LOCAL NEWS/CANADIAN LABOUR- WINNIPEG:

SOLIDARITY PICKET FOR CNIB WORKERS TOMORROW, MARCH 18:

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The following is from Local 832 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

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Solidarity Rally being held in front of CNIB Thursday March 18.
Clients who rely on CNIB services want to be heard.

A Solidarity Rally will be held in front of the CNIB Office at 1080 Portage Avenue from 2:30 to 4:30p.m. The press conference for the media will be at 3:00pm and UFCW Local 832 President Robert Ziegler will be speaking along with MFL President Kevin Rebeck, CNIB staff who are currently locked out and Eric Mackinder President of the Winnipeg Chapter for the Alliance of Equality for Blind Canadians will also be on hand to speak at the rally.




WHO:
UFCW Local 832, President Robert Ziegler
Manitoba Federation of Labour President Kevin Rebeck
Locked-out CNIB workers (Ann Harry & Laura Layton)
Alliance of the Equality for Blind Canadians, Winnipeg President Eric Mackinder
WHAT:
Solidarity Rally and Press Conference regarding the lock-out of CNIB Workers
WHEN:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:00 p.m.
WHERE:
CNIB OFFICE, 1080 Portage, Winnipeg, MB (on the sidewalk)