HAMILTON, ON– Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will join local union members and community groups at a mass rally outside Hamilton City Hall tomorrow.
The rally is being organized by CUPE Ontario in coalition with education workers and community groups who are concerned about the attack on democratic rights contained in Bill 115 and other proposed legislation.
“We are calling on MPPs from all parties to commit to repealing Bill 115 and to abandon any plans for other legislation that threatens our democratic rights to free collective bargaining and impartial arbitration for essential workers,” says Hahn
CUPE represents 55,000 support workers in public, Catholic, French and English boards across the province. These workers are the educational assistants, school secretaries, instructors, early childhood educators, community advisory staff, food service workers, library technicians, custodians and others who are the backbone of our education system in Hamilton and throughout Ontario.
WHO: Fred Hahn, President, CUPE Ontario, and speakers including
Linda Durkin, President, CUPE Local 3396
Mary Long, President, Hamilton District Labour Council
Lisa Hammond, President, Hamilton Wentworth ETFO
Chantal Mancini, President, OSSTF Local 21
Jacqueline Hobbins, President, COPE Local 527
Wes Elliott, Haudenosaunee land defender
WHAT: Rally and march
WHEN: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 15
WHERE: Hamilton City Hall
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For more information, please contact:
Craig Saunders, CUPE Communications, 416-576-7316