FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2000

Cold, cruel, and uncaring: Salvation Army axes strikers’ shelter

LONDON - The lawyer for Salvation Army London Village has given striking members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union 24 hours to tear down the only thing protecting them from the cold February wind.

The strikers have until 4:15 p.m. today to remove a wooden shelter that sits on a few square feet of Salvation Army property.

"I think this kind of tactic really shows the kind of employer we’re facing," said OPSEU staff representative Carol Warner. "They don’t care if our people freeze on the picket line."

The strike by 130 residential and vocational counsellors began Dec. 14, 1999.

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For more information: Carol Warner (519) 649-7770; (519) 852-2749 (cell)