resolution passed at NEB meeting

National Executive Board Meeting
December 13-14, 2006
NEB RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT CANADIAN FEDERATION OF STUDENTS CAMPAIGN

CUPE NATIONAL WILL:

1. Endorse the Canadian Federation of Students campaign for
   affordable post-secondary education;
   
2. Encourage all divisions, locals and councils to work with campus and
   city-wide coalitions;
   
3. Make a donation of $5,000 to the Canadian Federation of Students to
   assist in this campaign;
   
4. Communicate this support to all members of the Canadian Union of
   Public Employees, to the Canadian Federation of Students, and to the
   Canadian Federation Students of Colour listserv.

BECAUSE:

• affordable post-secondary education benefits all Canadians;
  
• tuition fees are an unnecessary financial barrier to post-secondary
  education and student debt has skyrocketed over the last 15 years;
  
• the federal government has failed to restore the post-secondary
  education funding cuts of the 1990s;
  
• the federal government continues to squander public resources on tax
  cuts rather than investing in public social programs;
  
• CUPE delegates attending the CUPE universities meeting in Montreal
  pledged their support for the CFS campaign as a show of solidarity with
  students.