Media Advisory - Unifor members in Metro Vancouver to raise funds on Saturday for Highway of Tears charity

NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, June 16, 2023 /CNW/ - Unifor members across Canada have partnered with the Tears to Hope Society to participate in a fundraising relay for a new healing centre in Terrace, B.C.

"Unifor is committed to reconciliation and doing our part to work for truth, justice, and healing for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirited peoples," said Lana Payne, Unifor National President.

What: Tears to Hope relay run-walk

Who: Members of Unifor Locals 111, 114, 3000, 2002, 2200

When: Saturday, June 17 at 9 a.m.

Where: The Gallery at Queen's Park in New Westminster (starting point of relay)

Event photos from across the country will be posted to Twitter with the hashtags #TearsToHope #MMIWG2S #HighwayofTears #SheIsSomebody.

Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future.

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