Media advisory: Federal correctional officers refuse to be silenced during
demonstration in Ottawa today

OTTAWA, Oct 6 /CNW Telbec/ - About 300 correctional officers from more than 20 federal prisons in Ontario and Quebec are travelling to Ottawa this morning to express their frustration with the Treasury Board of Canada during a silent march in the streets of the capital's downtown and during a demonstration at 140 O'Connor St.

The members of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO-SACC-CSN) will mark the filing of a lawsuit, today, contesting the federal government's unilateral reduction of a negotiated salary increase, thereby depriving them of the right to freely negotiate and, as a consequence, of their freedom of association. They will also make it clear that correctional officers will reject any attempt to impose a negotiating model based on recent agreements-in-principle reached this week between the Treasury Board and the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

WHAT: A silent march and demonstration in front of Treasury Board of Canada headquarters

WHO: Members of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO-SACC-CSN)

WHERE: Members will congregate at the corner of Slater and Lyon streets before marching east down Laurier Avenue. The demonstration will take place in front of the Treasury Board at 140 O'Connor St.

WHEN: The march will begin at 11:30 am, Wednesday, October 6, 2010.

For further information:

Lyle Stewart, union advisor, 514 796-2066