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