MEDIA ADVISORY: “We’re on strike to fight harmful and unnecessary concessions”: CUPE Local 53 municipal workers in Whitby

Event Information

Begins: Monday to Friday – October 2023
Location: Whitby, ON

WHITBY, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– About 300 full-time municipal workers in the Town of Whitby have been on strike since October 14 over scheduling and hours.

Who:
Town of Whitby Municipal Workers, Members of CUPE Local 53.

What:
Striking municipal workers call on the Town of Whitby to put pressure on the employer to scrap its demands for unnecessary concessions

Where:
Two picket lines: Town Hall, 575 Rossland Road East & Whitby Public Works Operations, 333 McKinney Drive, Whitby.

When:
Monday to Friday, 8 am – 4 pm.

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For more information, contact:

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