/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Rally to save Canada Post at Finance Minister Joe Oliver's office Sept. 20/

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Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)

Sep 20, 2014, 09:00 ET

TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2014 /CNW/ - Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver's Toronto constituency office will be the site Sept. 20 of a coalition rally organized to protest the government's plans to stop home mail delivery by Canada Post.

Buzz Hargrove, past president of the Canadian Auto Workers (now Unifor), headlines a list of several well-known social justice and labour activists who will speak at the rally. Other speakers include: Sid Ryan, president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, Fred Hahn, president of CUPE-Ontario, and Dennis Lemelin, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

In 2013 the government of Stephen Harper announced massive changes to Canada Post, including cancellation of door-to-door mail delivery and further measures to increase privatization of the Crown corporation.

DETAILS

Protest against Canada Post cutbacks at Finance Minister Joe Oliver's office

Date:              

Saturday Sept. 20


Time:             

1:00 p.m.


Location:       

Constituency office, Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver

511 Lawrence Avenue, West, Toronto

SOURCE: Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)

Information: Megan Whitfield, 416-241-2385

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