/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - London CAS workers to stage information picket Aug. 14 to protest job cuts/

LONDON, ON, Aug. 13, 2013 /CNW/ - Children's Aid Society workers in London-Middlesex represented by Local 116 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will stage a noon hour information picket outside of CAS offices on Oxford Street to protest the layoff of 40 staff members and to demand a moratorium on the job losses.

They will also call on the government of Kathleen Wynne to provide the necessary transitional funding as agencies like theirs are forced to move to a new model of funding.

In July the London-Middlesex CAS announced that 40 employees would be laid off due to a $4.6 million operating deficit. A meeting in London earlier this month attracted close to 300 CAS workers at which they unanimously agreed to stage the Aug. 14 demonstration.

Newly-elected London West MPP Peggy Sattler will be among the scheduled speakers at the information picket.

DETAILS
CAS workers to hold information rally August 14 to demand moratorium on job losses

DATE						Wednesday August 14
TIME						12 noon
LOCATION						London-Middlesex Children's Aid Society office
						1680 Oxford Street, London
INFORMATION						Louise Beneteau
						A/President OPSEU Local 116
						519-520-3646

 

SOURCE: Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)

Louise Beneteau
A/President OPSEU Local 116
519-520-3646