MEDIA ADVISORY: “It’s time to get a deal”: Striking Black River-Matheson municipal workers hold rally

Event Information

Begins: 23 April 2024
Location: Matheson, ON

BLACK RIVER-MATHESON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– 14 full-time municipal workers, members of CUPE Local 1490, have been on strike since October 15. But after coming within a hair of resolving the labour dispute, the Township of Black River-Matheson has chosen to prolong it, by insisting on their right to be vindictive once people go back to work, says CUPE Local 1490.

Now, the union is saying “It’s time to get a deal” during a rally that will be attended by allies and other unions from the surrounding region.

WHO:
Striking members of CUPE Local 1490.

WHAT:
Black River-Matheson municipal workers to tell the Township that “it’s time to get a deal”.

WHERE:
408 Fourth Avenue, Matheson, ON

WHEN:
Tuesday, April 23, 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

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For more information, contact:

Daniel Tseghay, Communications Representative, CUPE
dtseghay@cupe.ca
647-220-9739