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MEDIA ADVISORY: Paramedic Fired for Anti-War Facebook Comment Joins Supporters in Niagara for Update

NIAGARA REGION--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thursday morning Katherine Grzejszczak, the paramedic unjustly fired in June by York Region because of a Facebook comment she posted in support of an anti-war rally, will be in the Niagara region to provide an update on her fight to get her job back and to assert her right to freedom of expression.

Supporters from Niagara Region and from Grzejszczak’s union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), will share their insights and opinions of what her termination means for the right of workers to be free from political interference in the workplace.

WHAT

 

Update on the fight to reinstate Katherine Grzejszczak and statements from union representatives and local supporters

 

WHO

 

Katherine Grzejszczak, paramedic terminated by York Region and member of CUPE Ontario’s Executive Board

 

 

Fred Hahn, President, CUPE Ontario

 

 

Yolanda McClean, Secretary-Treasurer, CUPE Ontario

 

 

Michael Hurley, President, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions

 

 

Debra Maxfield, CUPE Ontario’s Health Care Workers Coordinating Committee

 

 

Haley Bateman, Niagara Regional Council

 

 

Dr. Paul Gray, Labour Studies, Brock University

 

 

Gabriel Gebril, Niagara Palestine Coalition

 

 

Ron Hughes, CUPE 150 – City of St. Catharines municipal workers

 

 

 

WHEN

 

Thursday, August 28, at 10.30am

 

 

 

WHERE

 

Niagara Region and via Zoom – see below for details

 

 

Contacts

For information on location or to receive a Zoom link to the news conference, contact
Mary Unan, CUPE Communications
647-390-9839
munan@cupe.ca

Industry:

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Release Versions
English

Contacts

For information on location or to receive a Zoom link to the news conference, contact
Mary Unan, CUPE Communications
647-390-9839
munan@cupe.ca

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