FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE April 21, 2006
OPSEU denounces OPP
raid on First Nations protest
TORONTO: The Ontario Public
Service Employees Union has denounced the Ontario government
and the Ontario Provincial Police for yesterday’s pre-dawn
raid on First Nations protestors at Caledonia.
The delegates attending the
31st annual OPSEU Convention passed a resolution this
morning, condemning the government and the OPP for this
action, and demanding the government negotiate a peaceful
resolution to this dispute.
“The government and the OPP
have failed to learn the lessons of Ipperwash,” said OPSEU
President Leah Casselman. “Our governments must negotiate,
not escalate.”
OPSEU represents about
125,000 employees of the Ontario government, Ontario’s
community colleges, the LCBO, and more than 500 broader
public sector employers such as hospitals, ambulance
services, school boards, municipalities, social service
agencies and private corporations.
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For further information,
OPSEU Communications:
David Cox, 416-788-9197
cell
