think City’s “No Cuts to BC Libraries” petition right now.  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jPcgzjIvaGKdzF0uh5RCCg_3d_3d

Vsit the Think City website and read author Yann Martel’s support of library service. “Libraries are the memories of a literate society,” said Man Booker Prize winning author Yann Martel. “Without libraries, a literate society has no future because it can’t pass on its knowledge, or amuse its children, for that matter.”

See
http://www.thinkcity.ca/

in solidarity

Alex