MEDIA ADVISORY: To Protect Vital Child Care, School and University Workers, CUPE Leaders Call for Action on Faltering Vaccination Efforts

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With thousands of vital child care, school board and university workers still unable to obtain vaccinations to protect themselves from COVID-19, leaders from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), who represent workers in those sectors, will tomorrow hold a virtual news conference to call for action from the Ford Government to protect more of the people whose work exposes them to the virus.

Laura Walton, President of CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU), Carrie Lynn Poole-Cotnam, Chair of the Social Service Workers Coordinating Committee (SSWCC), and David Simao, Chair of the Ontario University Workers’ Coordinating Committee (OUWCC), will be joined tomorrow by CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick for a news conference, which will take place at 11 a.m. on the Zoom video conferencing platform.

Media wishing to participate in tomorrow’s news conference should contact Paul Whyte, CUPE Communications, via telephone or email (contact info at the bottom of this advisory) to obtain an invitation link.

Following brief statements from the four participants, the chairs of the three CUPE Ontario sector groups will be available to answer questions.

WHO:	Candace Rennick, CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer
	Laura Walton, President, OSBCU (school board workers)
	Carrie Lynn Poole-Cotnam, Chair, SSWCC (social services, including child care)
	David Simao, Chair, OUWCC (university workers)
WHAT:	Virtual media conference hosted by CUPE Ontario to protect the health and safety of thousands of vitally important workers at risk of contracting COVID-19, The three sector leaders will call for drastic action to get more vaccinations into the arms of the people who need them the most.
WHEN:	Thursday, April 15 at 11 a.m.
JOIN:	Media are asked to register in advance of the conference via the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtce-qqD0vH9b-qt0VAOswbn2oMLqg__3E

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