MONTREAL – Six executive members of the Association pour une solidarite syndicale etudiante (ASSÉ), have walked away from their positions at the student group.
Apparently, the six resigned after butting heads with other more militant members of ASSÉ at their congress meeting in Valleyfield on Sunday.
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A heated debate sparked after members of the executive apparently recommended to postpone further strikes against the province’s austerity budget until the fall.
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They argued this would align with public unions who would be walking off the job, making it a province-wide movement rather than one limited to Montreal.
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But the more hard-line members, predominantly from UQAM and several downtown-based CEGEPS, strongly disagreed with the requested pause in protest.
Some members implied the six were about to be impeached but they reportedly chose to step down and allow the rest of the group to focus on the group’s mandate.
A temporary committee has already been put in place and the 2015-2016 executive will be elected later this month at the group’s annual meeting.
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ASSÉ, one of the most radical student groups during the 2012 Maple Spring student strikes, has organized and taken part in most of the protests this year – starting to be known as Printemps 2015.
ASSÉ represents around 82,000 Quebec CEGEP and university students.
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