Feb. 11, 2012, For Immediate Release

Feb. 11, 2012, For Immediate Release
Grey-Bruce Labour Council Conducts Planning Session
Caterpillar, Goodyear, Public Services, Pensions, CPP, OAS, Occupy Movement, Union Rocks. Whether it is the reprehensible act of greed perpetrated by Caterpillar, the needless loss of jobs in the former Goodyear plant, the Drummond driven impending attack on our public services, Harper’s failure to understand the need for retirement with dignity for all Canadians, the so much needed direct action of Occupy or Union Rocks elevating the next generation into activism, the Grey-Bruce Labour Council set its course today to ensure that our region will hear loud and clear the voices of “the people”.
For over 50 years the Grey-Bruce Labour Council has been the voice of working people in our region and through the decades of working on behalf of all working people the rights of working people and the public services so critical to our lives have never been at more risk.
Representatives of the Labour Council from CUPE, CAW, OPSEU, OECTA and UFCW worked through a session on the 11th of Feb. to prepare for the struggle to protect Canada’s heritage of social responsibility and to engage the broader community in a region wide coalition to line up against the forces that seek to destroy the jobs and services that support workers.
The details of the planning session align with the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Canadian Labour Congress and will have to be vetted by the entire Labour Council before being committed to action, but as Brad Drake of Union Rocks and a UFCW delegate stated “the days of depending on traditional methods to carry out this work will not get the job done this time. The integration of youth and direct action with our traditional methods along with seeking to increase our density and political influence is the only framework that will lead to success and that success is measured only by one standard; the ability to ensure a fair and equitable of share our wealth to all in our society”.
For More Information
Dave Trumble
President Grey Bruce Labour Council
dtrumble@bmts.com
5199551061