(OTTAWA) – Paul Moist, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), will join the workers of CUPE 2462 on the picket line tomorrow, June 24.
Moist will rally the workers and bring the solidarity and support from the national union and from CUPE members across the country. Members and their supporters will hold a rally and BBQ.
Fifty members of CUPE 2462 have been on strike since May 14, 2005.
- WHO: CUPE National President Paul Moist
- WHEN: 3:00 p.m., Friday, June 24
- WHERE: Outside head office of Community Living Espanola, 345 Centre Street
CUPE represents 540,000 women and men who provide public services. CUPE, Canada’s largest union, believes that our communities can be stronger and healthier through public investment, not through cutting taxes and reducing services.
Contact:
Michelle Loiselle, National staff rep., (705) 562-1390;
Paul Moist, National President, (613) 558-2873.