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Attention: Assignment Editors, Education Reporters, Queen’s Park Press Gallery

(TORONTO, ONT)—A joint media conference will take place tomorrow morning in Toronto with the Presidents of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF)


This joint news conference will take place at 11 a.m., Thursday, August 23, in the Essex Ballroom (Mezzanine Level) of the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, located at 123 Queen Street West in Toronto. Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario, Sam Hammond, President of ETFO and Ken Coran, OSSTF President will discuss the McGuinty Government’s recall of the Provincial Legislature August 27, and the expected introduction of new legislation.


WHO:     Fred Hahn, President, CUPE Ontario

             Sam Hammond, President, ETFO

             Ken Coran, President, OSSTF


WHAT:    Joint media conference


WHEN:    Thursday, August 23, 11 a.m.


WHERE:   Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street West, Essex Ballroom


WHY: To discuss the McGuinty Government’s recall of the Provincial Legislature August 27, and the expected introduction of new legislation.


CUPE Ontario is the province’s community union, representing the people who deliver front-line public services to everyone, including 55,000 school board employees across Ontario.


For more information, contact: Kevin Wilson, CUPE Communications, 416-821-6641