Ballantyne a Success!!

The celebration of the 75^th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne was a tremendous success!  The march was filled with signs and shouts of solidarity that brought our neighbour’s out of their homes to witness our pride.  The memorial was unveiled at New Brighton Park, backed by the flags of our international brothers and sisters, and a proud fleet of ships.  After the laying of wreaths and speeches by special guests, the crowd returned to the Maritime Labour Centre to enjoy an open house complete with hot dogs!  After a beautiful day of sun it was time to wind down for the dinner & dance.  With wine and spirits, speeches and the singing of union songs, it was a perfect way to end the day.

Solidarity Forever!!!

 

Tickets for Ballantyne Dinner/Dance

As the event approaches time is running out to get your tickets!  In order to receive dinner with your ticket you must purchase them by no later than 9AM TUESDAY JUNE 15TH!!  Any tickets purchased after this time will be $30 and for the dance portion and door prizes only, as we need final numbers for the food order.

Doors for the dinner/dance open at 5:30pm Saturday for those who have purchased dinner; the dance portion will start at 7:30pm for those who have purchased tickets after the 9am Tuesday deadline.

Hope to see you all there!!!

Volunteer Meeting

Notice to all Ballantyne Volunteers:

A meeting for all volunteers participating in the Battle of Ballantyne event will be happening on MONDAY JUNE 14TH at 6pm in the parking lot of the Maritime Labour Center off Pandora street.  We hope that all volunteers will be able to attend as we will be walking the route for the march and handing out notices.

All volunteers will be required to fill out a volunteer form with your contact information, which part of the event you will be working at and t-shirt size.

If you are unable to attend this meeting on Monday, please come on the day of the march, June 19th, at 8:30am so that we can set you up before the start of the march.

We thank all of our generous volunteers for donating their time, and precious Saturday morning, to this historic event and look forward to seeing you all Monday night!