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CUPE and OPSEU members to hold press conference and march demanding Bill 124 wage justice and long-term funding for community and social service

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With more than 60 frontline community and social service agencies ramping up their coordinated bargaining campaign in the weeks ahead, CUPE and OPSEU members will bring stories of the impact of Bill 124’s wage suppression and chronic underfunding for their services to Queen’s Park.

More than 30 locals have already taken strike mandate votes and dozens more are planned in the coming days by workers from both unions in the Worth Fighting For coordinated bargaining campaign. Workers are fighting to secure stable, long-term funding that invests in community and social services and finally provides workers meaningful wage increases, after the injustice faced under Bill 124

Following the press conference, there will be a march with hundreds of CUPE and OPSEU members to several ministries responsible for delivering these life-changing programs.

WHAT: Worth Fighting For press conference & march

SPEAKERS: Juanita Forde, Developmental Service Worker and chair of CUPE Ontario’s Social Services Workers Coordinating Committee

Keenan Aylwin, Harm reduction worker

Chrisy Tremblay, Children’s Aid Society worker and Chair of OPSEU/SEFPO’s Children’s Aid Society Sector

Cindy Mazan, Developmental service worker

JP Hornick, President of OPSEU and Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario, will also be available for comment

WHERE: Queen’s Park Media Gallery

WHEN: Thursday, October 23, 9:00 AM

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Contacts

For more information, please contact:

Eric Bell, CUPE Communications Representative
(306) 580-0893 | ebell@cupe.ca

Jolene Cushman, OPSEU Communications
(416) 518-2368 | jcushman@opseu.org

Industry:

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Release Versions
English

Contacts

For more information, please contact:

Eric Bell, CUPE Communications Representative
(306) 580-0893 | ebell@cupe.ca

Jolene Cushman, OPSEU Communications
(416) 518-2368 | jcushman@opseu.org

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