Today: Retired Workers Protest Ontario Government's Failure to Support the PBGF
TORONTO, May 14 /CNW/ - Retired workers in London, Windsor, St.
Catharines and Pickering, Ontario will stage demonstrations today outside of
their MPPs' offices protesting against the provincial government's failure to
support and fund the Pension Benefit Guarantee Fund.
The rallies come one day before the government imposed deadline for
reaching a deal between the CAW and General Motors.
Demonstrations will begin at 11:30 a.m. today in the following locations.
MPP Christopher Bentley Constituency Office -London
11 Baseline Road East, Unit 8
London, ON
MPP Dwight Duncan Constituency Office -Windsor
2825 Lauzon Parkway, Unit 211
Windsor, ON
MPP James Bradley Constituency Office -St. Catharines
2 Secord Drive
St. Catharines, ON
MPP Wayne Arthurs Constituency Office -Pickering/ Scarborough East
300 Kingston Road, Suite 13
Pickering, ON
For further information: Windsor: Gord Gray, CAW Local 444 Public
Relations, (519) 984-9109; London: Tim Carrie, CAW Local 27 President, (519)
318-1022; St. Catharines: Mark Roy, CAW Local 199 Recording Secretary, (905)
658-7952; Pickering-Scar East: Dean Lindsay, CAW National Co-ordinator, (416)
728-6911; Or CAW Communications, Shannon Devine, (416) 302-1699